01/08/2009 07:53:38 AM EST

Best TYT Comment of 2008

posted by Qwerty

2008 was an amazing year. And TYT's forum had some amazing diaries and comments. Let's recognize the best comment of the past year.

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I nominate this gem as best comment of 2008:

Is this all you got? (none / 0)
President elect Obama is probably going to be the most popular president in U.S history and all you can do is re live the election, trying to tarnish him with perceived wrong doing and guilt by association?

Get real

by Chinese Democracy on 12/10/2008 05:40:37 PM EST

That's right, CD didn't even wait for President-elect Teleprompter Jesus to be sworn in before predicting his awesomeness. Nice job, CD.

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Can I just nominate... (5.00 / 2)

... every idiotic post/comment by bobo1?

 Ok... how about this one:

<h3>There is no implosion coming, Palin is a GODSEND to the McCain Campaign...</h3>

*ding* *ding* *ding* I think we have a winner!

Thanks bobo1 for another wonderful year of intuitive thought!

by designs on 01/08/2009 09:41:12 AM EST

In defense of bobo1 (none / 0)
Bobo1 is not wrong in that diary. Palin rejuvenated McCain's campaign. It was McCain who caused the implosion by suspending his campaign and supporting a bailout that was overwhelmingly opposed by the Republican base.

by Qwerty on 01/08/2009 09:55:45 AM EST

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If you say so (none / 1)
Ha! REJUVENATE? Why, because Palin's birth didn't predate the invention of the cotton gin? Sorry, but you say "potato," I say "Palin made McCain extra-super unelectable."

by OneHitKill on 01/08/2009 11:22:56 AM EST

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Potatoe (none / 0)
I say "Palin made McCain extra-super unelectable."

Who would have helped McCain more? Would he have done better if he had chosen a boring blob like Tim Pawlenty? If Palin brought a landslide defeat, then name one person who would have at least narrowed the margin, if not outright won the election.

by Qwerty on 01/08/2009 11:55:53 AM EST

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Boring beats stupid (none / 0)
Who would have helped McCain more?

My kid brother, just to name one. He knows how to form complete sentences.

Seriously, dude. What's this really about? You sit on a fire hydrant this morning or something? Obama won and Sarah Palin is the punchline to about a thousand dirty jokes now. If you think I'm wrong, let's change the Republican Party's name to the Palin Party and see where that gets you.

by OneHitKill on 01/08/2009 12:14:25 PM EST

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Corroboration (none / 0)
If you think I'm wrong, let's change the Republican Party's name to the Palin Party and see where that gets you.

I think you're wrong. So does Saxby Chambliss.

by Qwerty on 01/08/2009 12:28:55 PM EST

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Really? (5.00 / 1)

You're going with Saxby Chambliss as a source in a discussion about stupid people to support your argument?

Really?

What, was Tom DeLay too drunk unavailable for comment?

by MedfordTim on 01/08/2009 04:55:11 PM EST

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Qwerty is Twba (none / 0)
Somehow I've made it this far without caring about what you think. I have a feeling I'll continue to do so. Goodbye, Twba.

by OneHitKill on 01/08/2009 08:11:35 PM EST

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yes (none / 0)
tis fairly obvious, but whatever.

by hazmat on 01/08/2009 08:14:51 PM EST

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I thought I was just paranoid. (none / 0)
But it seems like we've reached a consensus.

by Spencer on 01/08/2009 08:29:47 PM EST

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You dropped a pom-pon (none / 0)
His embarrassment at being associated with you will be the clincher.

by OneHitKill on 01/09/2009 07:35:35 AM EST

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No embarrassment (1.00 / 1)
I'd rather be associated with KenTX than a conspiracy theory mongering twit.

by Qwerty on 01/09/2009 01:53:42 PM EST

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You couldn't zing your way out of a paper bag (none / 0)
Man, someone woke up on the piss-stained side of the bed...every day this week, apparently. Do you want to be the new BytchBang? Is that what your problem is? Because things didn't work out so well for the first BycthBang, if memory serves.

by OneHitKill on 01/09/2009 06:49:05 PM EST

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You'd might be able to convince me more if... (none / 0)
...McCain had actually come close in the election. It was a blow out mainly because McCain did choose Palin whose lack of expertise in economic matters became known very quickly. If the Presidential election was only to get the evangelical vote, then bobo1 might have been right. Luckily for us it wasn't.

by designs on 01/08/2009 11:25:13 AM EST

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Lacking (none / 0)
It was a blow out mainly because McCain did choose Palin whose lack of expertise in economic matters became known very quickly.

