Wat_Tyler
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:22 AM
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Language rant ahoy - Misuse of the word 'disgusting'. |
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So, Kelley, the hot-but-she-knows-it-and-god-does-she-know-it girl in the office is looking out the window at a typically Calgarian mushy fall day, and retorts 'Oh my God! The weather is disgusting!'. Meanwhile, Bev, the older bitch of the office is whining by the coffee machine 'the coffee in this office is just disgusting!'. Joe, the guy next to me says 'the market is just disgusting today'. Later, on the news, some veterans comment on the new Canadian quarter that has a red poppy in the centre (here, the poppy is a symbol representing the dead of World War I and, in a wider context, all war). Apparently, the colour rubs off the poppy. Veteran #1 is angry 'it's an insult to the dead!'. Veteran #2 pitches in 'it's disgusting!'.
Its not disgusting. Its - a) poor fall weather b) sub-standard coffee c) the vagaries of market capitalism d) a few thousand defective coins out of several million
Look people. War is disgusting. The holocaust was disgusting. Decaying corpses are probably pretty disgusting. The small obstacles you encounter in your working day are not disgusting. Get it?
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:24 AM
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1. Must be a Canadian thing. |
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PS: That's the second reference to "Calgarians" I've seen here in as many days. I just got done negotiating a contract with a company out of Calgary.
Coincidence? Or synchronicity?
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:26 AM
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5. We're plotting to take over the world. |
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Of course, you're in Texas, so I imagine it's something to do with black stuff in the ground, right?
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:29 AM
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7. Yes - in a roundabout way. |
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Our company goin' to hep 'em git some more a that black stuff out of the oil sands north of Edmonton.
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:30 AM
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9. Yeah. Everybody's all about the oil sands. |
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When can we expect the Marines? :evilgrin:
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:34 AM
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14. You guys got a lot of lumber, too |
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That's high on Bush's radar screen now, too. ("Want some wood?")
I think Canada is on the Marines' 'to-do' list right after Eritrea. That's what happens when you're part of the 'Axis of the Inconvenient' :scared:
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:34 AM
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15. We're on the axis of pretending to be nice, but laughing behind our backs. |
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:26 AM
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2. Wat_Tyler's need to put down others in order to feel better about himself |
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:31 AM
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10. You're rubbish, you are. |
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:26 AM
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3. disgusting is incredibly overused on DU |
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DISGUSTING MSNBC!! I'M LIVID! DISGUSTED!! :eyes:
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:26 AM
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:27 AM
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6. I second your assesment. This whole thread is disgusting. |
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:30 AM
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8. All of you are disgusting me right now. |
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I can't believe the level of disgust I'm being subjected to.
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:31 AM
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11. Not only that, I'm disgusted by the disgust. |
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:34 AM
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13. I can't adjust to this disgust. |
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:33 AM
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12. Locking, dupe: already disgust in another thread. n/t |
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:36 AM
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16. One of 8,500, I imagine. |
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:46 AM
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17. ...While the perfectly cromulent substitute "vomitous" goes widely unused. |
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:47 AM
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That's just chunder-inciting. |
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Fri Oct-22-04 08:47 AM
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18. That's just chunder-inciting. |
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Fri Oct-22-04 09:10 AM
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19. there's red on the quarter now? |
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Arggh! My plans have been foiled again!
See, I've been working on this scheme to acquire large numbers of Canadian quarters for about 20 cents(US) each, pass them off as US quarters to the unwitting cashier at the 7-11, and roll in the savings when I buy coffee and a paper for $1.60 instead of $2.
It's not gonna work if the quarters are a different color!
Truly disgusting.
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Fri Oct-22-04 09:21 AM
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20. Nah. Just some of them. |
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Your fiendish plot may still come off.
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Fri Oct-22-04 09:26 AM
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21. aw Jesus. I used the word 'disgusting' in a post here yesterday |
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I sure as fuck hope I did not disgust anyone by using it improperly
:evilgrin:
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Fri Oct-22-04 09:28 AM
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