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Old 09-06-2011, 01:10 AM
 
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nip it in the bud
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Old 09-06-2011, 06:21 AM
 
Location: Limbo
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Picklejuice
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Old 09-06-2011, 07:45 AM
 
Location: Richardson, TX
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Originally Posted by artemis agrotera View Post
I missed that one!

started humming a song from 1962
Ain't it funny how the night moves
There's a great song.

Night Moves - YouTube
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Old 09-06-2011, 01:31 PM
 
Location: Susquehanna River, Union Co, PA
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'un' adjectives, such as uninspired, unwise, unlovely...
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Old 09-06-2011, 01:37 PM
 
Location: New York City
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Words:
schlep.
mad. (as in "There is mad traffic" or "Don't put mad ice in my drink")

Phrase:
One foot on the grave and another on a banana peel

When I'm driving:
DID YOU BUY YOUR LICENSE?!?!

Movie:
"Or am I being to obtuse?"
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Old 09-06-2011, 03:16 PM
 
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Almost quoting my neighbor's dad: "I feel old - old enough to be dead".
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Old 09-06-2011, 03:55 PM
 
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OMG! Hypotenuse makes me crazy Friggin love the ability to USE the word much more than the use! As is the situation most of the time...........
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Old 09-06-2011, 04:19 PM
 
Location: Limbo
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Originally Posted by sheaosaurus View Post
When I'm driving:
DID YOU BUY YOUR LICENSE?!?!
From the old Abbott & Costello TV show:

Mike the Cop: "WHEN DID YOU LEARN TO DRIVE A CAR?!"
Lou (wistfully): "You know, it feels like it was only yesterday..."
Mike: "WELL, WHEN DID YOU LEARN?!"
Lou: "Yesterday."

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Old 09-06-2011, 04:39 PM
 
Location: The Triangle
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mollycoddling
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Old 09-06-2011, 05:15 PM
 
Location: Covington County, Alabama
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Bobbed Wire (A southern dialect for barbed wired)
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