Then explain how Teleprompter Jesus' lack of expertise in economic matters did not stop the blow out.

by Qwerty on 01/08/2009 11:59:49 AM EST

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I'll bite (none / 0)
Teleprompter Jesus' lack of expertise in economics didn't show whenever he answered questions about economy. His failure to appear stupid has followed him throughout his carreer, even two years of constant scrutiny by the press. His run of incompetence to prove right-wing talk show hosts and internet posters like yourself to be smarter than they sound is unparalleled. Its a wonder anyone voted for him.

by hazmat on 01/08/2009 01:22:52 PM EST

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Biting commentary by Haz (none / 0)
Teleprompter Jesus' lack of expertise in economics didn't show whenever he answered questions about economy.

His lack of economic knowledge showed through often. Most American voters are also ignorant of economics and were therefore unable to detect Teleprompter Jesus' weakness.

His failure to appear stupid has followed him throughout his carreer, even two years of constant scrutiny by the press.

Two years of softball questions and celebrity worship are hardly ideal preparation for facing reality's hardball tactics. We shall soon see just how competent Teleprompter Jesus is.

by Qwerty on 01/08/2009 02:32:42 PM EST

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appearing uninformed on the economy (none / 0)
is one area in which George W. Bush and John S. McCain have outperformed their democratic counterparts spectacularly. What a brilliant Ruse! Their reverse-psychology jujitsu will be the subject of political science theses for decades to come. I admit, they even had me convinced for a while. But no more! The veil has fallen.

by hazmat on 01/08/2009 02:51:13 PM EST

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Appearances (none / 0)
John P.O.W. Maverick spent so much time reaching across the aisle he was an honorary Democrat, at least until he crossed paths with the media's candidate, Teleprompter Jesus. The election came down to choosing either a socialist president with a moron vice president or a socialist president with a vice president who looks good in a skirt. The American people chose the socialist and the moron by a small margin. We'll see how that works out over the next four years.

by Qwerty on 01/08/2009 03:22:33 PM EST

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I've never seen (none / 0)
Joe Biden in a skirt, but the visual leaves me emotionally scarred ;-)

by hazmat on 01/08/2009 03:33:06 PM EST

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Tip Jar (1.33 / 2)

by Qwerty on 01/08/2009 08:28:11 AM EST

I would like to nominate (none / 1)
the following gem from bobo. Up to the point when he posted this I took him seriously (reasonable people can disagree). After being given multiple opportunities in the ensuing weeks to retract/clarify, he refused. He made an equally egregious statement about mexicans (spencer has it somewheres) a little later I think, but this is the post that opened my eyes to the fact that bobo is prone to violence and probably unreachable. He's our very own Ted Kazcinski.

by hazmat on 01/08/2009 12:14:09 PM EST

in support of my nomination (none / 0)
read the enormous thread this post inspired. Its funny, inspiring at times, and involves a lot of our regulars. A classic.

by hazmat on 01/08/2009 12:17:16 PM EST

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Yep (none / 0)

That was a classic.  I've linked to it so many times, it feels like an old friend.

 

by Spencer on 01/08/2009 05:04:19 PM EST

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I still stand by my post... (none / 0)
And further will predict that we will be seeing a lot more tragedy in that vein due to our sagging economy and our future president's lack of skill to fix it... If you re-read the post, hazzie, you would understand that I wasn't condoning violence, rather I was understanding where the violence emerged from and offered a pathway to cut off the problem before it resulted in death - if you do not understand WHY people can feel that way, you will never be able to help them resist the temptation to act violently - Israel and Palestine is a perfect example of what your kind of name-calling - comic book reading fantasy solutions create. Might isn't always right, but neither is blissful ignorance of hard reality... :)

by bobo1 on 01/09/2009 08:54:56 AM EST

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Captain Illiteracy (none / 0)
You ought to respect people who read comics. Because they can read.

