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As seen on TV -- Mattias Inghe, 08:33:15 02/25/03 Tue

Documentaries = Audience storm

Commercials = Comic realms

Comedy series = Yes, some cried

Drama series = Dreams arise
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[> Comedy series = Yes, some cried [Gen or Ent NOM] -- Larry Brash, 17:32:22 02/25/03 Tue
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[> [> Great, seconded! -- Paul Pan, 18:01:21 02/25/03 Tue
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[> [> [> Thanks Larry and Paul -- Mattias Inghe, 01:01:00 02/26/03 Wed

...though I found that particular one to be the lest winny one in the collection. But hey, who am I to tell?
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Nicole Kidman = Me inlaid conk [explanation below] -- Paul Pan, 21:53:19 02/25/03 Tue

Kidman wears a prosthetic nose to portray Virginia Woolfe in the film "The Hours" http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/02/24/kidman.oscars.reut/index.html
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Superstitions ~ upsets ironist -- Mattias Inghe, 19:54:57 02/25/03 Tue
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solve a crime = I am so clever -- A. Sadali, 13:46:26 02/25/03 Tue
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[> Re: [ solve a crime ] ... clever 'gram - *Gen Nom* -- Wordminer, 14:39:34 02/25/03 Tue
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[> [> [ solve a crime ] Superb! Seconded! -- Richard G, 16:38:05 02/25/03 Tue
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[> Thanks to both! -- A. Sadali, 19:43:14 02/25/03 Tue
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United States of America = Atomic tests are fun idea! -- Paul Pan, 00:16:53 02/25/03 Tue
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[> [Atomic tests are fun idea!] :) Other names nom, Paul. -- Richard G, 15:58:41 02/25/03 Tue
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[> [> Ta, Richard! -- Paul Pan, 17:58:21 02/25/03 Tue
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E -- David Bourke, 19:26:42 02/21/03 Fri


A re-working of Richard's classic
"The Friendly Letter E"...

(Thanks for the code, RG!)



The Friendly Letter E

Everything here uses E:
Mainstream, allegorically,
Bridesmaids, grapefruits, underpay,
Otherworldly, waterway,
Scrounged, incredibly, maintained,
Overland, forestall, untrained,
Megawatt, mismatched, flamboyance,
Switchblade, washable, annoyance,

Clergy, factored, unprovoked,
Operationally, joked,
Winery, chauffeured, controlled,
Bottomed, bloodstained, undersold,
Earmark, brainwashed, durable,
Lifeboats, unprocurable,
Language, vineyards, connoisseurs,
Straightened, chieftain, saboteurs,

Bloodstream, fiendish, gondolier,
Endpoints, breakthrough, souvenir,
Daydream, viewpoints, overfond,
Prayerful, fivefold, correspond,
Ownership, worthwhile, absolved,
Snowmobile, outflanked, involved,
Thieving, doctrine, understand,
Schoolhouse, hatchet, secondhand,

Surfaces, adhering, quipped,
Hideously, trowel, outstripped,
Unreliability,
Footnote, juvenility,
Friendships, mainline, disappear,
Loathsome, hailstones, cavalier,
Earthward, farmhouse, overblow,
Driveway, windowpane, tableaux,

Cautiousness, outrageous, drummer,
Absolute, unwieldy, summer,
Blackmailed, hotbed, unconsenting,
Boardinghouse, disorienting,
Anchorage, unshaken, dapple,
Getaway, imbalance, grapple,
Epidemiology,
Strained, phenomenology,

Footwear, makeshift, unapproved,
Ambulate, nonplussed, unmoved,
Tourmaline, clairvoyance, braided,
Hayfields, masculine, dissuaded,
Outstretched, hypocrite, confounded,
Mayonnaise, harangued, propounded,
Enviously, unawares,
Dungeon, mainframe, millionaires,

Searchlights, faintest, sauerkraut,
Commonwealth, contained, devout,
Housewives, mangrove, interact,
Laminate, phalange, unpacked,
Earthling, breathing, telegram,
Pittance, parallelogram,
Piggybacked, dishonest, bounced,
Statecraft, chlorine, mispronounced,

