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#101671 04/30/2003 10:04 AM
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D'oh!

Funny. I had an image of a right jolly old elf about to ascend the chimney.


#101672 04/30/2003 12:45 PM
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right jolly old elf about to ascend the chimney

ah, the old Santa Conspiracy Clause...



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#101673 04/30/2003 12:51 PM
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the accusation was that we conspire to it

We must breathe together or we shall certainly breathe separately.
    - B. Franklin


#101674 04/30/2003 1:03 PM
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Genius is one percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent respiration. -- Thomas Alva Edison





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#101675 04/30/2003 1:06 PM
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Yikes! I thought that was Einstein? .... and I also thought the other 99% was perspiration. Another cherished belief dashed to smithereens.


#101676 04/30/2003 1:08 PM
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Einstein

Naw. Einstein said, "Half this game is 90% breathing."


#101677 04/30/2003 1:10 PM
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Oh, I see. This is a joke y'all have made.

~apologies to Madonna and the apocryphal Blikk interview.


#101678 04/30/2003 3:01 PM
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"Ya can't fool me! There ain't no sanity clause!"

- A Night at the Opera


#101679 04/30/2003 3:57 PM
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"Naw. Einstein said, "Half this game is 90% breathing."

But my daughter told me, "Mom, there are three kinds of people in this world. Ones that are good at math and ones that aren't."


#101680 04/30/2003 4:04 PM
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"This is odd, yes. ... If you think about it, careful ought to be the opposite of carefree! "

I betcha the all-purpose additive "-ridden" would go even farther from "carefree", i.e. "care-ridden".


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Birdfeed
thanks, that's the one I was looking for. I had careworn but it wasn't quite right.


#101682 04/30/2003 11:50 PM
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"Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration" is what Edison said.


#101683 05/01/2003 12:51 AM
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A belated welcome to you, krritter; sorry, my time here has been a bit scattered, lately.


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http://www.utne.com/magazine/press/20020625.html

Looks like you need to subscribe to read the article but you could also visit your local library. There are several articles in this issue that explore the topic "conversation". I was thinking of y'all when I was reading them.
BTW, welcome krritter. We're just horsing around a bit with this thread right now. Hope you're having fun and come back soon, ya hear?


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