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)Why are suns and planets spherical .........
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qfufs slips in and out again wearing his newly discovered 'cloak of invisibility' ( I kid you not, I read something last week about some real progress having been made - granted down at a very small level - in this perhaps questionable field of study)
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(Off topic again but ala Whitman, the thread is large and contains multitudes
)President of Peace? You fucking idiots!
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
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I recall from my Cape time that Worcester is Brit-like Wooster.wayfriend wrote: (Massachusetts is a pretty shibbolithic place as well, in terms of towns.
Also that the things in your dresser are "draws"...but you "drawer" pictures.
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the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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Opposit way V - as an artist I draw my drawers in the drawer.Vraith wrote:I recall from my Cape time that Worcester is Brit-like Wooster.wayfriend wrote: (Massachusetts is a pretty shibbolithic place as well, in terms of towns.
Also that the things in your dresser are "draws"...but you "drawer" pictures.
President of Peace? You fucking idiots!
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
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Sure, dude.qfufs wrote:
Opposit way V - as an artist I draw my drawers in the drawer.
Your peccadillos are fine with me [as long as you keep your doodling ouy of my drawers]
But your statement is incorrect, because you aren't a Massachusettonian...and they were the species being [off-topically] discussed.
Anyway, been meaning to ask if the Sons of the Plantagenets were spherical or not?
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the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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Nice try---you fooled a lot with the name of the twinkling star, but you ain't fooling no one with space balls jokes.wayfriend wrote:I hear that parts of them were.Vraith wrote:Anyway, been meaning to ask if the Sons of the Plantagenets were spherical or not?
And big, too. Hence the name*.
* which arises from the latin Planeta gonadia.
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the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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You're all mad - but then it's only to be expected, you're Americans! ( ).
).President of Peace? You fucking idiots!
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
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Cord Hurn wrote:"Why are suns and planets spherical..."
Well, it's rumored that God originally wanted to spend a lot of time and energy making stars and planets as triangular prisms.
But then He decided to cut corners.
That's an interesting angle...but could you round it out a bit?
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the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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President of Peace? You fucking idiots!
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
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Very nice. I think, Cord, you are ready for your Main[sequenc]ing.Cord Hurn wrote:Well,
it's rumored
that God originally
wanted to spend a lot
of time and energy making
stars and planets as tri-
angular prisms. But
then He decided
to cut corners.
[spoiler]Sig-man, Libtard, Stupid piece of shit. change your text color to brown. Mr. Reliable, bullshit-slinging liarFucker-user.[/spoiler]
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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Vraith wrote:Cord Hurn wrote:"Why are suns and planets spherical..."
Well, it's rumored that God originally wanted to spend a lot of time and energy making stars and planets as triangular prisms.
But then He decided to cut corners.
That's an interesting angle...but could you round it out a bit?
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Vraith wrote:Cord Hurn wrote:"Why are suns and planets spherical..."
Well, it's rumored that God originally wanted to spend a lot of time and energy making stars and planets as triangular prisms.
But then He decided to cut corners.
That's an interesting angle...but could you round it out a bit?
Crackers the lot of yer
keep smiling
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