Bourgeois, waywardness, awaken,
Analogue, transformed, forsaken,
Courthouse, vanished, circumscribe,
Knitwear, patient, diatribe,
Adversary, conjugates,
Cantaloupe, transgress, translates,
Horseplay, workable, curvaceous,
Early, guidebooks, ostentatious,

Widower, surmountable,
Hoodwinked, unaccountable,
Ideology, recoil,
Playmates, dynasties, embroil,
Pheasant, royalties, quartet,
Earthworm, wealthy, clarinet,
Thenceforth, honest, sousaphones,
Shoehorn, wonderful, condones,

Thinnest, awkwardness, outclassed,
Worthier, hauled, unsurpassed,
Eighty, whitewood, doctrinaire,
Lengthways, vanquished, disrepair,
Fatherhood, constrained, adieu,
Thoroughfare, champagne, withdrew,
Heavyweight, demolish, knacker,
Schoolmates, overdraw, attacker,

Weaponry, relation, guzzler,
Asteroid, foreshadow, puzzler,
Tombstone, categorically,
Clotheshorse, metaphorically,
Home, washed, truncheon, cabaret,
Missionaries, carriageway,
Etymology, mundane,
Northern, forethought, ascertain,

Succulently, unrewarding,
Hideaway, tattooed, recording,
Alleyway, spectacularly,
Manicured, vernacularly,
Blithely, wheelchairs, undisguised,
Lightweight, plaintive, crystallised,
Earth, unwisely, flaunted, buckle,
Dominoes, appointments, knuckle,

Dreadnought, frontage, underway,
Earnings, haywire, overpay,
Spendthrift, winnowed, quarterback,
Penny, waistline, crackerjack,
Aardwolves, guidelines, hitherto,
Thoughtless, throttle, misconstrue,
Chimney, ointment, unobtrusive,
Horseman, flatware, inconclusive,

Breakaway, denying, frondage,
Overshadow, vagabondage,
Latchkey, vaporizable,
Dovetailed, vulcanizable,
Fortieth, skulduggery,
Algebraic, buggery,
Cashew, checkpoints, sacrifice -
Es are really very nice!

=


OWN UP, EVERYBODY WHO USED TO DROP 'E'!

No doubt, of course, each uses `E':
Britt Ekland, Freddie Mercury,
Charlotte Church, Sean Bean,
Kate Bush, Prince Philip (plus The Queen!).

Margaret Thatcher, Elaine Stritch,
Slobodan Milosevic,
Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire,
Marcel Proust, Burke and Hare.

Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun,
Audrey Tautou, Goldie Hawn,
Linford Christie, Paul McKenna,
Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna.

Hugh Lawrie, Stephen Fry,
Dodi Fayed, Princess Di,
Paul "Diana's Rock" Burrell,
Winona Ryder, Sacha Distel.

Giuseppe Verdi, Patrick Moore,
Rod Stewart, Evelyn Waugh.
Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden,
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Osama bin Laden.

Michael Schumacher, Bill Gates,
Michael Hutchence, Paula Yates.
Claude Monet, Jacques Cousteau,
Luca di Montezemolo.

Horatio Nelson, Winnie The Pooh,
Whitney Houston, Barry Blue,
Geno Washington, Roseanne Barr,
Audrey Hepburn, Methuselah.

Wayne Hussey, Tiger Woods, Claire Goose,
Whoopi Goldberg, Doctor Seuss,
Ronnie, Reggie, Charlie Kray,
Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye.

Paul Whitehouse, Mrs. Beaton,
Paul Merton, Angus Deayton.
Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Paul Hester,
August Darnell, Gianluca Festa,

Martin Chivers, David Mellor,
Faye Dunaway, Nelson Mandela,
Claudia Schiffer, Cleo Laine,
Screaming Lord Sutch, Taylor Dayne.

Shmuley Boteach, Uri Geller,
Walt Disney, Nelson Rockefeller,
Francesco Totti, Rachel Weiss,
Suasn Hapmshier, Vincent Price.

Sam Peckinpah, Paul Getty,
Woody Woodpecker, Victor Spinetti,
Steve Staunton, Stephanie Powers,
Frankie Dettori, Herbie Flowers.

Nuno Bettencourt, George Dole,
Austin Powers, Helmut Kohl,
Natalie Imbruglia,
Rudolf Hess, Gerard Houllier.

