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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:52 PM
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Why does the word "bridge" have a 'd' and "befrigerator" doesn't?
:wtf:


:think:


uhm SPK

:wtf:is a "befrigerator"??????



:shrug:




it's a lame copycat is what....


:rofl:
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:56 PM
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1. ...



i lurves ya man, but series...:wtf:


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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:59 PM
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6. what's that top smilie doing?
:scared:


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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:01 PM
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8. it's getting hit by a tomato
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:09 PM
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11. you threw a tomato at my post!
:grr:


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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:11 PM
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13. you need this


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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:12 PM
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15. thats more like it
DUCK!

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Lethe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:57 PM
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2. lol i just had a funny (or not) thought
Edited on Sat Jun-09-07 09:58 PM by ikhor
can u imagine who came up with the name "refrigerator?" I bet it was kind of weird back in the day.

that would be like naming the microwave, the "reheaterator"

(yes i am retarded) :)

edit: in honor of SPK, i will from now on refer to the microwave in all posts as the "reheaterator"
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:58 PM
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4. *snort*
not as retarded as me :silly:

:hi:
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:00 PM
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7. Looks like it comes from Latin -- see this:
refrigerate

One entry found for refrigerate.

Main Entry: re·frig·er·ate
Pronunciation: ri-'fri-j&-"rAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -at·ed; -at·ing
Etymology: Latin refrigeratus, past participle of refrigerare, from re- + frigerare to cool, from frigor-, frigus cold -- more at FRIGID
: to make or keep cold or cool; specifically : to freeze or chill (as food) for preservation
- re·frig·er·a·tion /-"fri-j&-'rA-sh&n/ noun
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Lethe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:10 PM
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12. hahahaha the Latin guys didn't even have refrigerators back then!
how could they invent a word for a thing they didnt have!

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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:11 PM
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14. they were psychic
and knew that they would need a lot of words for things that they didn't have :shrug:

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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:58 PM
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3. You're a kook
:loveya:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:59 PM
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5. i know
:loveya:
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TOhioLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:03 PM
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9. dunno...
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:05 PM
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10. it's good though!
and salty

and goes good in a salad


probably some exotic plant, or maybe Mediterranean
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