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Unread 08-07-2010, 01:43 AM
 
Location: On the dark side of the Moon
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One Trick Pony

A demotivational poster.

demotivational poster ONE TRICK PONY
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Unread 08-07-2010, 02:14 AM
 
Location: un peu près de Chicago
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"All my love always."

How many times have I seen that phrase ending letters?

It never seemed to work out that way.
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Unread 08-07-2010, 08:59 AM
Status: " fixed the good ol' Stihl chainsaw" (set 16 days ago)
 
Location: Inside your monitor
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Naughty Saucy.











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Unread 08-08-2010, 06:03 AM
 
Location: 39 20' 59"N / 75 30' 53"W
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All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.
~Tupac Shakur~


"Weird works for me."

"Eat my hat"
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Unread 08-08-2010, 06:29 AM
Status: " fixed the good ol' Stihl chainsaw" (set 16 days ago)
 
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"Eat my pantaloons!" -Bart Simpson
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Unread 08-08-2010, 05:21 PM
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Status: "Tired." (set 12 hours ago)
 
Location: Memphis - home of the king
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make hay while the sun shines
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Unread 08-08-2010, 09:59 PM
 
Location: 39 20' 59"N / 75 30' 53"W
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The Devil's Dictionary was a newspaper weekly first collected as a book in 1906. While the book represents diabolical appetites, and derides pretense, it should be noted that Bierce generally reserved his severest ridicule for those who benefit most from the status quo. It's easy to imagine him a century later relying less on casual political incorrectness, to pay better tribute to those who couldn't overindulge enough on the prosperity that took place.

DISTRESS, n. A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend.

TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.

EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. Following is a touching example:

Here lie the bones of Parson Platt,
Wise, pious, humble and all that,
Who showed us life as all should live it;
Let that be said — and God forgive it!
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Unread 08-09-2010, 05:28 AM
Status: " fixed the good ol' Stihl chainsaw" (set 16 days ago)
 
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^^ "Lawyer, n. : One skilled in circumvention of the law."

And his definition of 'embalm' is hilarious.

Full contents are on google books:

The unabridged devil's dictionary
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Unread 08-09-2010, 08:50 AM
 
Location: 39 20' 59"N / 75 30' 53"W
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[ The Devil's Dictionary Dot Com ]

HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another — the classification is for advantage of the lawyers.

HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate

HELPMATE, n. A wife, or bitter half.
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Unread 08-10-2010, 12:57 AM
 
Location: On the dark side of the Moon
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Hi everyone!

Virgode~Love the Devil's Dictionary.


Dog and Pony Show

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.~Lou Reed
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