by OneHitKill on 01/09/2009 09:36:20 AM EST

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ridicule (none / 0)
Notice that bobo made a concerted effort to write a complete, coherent post. There were minimal grammar errors. He didn't tangle himself in a web of competing ideas. I appreciate the effort bobo.

by hazmat on 01/09/2009 11:55:15 AM EST

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Yet (none / 1)
His boycott of the single period still stands.

by Spencer on 01/09/2009 02:56:07 PM EST

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HEY!!! (none / 0)
HE TEACHES WRITING DAMNIT!!!

by richardshort2001 on 01/16/2009 02:00:36 AM EST

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am I to understand (none / 0)
that you are saying we should try to understand why terrorists are bombing people in Palestine and New York? I just want to be very clear here. The underlying issue I took with your original post was that conservatives are hypocritical when it comes to terrorists. If its a conservative domestic terrorist we need to "understand" where he's coming from. If its a palestinian terrorist, he's not human and his motivations don't factor into our prevention efforts. Karl Rove accused liberals of offering "therapy" to terrorists for advocating the same position that you are here.

by hazmat on 01/09/2009 12:02:23 PM EST

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I was saying... (none / 0)
I understood where that particular shooter (the one in TN) was coming from. I also said that he obviously had some mental issues or afflictions that seriously hampered his ability to determine right and wrong, or at least it interrupted his ability to care about such limitations... As for "foreign" terrorists, I don't think its very difficult to understand why they attack us, or why they do what they do - it really depends on context and understanding both sides of an issue - something neither Conservatives nor Liberals are very good at doing. :)

by bobo1 on 01/09/2009 09:06:46 PM EST

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okay, you've got my ear (none / 0)

so do you agree that terrorists "hate us for our freedoms". Now I'll admit that even I was susceptible to this rhetoric in the days and weeks after 9-11. But the question is, as time passes, and as you're trying you're level best to dismantle and undermine your enemy, are generalizations like this accurate or even productive? George W. Bush caste domestic political opposition, however mild, as "giving succor to the enemy". I'd like to remind you that Bush had a 95% approval rating on Sept 15th. Was it acceptable in your view for Rove and Bush to divide Americans this way in the face of an "existential threat"?

I'm laying 50:1 odds that Bobo gets the wrong answer.

by hazmat on 01/09/2009 09:55:29 PM EST

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What you fail to understand... (none / 0)
Is that there are no such thing as "right" and "wrong" answers in dealing with these sorts of issues - there is only ones opinions and differing degrees of agreement or disagreement - My opinion of Bush and company is as follows - I for one am still somewhat of a conspiralist when it comes to 9/11 - I believe in the concept of Occhams (sp) Razor - the simplest explanation of an event is usually the correct one - It seems more plausible to me that our government conspired to take those buildings down to use as a catalyst for future events rather than believing that 19 guys who used to live in caves all came here, learned to fly jet airliners, boarded 4 seperate planes all at the same time at 4 seperate locations and coordinated a timed attack within an hour of each other using things as simple as a fucking box cutter they give the stock boys at grocery stores everyday... That being said, I believe that Bush's and Rove's actions were somewhat preordained and rehearsed, therefore not giving them much creedence to begin with - It was always the plan to divide and conquer the thoughts and minds of the American people in order to slide their agenda through without too much opposition (other than from the Dennis Kucinich crowd). It was wrong of them to decieve us, but people who are willing to kill thousnads of Americans really don't care about right and wrong... As for terrorism in general, and ways to "combat" it, different situations require different types of solutions, no one way being as effective as the other - in terms of Middle Eastern terrorism, one must understand that this is a conflict dating back to the 1000s and some would say earlier - only now are we in an era that information and mass communication where bad shit can affect a mass population relatively quickly. I'm gonna stop now - my thumbs are tired on this damn Blackberry! :)

by bobo1 on 01/09/2009 10:58:49 PM EST

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Zzzzzz...what huh? (none / 0)
I don't get this thread. It's like Qwerty fell asleep the day before Election Day and didn't wake up until now.

by OneHitKill on 01/08/2009 12:20:11 PM EST

Explanatory (none / 0)
I don't get this thread.

