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Sun Aug-05-07 04:32 PM
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They're dropping like flies in GD. Is anyone HERE leaving??? |
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Nope- I thought not. The Lounge Lizards have WAY too much good sense to self destruct like that.
Thank heaven there is still one good place to hang out and have a laugh.
To us. We deserve it. :toast: :toast: :toast:
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:35 PM
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1. Holy cow. I don't think I've EVER seen so many locked threads |
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on page 1 of GD before. :wow:
(They're not very good copy-catters, are they?)
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:37 PM
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5. Thems not allowed in teh GD... |
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:53 PM
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19. Yeah, I know. And even if they WERE allowed, they're so bad |
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that they would get locked anyway! :rofl:
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Sun Aug-05-07 08:50 PM
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But, Sniffa's Cal Ripken thread was too funny...Nobody got it! :rofl:
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:35 PM
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2. I would, but I'm afraid... |
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...nobody'd notice I was here in the first place. It'd be so humiliating to have someone reply to my leaving thread with, "welcome to DU!"
I don't think my fragile little ego could handle that.
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Sun Aug-05-07 09:30 PM
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Actually I mean that.. I really like your hobbies!
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:35 PM
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3. It has been busy in GD with all the doors hitting people on butt as they leave all day. |
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I not leaving, I have found a home here in the Lounge.
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:37 PM
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4. If you leave, they win. If you fight, they win. If you let it wash across you and laugh, you win. |
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Edited on Sun Aug-05-07 04:38 PM by Peake
If you edit for spelling, people stand a better chance of understanding what you mean.
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:37 PM
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ever get a little evil streak? I just couldn't help myself :rofl:
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:34 PM
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49. I had one the other day |
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...and it felt good!
I saw yours...nice job! :toast:
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:49 PM
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52. some days, you just need too.... |
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:rofl: :toast: here's to bein' evil. :evilgrin:
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:38 PM
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7. It's almost hilarious. |
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When I feel like leaving, I just fucking leave. I can't believe the abandonment issues over there.
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:48 PM
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13. Drama heightened to nuclear proportions. |
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:49 PM
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14. Hand wringing of monumental proportions... |
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:54 PM
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20. Hypochondria of the ego. |
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:58 PM
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23. More like elephantitis of the ego |
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:01 PM
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26. It just never fucking ends. |
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No wonder I don't stick around anymore.
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:03 PM
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31. But we'll always have each other, love... |
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I'll be the Rhett to your Scarlett. :D
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:53 PM
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18. I'm disappointed that you considered that "hilarious" |
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it was vicious, far from hillarious as far as I was concerned. I felt that Will owed an explanation. He gave it, I tried to explain it. We both got viciously flamed. I asked to close a thread I started in GD because it became so painful. I thought things would be a little more humane here. Guess I was wrong. I'm glad you're enjoying this. As someone who was here almost from the beginning, it's very sad. I had no idea how many people here hated Will, no idea.
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:56 PM
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21. I'm not referring to Will's post. |
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There's a million others over there and there has been for months. THAT is what I am referring too. And the over sensitivity of every fucking thing that is posted. Like I have time for personal attacks.
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:58 PM
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22. Pitt goes through this angst thing every once in a while. |
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He'll shut down for a while, hide in his closet and fight his anxieties (a la Opus), go get drunk, and be back in a week or three.
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:59 PM
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24. Pitt is not my problem. |
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I haven't been here for weeks, no-months, because of the over sensitivity to bullshit. Who the fuck needs this crap?
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:04 PM
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There will soon be yet another political crisis to freak out at, and all this will be forgotten. In the grand scheme of things it's relatively minor.
Most of 'em will hide out for a week or two then quietly begin posting again, hoping nobody remembers their public hissy. And nobody WILL remember, if only out of kindness.
Shit happens, then different shit happens. :shrug:
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:06 PM
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35. I get "corrected" at work all fucking day. |
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I don't need to come to the lounge to be told I disappoint. Fuck that. Pay be $8.50 per hour and I might take the abuse. Until then, sayonara.
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:06 PM
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34. Is it possible that his PUI behaviour... |
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:38 PM
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50. I'm very, very sorry Will felt he had to leave |
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and that his departure was treated so snarkily. I'll miss his comments a lot.