George 'Dubya' Bush, Condoleezza Rice,
David Beckham, Posh Spice,
Tamzin Outhwaite, Chris Waddle,
Coco The Clown, Glenn Hoddle.

Kunta Kinte, Alex Haley,
Marilyn Monroe, David Bailey.
Natalie Wood, Julian Cope,
Yasser Arafat, Mao Tse-Tung, The Pope.

Lorena Bobbitt, Avril Lavigne
Ruud van Nistelrooy, Roy Keane,
Siobhan Fahey, Howard Stern, Reg Dwight,
Stanley Unwin, Ms Dynamite.

Desmond Tutu, Desmond Dekker,
Tim Henman, Boris Becker,
Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf,
Woody Woodgate, Pauline Calfe.

Alan Partridge, Steve Coogan,
Ludovico Einaudi, Derek Dougan,
Andrew Flintoff, Richard Gere,
Louise Woodward, Amanda Lear.

Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul 'Red' Adair,
Gustav Mahler, Clive Sinclair,
Edward Woodward, Al Capone,
Rudolf Nureyev, Sharon Stone.

Quentin Crisp, Francis Howerd,
Oscar Wilde, Sir Noel Coward,
Sevvy Ballesteros, Sophie Dahl,
Dana International.

Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt,
David Livingstone, Gareth Hunt,
Stuart Sutcliffe, George Best,
Ray Sawyer, Damien Duff, Chris Guest.

Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, Edwina Currie,
Kieron Dyer, Neil Murray,
Howard Devoto, Geoff Hoon,
Laurens van der Post, Keith Moon.

Father Christmas, Peter Pan,
Widow Twankey, Bob Zimmerman,
Richie Sambora, Shaun Ryder,
Ursula Andress, Jorg Haider.

Sean Combs, Eva Cassidy,
Agatha Christie, Christine McVie,
Lisa Stansfield, Chevy Chase,
Gareth Hale, Norman Pace.

The Earl of Sandwich, Denis Law,
Peter Cook, Dudley Moore,
Ava Gardner, Saddam Hussein,
Clint Eastwood, Michael Caine.

Stanley Matthews, Al Gore,
W.C. Fields, Charlie Dore,
Burt Reynolds, Virginia Wade,
Sven-Goran Eriksson, Lew Grade.

Vincent van Gogh, Len Hutton,
Betty Boothroyd, Jenson Button,
Paul McCartney, Gerry Fitt,
Tony Slattery, Bradley Pitt.

Woody Woodmansey, Dennis Hopper,
Anastacia Newkirk, 'Big Bopper',
Townes van Zandt, Matthew Kelly,
Angie Dickinson, Mary Shelley.

Courtney Love, Coco Chanel,
David A. Stewart, Luis Bunuel...
Now, a drug casualty (tut tut!), stupid doofus too,
Who was way out of it? Me, but not you!
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[> Special NOM :) -- Paul Pan, 19:34:16 02/21/03 Fri
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[> Excellent! Some of the pairings are great, and Suasn Hapmshier is just cruel :) -- AH, 19:46:34 02/21/03 Fri
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[> Re: E for EXCELLENCE, ENTERTAINING, EXHILIRATING! ****NOM!!!!!***** -- A. Sadali, 04:21:38 02/22/03 Sat
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[> [> Re: E for EXCELLENCE, ENTERTAINING, EXHILIRATING! ****NOM!!!!!***** -- David Bourk<FONT COLOR="#ff0000">e</FONT>, 23:26:55 02/24/03 Mon

Thanks for the comments!
(It must have been a lot harder for RG to have to
have an E in every single word, rather than just in
each name, though!).

db
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[> [> [> So it doesn't work in the Name box, then?! -- David Bourke, 23:28:16 02/24/03 Mon
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[> [> [> [> Nah, HTML is only allowed in fields marked with asterisks. -- Richard G, 17:20:00 02/25/03 Tue
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Non-PC -- Larry Brash, 17:14:30 02/25/03 Tue

Australian aboriginals have a very high rate of alcoholism and incarceration.