This thread is to bestow recognition upon the best comments of 2008. None of your comments made the cut, Jesse, they were all forgettable.

by Qwerty on 01/08/2009 01:20:37 PM EST

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Memory is the first thing to go, Twba (5.00 / 2)
Bitch, please. Even my subject headings are better than most comments.

by OneHitKill on 01/08/2009 08:09:22 PM EST

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No, Jesse (1.00 / 0)
Only your mother thinks you're special. And she might be having doubts.

by Qwerty on 01/09/2009 01:23:37 PM EST

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Tactics (none / 0)
Saying extra-scummy things to get me to stop thinking you're Twba? It won't work!

by OneHitKill on 01/09/2009 06:45:49 PM EST

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I was going to say (none / 0)
replace "superior intelligence" with "mercurial temperament" in ken's post above, and you've got a deal.

by hazmat on 01/09/2009 09:59:23 PM EST

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thin-skinned (none / 0)
is what I was going for.

by hazmat on 01/09/2009 10:03:09 PM EST

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Strategery (none / 1)
Jesse, you would have to start thinking before anyone could make you stop thinking.

If you disagree with the theories presented in Loose Change et al, just keep a little smile in your heart knowing that you're sooooo much smarter than everyone else.

And OneHitKill is so fucking stupid. Grow a brain, son.

by Qwerty on 01/10/2009 04:59:25 AM EST

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It's a deal, Wertyu (none / 0)
Grow a brain, son.

You first, dad.

(I'm not really your son, though, okay?)

by OneHitKill on 01/10/2009 05:36:07 AM EST

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Qwerty is trash. Also, scum. (none / 1)
He probably never took you fishing, or taught you how to shave.

We went fishing once, but he didn't like it very much when I tried to put him on the hook.

by OneHitKill on 01/10/2009 05:53:17 AM EST

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Qwerty is rubbish. Also, garbage. (none / 0)
It appears that Qwerty is trying to mirror your behavior.

He's not very good at it. I'm 95% sure he's not me.

By the way, if you think BB left because people tried to "mirror" him, you are a few apples short of a bob.

by OneHitKill on 01/10/2009 05:42:03 AM EST

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That is why you fail (none / 0)
The crowd has spoken. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Enjoy your steak dinner for one.

by OneHitKill on 01/10/2009 06:04:31 AM EST

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Don't lie (none / 0)
And I KNOW you aren't trying to take credit for ending BytchBang's destructive stint on the forum. That's just one more case of your re-telling of history straying from the truth, and all the regulars here know it.

by OneHitKill on 01/10/2009 06:06:44 AM EST

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Acroso, we hardly knew ye (none / 0)
No, dude. Dave ran BB off. And I provided air support. It was a proud victory; MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. We split his scalp between us. My share currently adorns my favorite ceremonial headdress, where it strikes fear into those who would cross me.

Speaking of which, as hard as I was on Acroso, I never wanted to see him run out of town on a rail. He was funny in his own way...for all the wrong reasons, of course. Let's remember him.

DesertPear and Zippy haven't gone anywhere. They just don't check in as often as you and I.

by OneHitKill on 01/10/2009 06:35:49 AM EST

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O RLY (none / 1)
And I provided air support.

Since when is a gnat air support?

by Qwerty on 01/10/2009 06:53:26 AM EST

[ Parent ]
What are you, Diet OneHitKill? (none / 0)
Since an amoeba became the enemy. Now flagellate your way outta here, single cell.

by OneHitKill on 01/10/2009 08:48:06 AM EST

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Diet OneNoteJesse (none / 1)
All the stupid flavor, none of the brain-dead calories.

by Qwerty on 01/10/2009 09:11:14 AM EST

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Show us your mitochondria (none / 0)
Race you to the right-hand margin, single cell.

by OneHitKill on 01/10/2009 09:15:31 AM EST

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Show us your hubris (none / 1)
Keep telling yourself you had something to do with pushing BytchBang into the meltdown that caused Dave to tombstone him. At least you're a legend in your own mind.

by Qwerty on 01/10/2009 10:52:19 AM EST

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OHK, Ken (none / 0)
How can you besmirch the name of that Great American, Patriot, Super Secret Ninja trained, military genius Bytch to the Bang?

