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wasn't it sort of the anti-mistress poem or am i confusing it with something else?now i have to go read the thing again
however, i agree with ne
do me before we die is the ultimate turn on ;)
i'm irish-morbid bunch we lot of potato eaters
oh but that poem is terrible and i thought i recalled that he was quite angry with his coy mistress-i don't think it's well written at all
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I've stumbled over more trite sayings that make me want nervously to light a cigarette even though I don't smoke:Impacted -- This one is prima facie evidence that I've either been watching television or attending a business meeting for at least 90 seconds. What ever happened to "affected"?
110% -- No, no, no, nobody can ever give more than 100%! Worse still, a person doesn't give a quantity -- only a quality: I'll give it my "full" effort or my "all", but not "100%".
We -- "We" is a weasel word. Its purpose is to disguise the guilty party, and to spread to the many responsibility for the mistakes of the few. The current financial crisis has put this puppy in vogue, as insufferable pundits talk about how "we have to stop living beyond our means" and "we need to find a way to get credit moving again". Do "we", really?
Okay, that's enough for today. I'm feeling better already.
Tyler...I cringe at the constant WE babble!How can WE think the exact same? How can WE feel the exact emotions or regard something with the same mindset?
I totally agree with you...it's hiding inside the collective whole!
arrrggghhh......
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Oh. And 110% reminds me of "very unique." Ummmmm, OK.
I prefer the archaic, "Don't take any wooden nickels."Or the Bob & Ray dialogue, appropriate to our situation:
"Write if you get work."
"Hang by your thumbs."
Are WE happy now?
Whee!As the Katzenjammer kid said, "Look Ma, no Hans!"
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At least she didn't marry a jelly doughnut, which is what a Berliner is.
Susanne, I agree with you. The best way to descibe my reaction is ...arrrggghhh......
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A pet restaurant peeve: When the waiter asks, “Are you still working on that?” ...or worse yet... "Are WE still working on that?"
double arrrggghhh!
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Not to mention the fact that asking diners if they're "working on it" is yet another abhorrent abuse of language. The proper way to say it is "Are you guys still eating?" or "Are you folks still eating?" That way, NE's parents can get a chance to go "arrrggghhh......!"
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The best tippers are ex-waiters and ex-waitresses.
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You might ask if the waiter is displaced royalty (given that use of the "royal we")...perhaps if his country had a revolution or something.
Many a Russian nobleman waited tables in Paris in the '20s.
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As Dad used to point out, "Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder."
This koi-ness, lady, were no crime.
(Continued on the Poetry thread)