The Aboriginals =
Hi, lets go in a bar.
Ah, tribe's in a goal.
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[> Re: Non-PC [correction] -- Larry Brash, 17:17:57 02/25/03 Tue

The Aboriginals =
Ah, tribe's in goal.

[remind self to copy and paste anagrams]
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Containers = Store in can. -- Richard G, 14:41:04 02/22/03 Sat
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[> Re: Containers = Store in can. NOM, RG! -- Jaybur, 17:08:40 02/22/03 Sat
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[> [> Thanks, Jaybur! -- Richard G, 16:24:09 02/25/03 Tue
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*TOP NOM* for 'gram by Ernesto -- Richard G, 16:22:51 02/25/03 Tue

While preparing the forum archives, I spotted this gem by Ernesto which was overlooked at the time:

Unilateralism = U.S.' martial line

It was posted only a few days before February began so I think it's within the spirit of the rules to let it compete this month, unless anyone disagrees. It certainly deserves a run IMO, not least because it's still so topical. (Great work, Ernesto!)

---
RG
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Snow flurries = Ruins flowers. -- Jesse F, 11:33:47 02/25/03 Tue
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[> [Snow flurries = Ruins flowers.] Cute, Jesse. :) **GEN (or perhaps TOP) NOM** -- Richard G, 16:06:03 02/25/03 Tue
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Electronic mail = I'm clerical note. -- Jesse F, 12:00:48 02/25/03 Tue
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[Another cheater, but;] E-mail service = Receives mail. -- Jesse, 11:51:59 02/25/03 Tue
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Music Television = Sit,volume is nice -- Zoran, 05:30:19 02/25/03 Tue
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United Kingdom = I met unkind dog/God [take your pick, apologies to the squeamish] -- Pavlos, 01:43:37 02/25/03 Tue
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The United States of America = Not safe, met a suicide threat! -- Paul Pan, 00:19:28 02/25/03 Tue
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"The Magdalene Sisters" -- Ernesto G, 06:46:45 02/24/03 Mon


The Magdalene Sisters =

Heartless digest. Amen
Girl's hate demeans set
Atheists' ledgers. Amen
Atheist's genre: medals
Sadists enlarge theme
Sadism threatens glee
Relegates sadism then
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[> Re: "The Magdalene Sisters" *NOM* -- Mey K., 20:49:16 02/24/03 Mon


>The Magdalene Sisters =
>
>Sadism threatens glee

Apt, if you're familiar with the movie and story. Ent. *NOM*, Ernesto!

Later,
Mey K.
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More Dubyagrams -- Paul Pan, 18:33:51 02/24/03 Mon

Peers beg...I drew, shot gun.
Sweeped no bright surge!
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A topical rude one... :) :) -- Jesse Frankovich, 15:41:32 02/24/03 Mon

The Swimsuit Issue =
Misuse, with tissue!
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[> Pass me the Kleenex Rude NOM :) -- Paul Pan, 17:49:56 02/24/03 Mon
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And another Rude one... -- Jesse F, 14:56:38 02/24/03 Mon

Raging hard-on = Hanging ardor.
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Frat party fun? ... Very RUDE -- Jesse F, 14:53:08 02/24/03 Mon

Sucked me long and hard = She managed... cold drunk!
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The Carioca -- Ernesto G, 07:14:22 02/24/03 Mon

The Carioca = To a chic era
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Celebrity gossip = Logistics by peer -- Ernesto G, 07:10:30 02/24/03 Mon

Celebrity gossip = Logistics by peer
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Lamour and Crosby -- Ernesto G, 07:05:16 02/24/03 Mon

Dorothy Lamour and Bing Crosby = Sarong-clad, trim body. Oh boy. Run!
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Rogue States = Set outrages -- Ernesto G, 07:04:01 02/24/03 Mon

Rogue States = Set outrages
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Cardinal Roger Etchegaray -- Ernesto G, 06:55:15 02/24/03 Mon

Cardinal Roger Etchegaray =

Catholic agenda: rarer, grey
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Hussein's Nation ~ has tension in U.S. /// Nuclear Iraq = I can quarrel. -- Jesse Frankovich, 02:30:54 02/24/03 Mon
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I noted town meeting = I intend to get women. -- Jesse F :-], 02:22:53 02/24/03 Mon
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Random, less controversial bunch -- Allan Morley, 00:20:19 02/24/03 Mon

A conflict of interest =
Scent rotten official.