But for the old bad knee (I'm too old and somewhat unable to meet the physical challenges. Thanks (in part) to a knee injury I got jumping off the back of a six by during training.) our gallant hero would today be performing Rambo like solo missions (I'll not disclose the details) But basically... if you have ever watched Mel Gibson in "the Patriot".... It was a variation of "aim small miss small.") deep in the mountain regions of Afghanistan hunting down and exterminating the enemies of America.

We should now bow our heads in a moment of silence for our deleted member the only REAL American to ever grace us with his presence on this forum.....BytchBang.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative." John Stuart Mill

by Hubble on 01/10/2009 11:37:09 AM EST

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Achtung (none / 1)
Ridicule the CO of the 101st Chairborne at your peril. His private messages are rumored to induce near-fatal laughing fits.

by Qwerty on 01/10/2009 12:16:53 PM EST

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He was a mountain of a man (none / 0)
Hee hee hee. I get it. Ken gets it.
Qwerty doesn't get it. He's too young.

by OneHitKill on 01/10/2009 09:13:47 PM EST

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Yes Ken (none / 0)
They are actual BB quotes.

He was a real Ninja Warrior Prince in his own mind.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative." John Stuart Mill

by Hubble on 01/16/2009 09:36:38 AM EST

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Don't know his age (none / 0)
I know he wasn't Vietnam era, and he wasn't Gulf War I or II, I just know he was very proud of his super secret Ninja training.

It was rumored that he could manufacture a garrote vil out of the thread that holds the buttons on his coat, chewing gum and simple table salt, plus make a passable C4 out of an egg of silly putty, baking soda, and a certain hard candy.

He was the MacGyver of death techniques.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative." John Stuart Mill

by Hubble on 01/16/2009 08:23:51 PM EST

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I disagree Ken (none / 0)
BB certainly stayed around until he met his untimely demise at the hands of the Dave.
 
BigSkyChild was around for a while and I always thought her post were more tongue in cheek than the "look at me I'm a hero" The Bytch and a few others have come with.

The problem I have with people like BytchiePooh was he tried to play the "I served" card from the get go as if it gave him some "special" insight into the war.

Millions of people have "served" some conservative, some liberal, and some moderates, but it doesn't make them all experts on foreign policy, military tactics, or military law. Just like learning how to change the oil in your car doesn't make you a mechanic.

Several members of this forum have "served" proudly, but don't wear it on their chest everyday like it makes them more of a patriot than others who haven't like our departed Bytch did.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative." John Stuart Mill

by Hubble on 01/16/2009 09:47:16 PM EST

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Fable 2 trophy (5.00 / 2)
[Holds up BytchBang's scalp]

Renoun +500!

by OneHitKill on 01/17/2009 07:52:38 AM EST

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I would contend that (none / 0)

For the most part it's the "Pro-war" bullshit artists who play the "I served" card to give themselves credibility for their position.

Bytch was just the most blatant example on this forum, but their have been others who appeared here who made the claim on both sides of the argument.

I don't dismiss every person who claims to have served as "Phony" if they don't agree with my positions like Rush and other Right Wing Talking Heads do, but I will call "BULLSHIT" when I see bullshit, like The Bytch tried to serve us. As Toucan Sam told us as children "Follow your nose it always knows."

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative." John Stuart Mill

by Hubble on 01/17/2009 09:53:15 AM EST

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Anaphylaxis gave you away (none / 0)
I just took a wild guess. DesertPear is a woman and you seem violently allergic to those.

by OneHitKill on 01/10/2009 09:02:54 AM EST

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I'm waiting. (none / 0)
When are you going to try it on me?

by EveningStarNM on 08/01/2009 07:52:56 AM EST

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This prize was already given out. (none / 0)
to twba

by richardshort2001 on 01/08/2009 05:34:44 PM EST

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