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  • #16
    Quoth blas View Post
    Conjunction Junction was so much cooler
    What's your function?

    Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

    "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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    • #17
      Quoth Nerfball View Post
      Prepositions are bad things to end sentences with.
      Well, then, it's a good thing that you ended your sentence with part of a verbal phrase.

      ^-.-^
      Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

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      • #18
        This is the sort of thing up with which I will not put.
        Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints...
        TASTE THE LIME JELLO OF DEFEAT! -Gravekeeper

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        • #19
          Quoth Retail Associate View Post
          But when my son was in kindergarten they had the letter people. The one I remember best is "I'm Mr. M with the munching mouth. I munch morning to midnight, midnight to morning...MUNCHING MOUTH!"
          Damn you. I've spent the last 22 years trying to get rid of that earworm and now it's back with a vegance.
          To right the countless wrongs of our days... We shine this light of true redemption, that this place may become as paradise...Oh, what a wonderful world such would be...

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          • #20
            Quoth Mr Hero View Post
            Damn you. I've spent the last 22 years trying to get rid of that earworm and now it's back with a vegance.
            ~Come and meeet the letter people, come an jooooin our fam-uh-lee~
            <somethingsomething>
            ~A-B-C-D, follow meeeeeeeeeee~~~

            "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
            "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
            "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
            "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
            "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
            "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
            Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
            "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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            • #21
              I learned all of my language skills from School House Rock. My education in public school was... not so good. And now I'm going to have nightmares about Mr. M until Christmas. I'm sure I would have been terrified of him as a kid, I was very skittish and afraid of everything.

              Speaking of Prepositions, is anyone here a fan of Corner Gas?

              "Who's Sarah Harden?"
              "Oh, she's new."
              "Oh. I'm not up on that new stuff."
              "You're not up on it, or you're not into it?"
              "I might be into it, if I was up on it. But I'm not up on it, so I'm not into it. What I'm into, I'm up on."
              "I'm mostly into what I'm up on, but even though I'm not up on the new stuff, I'm sorta into it."
              "I'm down with that."

              Prepositions are fun!
              Each one of us has a special place just like the Evergreen Forest. Enchanting, sparkling, and perfect. And, like the flowers that bloom there... fragile.

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              • #22
                Agent Bork: Chief, you know that guy whose camper they were whacking off in?
                Agent Fleming: Bork, you're a Federal Agent. You represent the United States government. Never end a sentence with a preposition.
                Agent Bork: Oh, uh... You know that guy in whose camper they... I mean, that guy off in whose camper they were whacking?
                "IT stands away, interrupting himself from the incessant hammering of the kittens…"

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                • #23
                  OH MY FREAKING GOD I DIDN'T DREAM THEM UP THE LETTER PEOPLE WERE REAL!!!!

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                  • #24
                    Quoth jackfaire View Post
                    OH MY FREAKING GOD I DIDN'T DREAM THEM UP THE LETTER PEOPLE WERE REAL!!!!
                    Well of course they are. They're everywhere. They're watching us, even now...
                    "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                    "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                    "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                    "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                    "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                    "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
                    Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
                    "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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                    • #25
                      Quoth Nerfball View Post
                      Prepositions are bad things to end sentences with.
                      But a good thing when your butt is itching and burning.

                      Or maybe it's just too late for me to be up, but why are we talking about Preperation H?
                      Human Resources - the adult version of "I'm telling Mom." - Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (NCIS)

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                      • #26
                        Quoth EricKei View Post
                        ~Come and meeet the letter people, come an jooooin our fam-uh-lee~
                        Come and meet the Letter People
                        ~A-B-C-D, follow meeeeeeeeeee~~~

                        Filled in that blank. And, yes, seriously, THAT is the line. How... original... How... ingenius? How blase...

                        Come and meet the Letter People,
                        Come and visit the family!
                        Words are made of Letter People (Just like Soylent Green)
                        ABCD, follow me...
                        Last edited by Imogene; 11-30-2009, 02:33 AM. Reason: Earworm reminded me...
                        "I call murder on that!"

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                        • #27
                          Quoth Juwl View Post

                          Come and meet the Letter People,
                          Come and visit the family!
                          Words are made of Letter People (Just like Soylent Green)
                          ABCD, follow me...
                          Dammit I almost sent my gobstopper flying
                          The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom

                          Now queen of USSR-Land...

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                          • #28
                            I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to all bookstore folks for being one of the "It's blue'...

                            When I was Christmas shopping at West Edmonton Mall yesterday, I was looking for a book and this was the most descriptive I could be (and yes, i apologised in advance):

                            "It was a hardcover, had a picture of cookies on the cover, dedicated completely to cookies, and at the beginning were tips on how to pack them for travelling/mailing and I saw it at *other location in my town*" (How many vague points do I get?)

                            The very helpful lady led me to a computer so I could see all the hardcover books that the store had, and while I was doing that she actually went over to the section and grabbed two that had the tips to show me. I really wish I could remember her name, she was awesome.
                            "Who in their right mind would commision a Sistine Chapel-style ceiling of pooping catgirls?"

                            "I dunno. Atheists, probably."

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                            • #29
                              *hops back a tangent or two to the preposition thing*

                              This thread in general -- albeit belatedly -- reminded me of one of my favorite "NewOrleansisms"... namely, "Where ya at?" -- it's the local dialect equivalent of "Hi, how are you?". Figure that one out
                              "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                              "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                              "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                              "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                              "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                              "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
                              Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
                              "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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                              • #30
                                Quoth Refkeila View Post
                                I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to all bookstore folks for being one of the "It's blue'...
                                If this is the book then no you weren't being vague.

                                http://www.amazon.com/Roses-Christma.../dp/0688101364

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