On the other hand, there are a few genuine drama queens who seem to revel in flamboyant departures and attention-grabbing door slamming. But I would absolutely not put Will in that category -- considering, especially, his high profile, I thought his explanation was entirely appropriate. And I hope someday he comes back.
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:46 PM
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51. I don't think that people outright hate your son |
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I certainly don't. But the boy CAN be a bit overly dramatic and annoying at times. He posts a lot of thoughtful, worthwhile stuff. And then there are his other posts. And even he is well aware that he has made a complete and total ass of himself on several occasions, and he's a decent enough guy that he would probably still admit to having done so. I'm glad for him that he's still committed to the Democratic party, and I know he'll be back to delight and annoy us all again. In the meantime, I'm glad that he's going away for a bit. His overweening egotism is a bit much at times. I don't mean that he thinks he's the greatest thing (though he probably does), but that he can take almost any subject and make it all about him.
You, on the other hand, have always seemed to me to be a class act. I have a lot of respect for you. I hope you won't take Will's conflicts too much to heart and leave us as well.
Peace
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Sun Aug-05-07 06:32 PM
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58. Well, there are a lot of people here who like him, too. |
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It was said elsewhere that Will is your son? You have reason to be proud, then. I would be proud of a son like that. Actually, I am proud of my sons ... but I digress. Just saying as a parent I understand a bit of what you were feeling when you posted that. I can only suggest that you remember, also, that a lot of people here like him.
Personally, I will miss Will. We've exchanged a few posts over the past few years. Can't say we know each other well, but well enough to know we stand near the same place. Hope he comes back ... that this is only a DU vacation. I take those from time to time.
Will has done some really good work, and I expect that will continue whether he posts here or not. He's a good guy ... and that won't change with his DU membership status, either.
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Sun Aug-05-07 06:56 PM
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61. Don't start bringing that GD shit in here! We are relatively uninfected. |
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Sun Aug-05-07 08:19 PM
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Sun Aug-05-07 09:05 PM
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70. I don't agree. I think some people are trying to make a point. |
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We've all seen it, that's why half of us are in the Lounge instead of GD. The number of disruptors and trolls who stay just enough within the rules to avoid being stoned is tearing this board apart. Every day the same group starts the same series of threads. Democrats are bad, Democrats must be defeated, Hillary is the devil. Over and over. I love debate, even when I disagree with the points being raised, but this isn't debate, this is death (to DU) by a thousand cuts, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who believes that many of those posts are trying to achieve just that.
I think the "farewell" messages now are people trying to force a change, not people seeking attention. Will started it, and now others are falling on their swords before the emperor in protest along with him. The attention-hogs are the ones who leave because their posts were met with overwhelming disagreement. Their "I'm going to hold my breath until I die and then you'll miss me" posts are ridiculous.
I think something else is happening here. And I don't find it all that amusing. Rather grim and sobering, actually. We've got a strong political force with DU, and some of us have been here for many years building it into this. To see it coming apart like it's been for the last couple of months is frustrating. I come to the Lounge to hang and chat, but I come to DU to try to change the world. Now it's looking like we are losing our strength, and our relevance, with the constant sniping. It's sad to watch. Change needs to happen, and I think that's what those who are vaporizing are trying to say.
Well, some are just drama queens. But not all.
I'm not saying any of this to come down on your post, Warrior, just explaining my views on it. Hope it reads that way.
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Sun Aug-05-07 09:18 PM
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72. Amazing how one word can be taken out of context. |
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Although I hear what you are saying, I am so fucking tired of people jumping to conclusions and reading into their own paranoia. It's exhausting defending your sense of humor to people who have none. I swear to Christ I get more respect over at GD.
Hey, normally I just come here and try to get alongand it takes a hell of a lot to piss me off, but once I reach that point it's hard for me to turn if off.
So fuck it.
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Sun Aug-05-07 09:45 PM
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75. What word did I take out of context? |
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I meant no disrespect to you, I just said I didn't think it was about abandonment issues.
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Mon Aug-06-07 05:45 AM
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I'm turning this over now.
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:39 PM
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..I will be leaving to bathe shortly...
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:44 PM
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10. You people have until 0600 to impress me |
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or I'm going to work.
I mean it.
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:46 PM
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11. My dear Prisoner_Number_Six! |
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You know better about me!
