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>wossname?

maybe I read too much Terry Pratchett? link?

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Do I read Terry Pratchett? Actually, I don't, but my friends do, a lot; does that count?

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Is it considered impolite to question the purpose of this game?

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Are you asking for yourself?

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who else would he be asking for?


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Well, Et, perhaps he was referring to another post which he deems impolite? My goodness, do you always throat-jump so easily?

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Do I come off as a throat-jumper?


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Wouldn't a discreet clearing of the throat serve as an adequate response?

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A turtle neck sweater?

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Isn't that a Woolly Jumper?

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If the turtleneck wasn't really a full turtleneck, would that be an example of mockery?

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There are mufflers for mockery about the neck.

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Originally Posted By: morphememedley
There are mufflers for mockery about the neck.


Sir, do you describe a scarf for scoffers, or an anti-scoff scarf?

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where did everyone go? and does mm's entry count?


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It got scuffed out.


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Does that one count?

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does anyone else think that some of us don't know the one rule?


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does anyone else care‽

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Does the rule need to be restated? Wait, was it stated to begin with?

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Isn't that the whole point of the thread, realizing that there is a rule to be followed, and then figuring it out ? And then never stating it in so many words, but simply following the rule in your posts?



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Life having plagued me with scoffers lately, the type of muffler I currently prefer for scoffers is one wide enough to serve as a bacalava, with my being allowed to assist with the fitting. The bacalava application might leave less-compelling physical evidence than would the tempting garotte application.

I need to find that screenplay-writing app I recently downloaded.

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The assessment of a post for countability counts for something, I gather.

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was it ever stated better than wofa's statement?


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laugh


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Originally Posted By: morphememedley
Life having plagued me with scoffers lately,
Try to feed your scoffers with baklava . They'll sweeten down and leave you in peace or/and they will come down with a debilitating tooth ache.(?)

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how do you spell hi, Jack?

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Originally Posted By: tsuwm
how do you spell hi, Jack?


Without the comma?

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Originally Posted By: tsuwm
how do you spell hi, Jack?

I don't readily know how to hijack what lacks a rudder or other obvious means of control. Nice scoff, though.

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Originally Posted By: BranShea
Originally Posted By: morphememedley
Life having plagued me with scoffers lately,
Try to feed your scoffers with baklava . They'll sweeten down and leave you in peace or/and they will come down with a debilitating tooth ache.(?)

I instantly mis-guessed baklava to be one of the flat breads of the world (does every culture have one or more?). Some of those pictured look formidable, so much so that I'd like to take them on about now.

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Originally Posted By: morphememedley
Originally Posted By: tsuwm
how do you spell hi, Jack?

I don't readily know how to hijack what lacks a rudder or other obvious means of control. Nice scoff, though.


Could you pose this as a question?


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Would I be punished for pointing out that morphememedley's posts are unquestionably in violation of the rule?

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Would it be too much of a hint to mention that Bran's is as well?


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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
laugh

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Originally Posted By: twosleepy
confused


okay, an icon-only post which would seem to follow the rule - is this not iconoclastic in a droll sort of way?

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Is the icon posing a question or is it merely demonstrating confusion?

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Originally Posted By: etaoin
Would it be too much of a hint to mention that Bran's is as well?
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laugh Gnarrrrrr (-:-) rrrrrruleS ?

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when is a question not really a question?

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When it's not a question?

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BTW are there any Tom Stoppard fans in the house?

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When it is a so called rhetorical question. A statement in disguise.( any prizes to be won here? )Trinkets? Pearls? I-pods?

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