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Old 06-21-2013, 02:17 PM
 
Location: central Oregon
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Just found this little ditty on the politic forum.


"Talk about traders, thanks a whole bunch McCain, boy I dislike Obama's policies emensly, but McCain, YOU ARE A TRADER!!! You are all a bunch of lily livered traders, who do not deserve to call yourselfs American's. You love the illegals so much, go live in Mexico."

I love it! I think from now on those traitors will be traders to me.

 
Old 06-21-2013, 03:38 PM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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Another tidbit from the Politics forum.

"What a maroon"
 
Old 06-21-2013, 05:32 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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IIRC, "maroon" for "moron" goes back to old Bugs Bunny cartoons.
 
Old 06-21-2013, 08:07 PM
 
Location: central Oregon
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IIRC, "maroon" for "moron" goes back to old Bugs Bunny cartoons.
That it does!

The spelling police comments are especially funny when it is they who were called maroon for whatever moronic thing they posted.

I've seen maroon used all over these interwebz.
 
Old 06-21-2013, 09:24 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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"When i wake up, all my wisdom teeth are out and my mouth is full of gaws."
 
Old 06-21-2013, 10:36 PM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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IIRC, "maroon" for "moron" goes back to old Bugs Bunny cartoons.
LOL - Then I suppose I should watch cartoons more often .
This reminds me of the time I was corrected when I replied to a poorly translated post with "All your bases are belong to us." I thought everyone knew the origin of the phrase. Oh well, Karma payback (aka Karmic Payback ).

Last edited by Dirt Grinder; 06-21-2013 at 11:49 PM..
 
Old 06-22-2013, 06:36 AM
 
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The following was posted on the Car Talk forum:

"Sounds like cutting off your nose despite your face..."

 
Old 06-22-2013, 02:22 PM
 
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IIRC, "maroon" for "moron" goes back to old Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Was Bugs the first to use that phrase ("What a maroon."), or was it a current catch phrase of the time? Like maybe something Bob Burns was known for saying between playing tunes on his bazooka?
 
Old 06-22-2013, 04:55 PM
 
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Thread title: "Why do ppl prefer to sit in booths......"

Why do people prefer to type "ppl" instead of typing three extra letters? Does it really take that much longer to type three vowels?
 
Old 06-22-2013, 05:20 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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Thread title: "Why do ppl prefer to sit in booths......"

Why do people prefer to type "ppl" instead of typing three extra letters? Does it really take that much longer to type three vowels?
I hate typing "people". I'm a touch typist, and it never comes our right, and I have to go back and type it with my index finger. Same with "population".

I hate the keyboard layout. I bet I go days, even weeks at a time without ever using a semi-colon, but it's right there under a finger, but I have to stop and search for the apostrophe and the hyphen, one of which occurs in almost every line or two.
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