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#183172 03/04/2009 3:01 AM
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I believe it's your turn, is it not?


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'kay, I'll bite.. wha?!

tsuwm #183176 03/04/2009 3:18 AM
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does that qualify?

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This thread reminds me of a movie, I forget its name, that started with a guy on a barge on the northern stretches of the Mississippi River. The text over the opening scene said "TWO WEEKS LATER".

Faldage #183188 03/04/2009 10:41 AM
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do I have to explain the rules already?


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You could at least tell us what game we're playing. And maybe even who you're referring to with your unanteceded second person pronoun.

Faldage #183195 03/04/2009 2:11 PM
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can't you figure it out with the clues already supplied?


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...is this just another questionable remark?

We're supposed to remember that we've played this before, right? George Santayanna and "the lessons of history" and all that?

(Why am I reminded of that old party game that dealt with a pair of scissors being handed around a circle of players, with the comment "I receive them crossed (or uncrossed, as appropriate) and I pass them uncrossed (or crossed, as appropriate)" and it's not about the scissors at all but the legs at the time of receiving or giving ? )

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Originally Posted By: etaoin
clues already supplied?


There's clues?

Faldage #183219 03/05/2009 12:30 AM
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isn't it obvious?


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you rang?

tsuwm #183224 03/05/2009 12:39 AM
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Was that the phone?

olly #183226 03/05/2009 12:42 AM
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did it sound like the phone?


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Shall we ask tsuwm?

olly #183228 03/05/2009 1:16 AM
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are we having fun now?

tsuwm #183229 03/05/2009 1:20 AM
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Do you think Faldage understands now?


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how likely is that?

tsuwm #183231 03/05/2009 1:25 AM
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Wasn't his last post an indicator?

olly #183238 03/05/2009 4:07 AM
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Am I missing something?

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Is it commencement time?

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It can't be my turn, I've never seen it before.

BranShea #183245 03/05/2009 11:59 AM
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Don't bother asking Faldage; he's not interested anyway.

Faldage #183248 03/05/2009 2:13 PM
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Some uses of language can confuse us, can't it?

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I wouldn't think one simple rule would be so hard, would you?


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How did I miss this thread? Et, you think you're hilarious, don't you? Do you always have such simple rules? ;0)

twosleepy #183282 03/06/2009 12:53 PM
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aren't simple rules fun?


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has this died already?


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Looks that way, doesn't it?

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Originally Posted By: etaoin
has this died already?
life's short they say and was it vialble?

BranShea #183431 03/10/2009 12:04 AM
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Well, wasn't it viable for 3 pages already?

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You haven't quit the game, have you, Etaoin?
I'm not too late to join, am I?

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do I look like I'm gone?


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Originally Posted By: twosleepy
Well, wasn't it viable for 3 pages already?
The singer, not the song.

BranShea #183471 03/11/2009 12:12 AM
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should we ignore that one?


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why not? didn't we ignore wossname?

tsuwm #183475 03/11/2009 2:06 AM
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Wossname?

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Not thinking of thingamebob are you?

olly #183477 03/11/2009 6:25 AM
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Do you always answer a question with another question? wink

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are you serious?


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Quote:
Wossname?
Quote:
Not thinking of thingamebob are you?

KOKO:
...And apologetic statesmen of a compromising kind,
Such as — What d'ye call him — Thing'em-bob, and likewise — Never-mind,
And 'St— 'st— 'st— and What's-his-name, and also You-know-who —
The task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you.
But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list,
For they'd none of 'em be missed — they'd none of 'em be missed!


Is this who you were thinking of?

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