I won't leave till they pry my keyboard from my cold, dead fingers, baby!
And yes! To us! We do indeed deserve it...:toast: :toast:
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:47 PM
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12. The floor is too sticky here to leave. |
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:49 PM
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15. Now THAT'S an image I didn't need "stuck" in my mind |
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Sun Aug-05-07 04:51 PM
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16. Watch out for the used condoms |
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:00 PM
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25. Nope, just another day... |
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:01 PM
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27. I just counted 20 locked threads on pages 1 + 2 of GD. |
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They HAVE lost it! :crazy:
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:02 PM
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28. What? No, I'm just returning. |
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:11 PM
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:hi:
Did you see the Sunday afternoon Hari Kari in GD? lol. *shaking head*
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:14 PM
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I didn't see it. I don't generally go into GD since the 2004 presidential election. :hi:
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:20 PM
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42. I just returned, too...but now I'm wondering why. |
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:22 PM
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43. 'Coz I'm here of course. |
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:25 PM
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45. Exactly. But then we have our "other place." |
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:27 PM
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48. You mean our MySpace trysts? |
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Sun Aug-05-07 06:17 PM
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56. Shhhhhh. Keep it between us, dude. |
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:02 PM
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29. Go post in my GD CC thread! Please! |
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:08 PM
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36. I think it is locked. |
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I tried to post I couldn't.
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:15 PM
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40. Yeah, they were quick to it. |
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Oh well, at least Peggy got in.
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:02 PM
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30. No, too ornery to leave! |
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Edited on Sun Aug-05-07 05:04 PM by supernova
:evilgrin: And I care too much about the friends that I have made here.
Edit: Mostly I will participate in threads that are actual debates about information and issues. I stay out of overly emotional threads about my candidate is better and yours sucks, et al.
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:16 PM
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41. But my candidate IS better and yours DOES suck! |
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...ahem, but that's not the point you're trying to make here, is it...
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:04 PM
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33. Well, now I wouldn't say that... |
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:24 PM
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44. I'd rather stick around and annoy the few who dislike me |
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:26 PM
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46. Hell yes, I'm leaving ... |
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... to have some soup. Mmm, chicken noodle. :9
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Sun Aug-05-07 05:26 PM
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47. GD is living up to her initials today. |
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But since no one noticed, I have come back to plague you all .... BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
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Sun Aug-05-07 06:00 PM
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54. When you are as big as DU, there are plenty of differing views. |
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Pitt was a die-hard democrat and there is nothing wrong with that, but he was attacked for not attacking some the boneheaded actions of some dems lately. It's too bad. In general, he had good things to say. It's too bad he is leaving but DU will continue on for sure.
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Sun Aug-05-07 06:13 PM
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I was down in the NC mountains introducing Haruka to the parents. It went very well.
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Sun Aug-05-07 06:17 PM
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57. GD DO NOT WANT copy cat threads. |
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So I have LEFT GD. So there.
Hello, Lounge.
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Sun Aug-05-07 06:45 PM
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59. And give up the Lounge?? |
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...Never!
This place is the best....:toast:
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Sun Aug-05-07 06:52 PM
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60. I'm here for the foreseeable future. |
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:hi: :P :rofl: You're stuck with me.
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Sun Aug-05-07 07:20 PM
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62. GD needs a good purge |
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We just need an enema now and then.
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a few loungers should go post in GD just so they can be TSed.
Oh wait, the last person who suggested that got TSed.
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Sun Aug-05-07 08:07 PM
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64. It's insane over there!! WTF did I miss today?!?! |
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Sun Aug-05-07 09:07 PM
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71. WillPitt posted a goodbye thread, and all hell broke loose. |
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Sun Aug-05-07 08:27 PM
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66. I'm thinking about it |
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Not that anyone would notice or care (not seeking pity - just stating a fact). I really can't take the news or serious discussion of it anymore. I'm trying to become an ostrich with its head in the sand in order to save my sanity these days. I can't even watch C-SPAN anymore without practically having aneurysms.
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When they pry my cold dead fingers from the keyboard.
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Sun Aug-05-07 08:53 PM
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69. Me! I gotta take a piss, |
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I'll be back in a moment.
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Sun Aug-05-07 09:50 PM
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76. Nope. I'm staying right here. |
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Much as some folks would probably like to see me go.
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