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I believe it's your turn, is it not?
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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".
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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.
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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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did it sound like the phone?
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Do you think Faldage understands now?
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Wasn't his last post an indicator?
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It can't be my turn, I've never seen it before.
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Don't bother asking Faldage; he's not interested anyway.
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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)
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Looks that way, doesn't it?
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life's short they say and was it vialble?
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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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Well, wasn't it viable for 3 pages already? The singer, not the song.
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should we ignore that one?
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why not? didn't we ignore wossname?
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Not thinking of thingamebob are you?
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Do you always answer a question with another question?
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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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>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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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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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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does anyone else think that some of us don't know the one rule?
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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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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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how do you spell hi, Jack? Without the comma?
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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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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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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? :¬ p
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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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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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Would it be too much of a hint to mention that Bran's is as well? :¬ ) Gnarr rrrr (-:-) 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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BranShea do you really want to know the disappointing truth about your chances of winning a prize in this thread? Or, perhaps, the truth about your chances for winning a disappointing prize? Or, perhaps better still, a prize for disappointing?
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More to the point a prize for disappointing? Yes please, can I have half the truth of it? btw.Tom Stoppard, is that the man of The Shakespeare Adventure? Or was it Poseidon in Love?
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Would I be punished for pointing out that morphememedley's posts are unquestionably in violation of the rule? One can have, can't he, the unfortunate adventure of thinking he is entering into absurdist banter, then finding himself in the stocks being japed by ostensible protectors of Rule.
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how do you spell hi, Jack? how do you spell hi, Jack? Without the comma? Unruly Noise Guard that hive, Buzz and jive. Best do all your stinging while you're still alive. buzz, buzz, buzz > yeah, yeah, yeah [?] Ouch?
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ok, since I started this game, I'll end it, because it seems that feeling are being hurt, and that, of course, was never the intention.
I always try to use smileys with my gentle jabs, to show that we're all in this together. though I guess sometimes they don't read well.
I started this game, after some time-travel through the archives here, seeing a previous version, and thought it would be fun to do it again. the game has one Rule: all posts must be in the form of a question.
game over.
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Is that over like ended or over from over again? (was just getting the knack of it)
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Should I have used smileys in my teasing comments?
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No, the disappointer post was a one that really made me laugh.It sure was a good one. Is why I used the smiley I really like. The half thruth was a comment on a Stoppard quote. Do you mind smileys? (They are horridly ugly but I like the laugher.) See? (but Morph's might have had one) The question mark was not so hard to guess, but some people (me too) often want to know the why of the why. Silly maybe, but...
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Thus far I've been of the opinion that emoticons would not be likely to help me in my efforts to express myself, though they might be fun to play with in combination sometime.
The accusation of hijacking the thread took the discussion to a quantum other plane—ironically.
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Surely all this here was not meant seriously at all and much ado about little. I thought the post in question was more self irony of the writer than serious accusations.(the importance of being earnest?)
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Why do they keep posting statements?
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How could a talk-with-my-hand/make-faces person like me communicate without smileys?
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Here's to you all off topic threadwise but on topic for the loftiest, warmest and sunniest day of this spring__ W.A. Mozart's Luci Care. With a regular board smile for etaoin cause I cannot steal his well designed one twice.
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