Silicon Valley =
A silly evil con.

The candy store =
Sad cry: "No teeth!" :-)

rude...
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[the book, not the movie:]
"Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)"
=
Wise textbook does analyse every awkward thing about a fun way to rut.

;-)
Allan
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[> Medium NOM... -- Jesse F, 02:20:04 02/24/03 Mon

>"Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But
>Were Afraid To Ask)"
>=
>Wise textbook does analyse every awkward thing about a
>fun way to rut.

I like it. Medium NOM, Allan.
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Pâtés = Paste. -- Jesse Frankovich, 17:02:50 02/18/03 Tue
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[> Raw fish houses = Show sushi fare. /// Sour fish = For sushi? -- Jesse Frankovich, 02:17:07 02/24/03 Mon
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The Sega Dreamcast = Each started games. -- Hans-Peter, 22:23:37 02/23/03 Sun
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Oil, tears ~ to Israel -- Paul Pan, 18:18:51 02/23/03 Sun
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The Sega Dreamcast = Each started games. -- Hans-Peter, 16:51:12 02/23/03 Sun
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A long ... (rude) -- Hans-Peter, 01:12:07 02/23/03 Sun

A long prick = Lap rocking.
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[> Rude Mental-Image *NOM*, Hans! ;) -- Mey K., 08:49:17 02/23/03 Sun
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[> [> [Rude Mental-Image *NOM* ;)] Thanks Mey! :-) -- Hans-Peter, 16:19:04 02/23/03 Sun
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Howard = War? D'oh! -- Larry Brash, 17:29:02 02/17/03 Mon

Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard has decided to arrogantly ignore anti-war protests here in Australia (250,00 in Sydney).

Howard = War? D'oh!

Larry
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[> *name NOM* for Homer Howard! -- Stuart, 07:36:37 02/18/03 Tue
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[> [> Thanks, Stuart. Alas, it is a bit parochial to have a chance. -- Larry Brash, 09:07:39 02/23/03 Sun
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Adding to the pile of G.W. 'Grams -- Mey K., 07:04:51 02/20/03 Thu


George Walker Bush, President of America
=
Help urge a big war, for I seek a second term.

Later!,
Mey K.
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[> President George W. Bush = Gee, stupid BS grown here might as well pile on -- Wordminer, 07:46:36 02/20/03 Thu
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[> Re [George Walker Bush, President of America] Topical NOM! -- Jaybur, 21:30:46 02/20/03 Thu

>
>George Walker Bush, President of America
>=
>Help urge a big war, for I seek a second term.
>
>Later!,
>Mey K.
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[> [> Thanks all! Not wishing for either halves of the 'gram, of course... -- Mey K., 08:57:15 02/23/03 Sun

>>
>>George Walker Bush, President of America
>>=
>>Help urge a big war, for I seek a second term.
>>
>>Later!,
>>Mey K.
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A cheap motel = Place to.... ;) -- Mey K., 06:58:24 02/20/03 Thu
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[> Whoops, SB: A cheap motel = Place to...*ahem*. -- Mey K., 07:00:40 02/20/03 Thu
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[> [> A cheap motel = Place to...*ahem* . He,he ! *NOM* in "Dirty minds category" -- Zoran, 07:41:43 02/20/03 Thu
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[> [> [> Thanks, Zoran! -- Mey K., 08:51:46 02/23/03 Sun
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pornographic materials on the net ~ means: print a larger, nice "hot" photo -- A. Sadali, 00:47:27 02/23/03 Sun
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giant tits = tasting it -- A. Sadali, 00:46:07 02/23/03 Sun
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a set of giant breast = a big or fatten asset -- A. Sadali, 00:43:25 02/23/03 Sun
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Ronaldo's wife Milene Domingues = Genuine model:solid,warm,so fine -- Zoran, 23:22:35 02/22/03 Sat
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[> Ronaldo's wife Milene Domingues =I am genuine model,solid for news -- Zoran, 23:33:07 02/22/03 Sat
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real weapons = please, no war! -- A. Sadali, 04:22:49 02/22/03 Sat
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[> Re: real weapons = please, no war! Gen or Top NOM. -- Jaybur, 17:07:39 02/22/03 Sat
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[> [> Re: (real weapons = please, no war! Gen or Top NOM.) .. THANKS JAYBUR! -- A. Sadali, 22:19:52 02/22/03 Sat
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survivor: the amazon = (vast river + human = zoo) -- A. Sadali, 04:24:45 02/22/03 Sat
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[> Hee hee. :) ***ENT NOM***, Sadali. -- Richard G, 13:57:25 02/22/03 Sat
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[> [> Thanks RG. -- A. Sadali, 22:18:46 02/22/03 Sat

