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Old 05-22-2014, 06:13 PM
 
Location: USA
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"The vast majority of insane people are not in custody, so it is a mute point."

Maybe it's best if they don't speak.

 
Old 05-22-2014, 06:38 PM
 
Location: New Mexico
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Default What I tell you three times ...

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"The vast majority of insane people are not in custody, so it is a mute point."

Maybe it's best if they don't speak.

Well, ain't that just dumb.

(I told you I wouldn't resist.)
 
Old 05-22-2014, 06:45 PM
 
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Well, ain't that just dumb.

(I told you I wouldn't resist.)
That's where you made your mistake! You should have been mute.
 
Old 05-22-2014, 06:50 PM
 
Location: New Mexico
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Default C'est vrai!

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That's where you made your mistake! You should have been mute.

Quel domage! I was in such a hurry to forget, I must have been in Depeche Mode! Zut! Alors!
 
Old 05-22-2014, 07:04 PM
 
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From a thread about commercials that people dislike:

Why does this company have to prostate out their family to sell a car?

Ouch.
 
Old 05-22-2014, 07:41 PM
 
Location: Western Oregon
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Has anyone brought up the use of "backside" when what was meant was "back side"? I confess I haven't read all 5000+ posts in this thread.
 
Old 05-22-2014, 09:30 PM
 
Location: The Hall of Justice
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Some people have a problem with commas,,,,,,, I don't know what those are supposed to mean,,,,,,,,,, or why.

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Originally Posted by JulieThruTheGlass View Post
Ha,ha!~ Good one!

Here's one lawyer's salutation to a married couple with the surname, "Wolf:"

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Wolves:
Oh honey, NO.

I worked with a woman who wrote, "Dr. Jone's."
 
Old 05-22-2014, 09:58 PM
 
Location: New Mexico
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Default Das Boot

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Ha,ha!~ Good one!

Here's one lawyer's salutation to a married couple with the surname, "Wolf:"

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Wolves:


Ja, ja! & if Herr und Frau Wolf happened to have a blessed event - then they would properly be addressed as Dear Wolfpack.

I'd like to be
Under the sea
In an octopus' garden

Read more: Beatles - Octopus's Garden Lyrics

Of course, if they were to move out to the prairie, then they would be styled: Der Steppenwolfen!

& so it goes ...

Last edited by southwest88; 05-22-2014 at 10:01 PM.. Reason: add
 
Old 05-22-2014, 10:14 PM
 
Location: Western Oregon
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It's Die Steppenwolfen. LOL
 
Old 05-22-2014, 11:29 PM
 
Location: Western Oregon
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A tidbit from a professional writer.
"....source of heat they have is a small wooden stove. "

Is this an example of a 'single use product' or just planned obsolescence?
It's the pyromaniac special.
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