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Old 27-May-2008, 12:15 AM
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For that matter, how many people actually have corners in their eyes? "I saw it out of the corner of my eye." Isn't that akin to hiding something in the corner of a basketball?

I worry about such things. And I'm not alone. They just called about fifteen minutes ago and left a message about it. And you know what They say. In fact, Everybody knows what They say. I have to assume Everybody is telepathic, or clairvoyant. If Everybody knows what They are thinking, then why even bother asking what They think? Just ask Everybody.
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Old 27-May-2008, 12:21 AM
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Old 27-May-2008, 01:19 AM
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Ook.
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Old 27-May-2008, 01:56 AM
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Thank you Librarian, I never knew.
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Old 27-May-2008, 02:38 AM
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I am concerned that I am not concerned enough about the most worrisome thing. Right now it seems the price of oil should be the most worrisome, but I feel a deep discomfort that I should really be worrying about pork bellies. I have strange dreams of pork bellies floating in a sea of oil, but pork bellies are denser than oil, which is part of my concern. Is this related to the well known Freudian "Fear of Flying Pigs?", where the son is supposed to marry his mother and turn his father into bacon?
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[edit]Right now it seems the price of oil should be the most worrisome, but I feel a deep discomfort that I should really be worrying about pork bellies....
For Pete's Sake don't worry about such things. It leads to streis and strain. You'll wind up a cab driver.
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More properly pronounced oook.

Possible translations, depending on inflection which unfurtunately isn't expressed well in writing, are:
  • Yes, that's my banana.
  • No, that is my banana.
  • Silence! This is a library.
  • Who are you calling a monkey?
as well s several others.
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Old 27-May-2008, 08:38 PM
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Do dust bunnies worry about pork bellies? Do dust bunnies have bellies? And what about the eyes of March?
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Bunny bellies are an underappreciated commodity. They are currently trading at $0.38/furlong, near hysterical lows. Investors examining the heuristics of the bunny belly market are generally considered to be perverts. Many bunny belly traders also have a sideline selling shorts, mainly the silly-looking ones British safari-goers wear with pithed hats.

Hat-rights activists generally deplore the practice of pithing hats before putting them on, calling it a cruel and unusual practice, and can often be seen blocking hats from being pithed. This gets the hat manufacturers totally pithed off, resulting in their pithing short bunnies instead.

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"The Myth of the Pith", Wheeling, Schomberg & Des Plaines, St. Martin's Press, 1968.

"Selling Shorts in the Bunny Belly Market", Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati, Simon Templar Press, 1968.

"Pookas: All You Need to Know About a Quick Pith", Dowd & Harvey, 1968.

"Lithph: A Pronunciation-Challenged Computer Language", Fortran & Cobol, Basic Press, 1968.

"Do Cute Little Bunnies Really Have Tasty Bellies?", Obligate Carnivore Press, 1968.
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Furlongs per fortnight. No reason, I just think that's a funny way of expressing velocity. It amuses me. Furlongs per fortnight.
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Old 27-May-2008, 09:31 PM
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Its only funny until someone puts an eye out. Or the cat out.
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Old 27-May-2008, 09:34 PM
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(I regret to report that that was my 10,000 post)
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Old 27-May-2008, 09:58 PM
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And an amazing thread to post your 10,000th post in. Just remember the three Fates who determine the length of the thread: Athos, Porthos and Aramis.
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But your post count says 9,999!

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Well, it was 10,000, so obviously They are responsible. It's a post count conspiracy!
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Chads! HANGING CHADS!
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Hey! Leave Chad alone! What did he ever do to you?
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Old 28-May-2008, 04:46 AM
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It wasn't what he did, it was what he did. . .
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i once saw this cat and was like ohh no run kitty run. but i ran over it.

he should have listened.
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Old 28-May-2008, 05:00 AM
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Too real, man, too real!


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Fish, fish, fish, fish, fish,
Fish, fish, fish, fish, fish, fish, cod,
Fish, fish, fish, fish, fish,
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