Am not very sure if the inclusion of "+" and "=" are allowed in the anagram. But thanks for nominating.
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A light show = Ah, this glow! -- Hans-Peter, 01:10:44 02/22/03 Sat
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[> Re: A light show = Ah, this glow! Gen NOM, H-P! -- Jaybur, 17:06:24 02/22/03 Sat
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[> [> [Gen NOM, H-P!] Thanks, Jay. -- Hans-Peter, 20:58:16 02/22/03 Sat
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The Canadian Association for People Who Stutter - So, ca-can i-it help us o-o-orate with n-no daft repeats? -- David A. Gr-Green, 14:34:10 02/22/03 Sat
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[> Re: [So, ca-can i-it help us o-o-orate with n-no daft repeats?]N- NOM, David. -- Jaybur, 17:10:07 02/22/03 Sat
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[Neat, I thought:] Ski slope = Ski poles. -- Jesse, 06:41:28 02/22/03 Sat
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[> [Ski slope = Ski poles.] Heh, doesn't look like the connection's been made before. *GEN NOM* despite the blatant cheat. :P -- Richard G, 14:01:22 02/22/03 Sat
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Oil figures belie ~ religious belief -- Wordminer, 10:53:06 02/21/03 Fri

Maybe the Americans, maybe the Middle Easterners ...
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[> Translation: Oil people give a false impression of ~ religious belief -- Wordminer, 02:58:32 02/22/03 Sat
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[> Re: Oil figures belie ~ religious belief -- Richard G, 13:55:03 02/22/03 Sat

>Maybe the Americans, maybe the Middle Easterners ...

...maybe a bit of both (or a lot). ***TOPICAL NOM***, Wordminer.

---
RG
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Watch! Religion claims ~ Christ will come again. -- Jesse Frankovich, 06:14:37 02/21/03 Fri
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[> GEN NOM, hopefully not TOP. :) -- Richard G, 13:53:19 02/22/03 Sat
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The Why and Who of War: Two Little Poems -- Jesse Frankovich, 08:03:04 02/22/03 Sat

CRUDE OIL

dark
cold
polluting
turning the wheels
coating baby seals
precious
evil
fluid

=

BUSH

unfit
illogical
'unpicked'
he urges war
(to settle old score)
dodgy
Republican
villain
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[> *LONG NOM OR SPECIAL?* -- A. Sadali, 12:54:18 02/22/03 Sat

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[> Excellent, Jesse! Should go into Special, but since the constraint is comparatively loose Long isn't out of the question. -- Richard G, 13:51:05 02/22/03 Sat
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good letters ... got carried away ...hope you like this multi-gram story ... [1 flatulent word] -- Wordminer, 07:54:33 02/20/03 Thu

Bears That Yen For Rest

Honey bears start fret,
Fret that berry season.
Bears reason: try theft.

Frosty bears threaten.
Three bears stay front.
Fresh-born stay at tree
(the rest aren't so, by far).
Others stray after Ben.

Fattest hears "No berry,
Forest hater, try beans !"
(Foe has ten berry tarts.)

The ornery beast farts:
Three stony bear-farts,
Beery farts that snore
(not a fresh berry taste).

Sentry hot after bears.
Roy, the best, ran faster.
The rat stays 'born free'.

These forty bears rant:
"Better safe than sorry."
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[> disappointed at non-reaction -- Wordminer, 07:43:13 02/22/03 Sat

Sure, not every line was flawless syntax,
and it was a bit repetitive,
but still, I thought it was pretty creative:
21 anagrams of the same letters,
woven into a story with a title and a proverb as a moral ?

Not even worth a comment ?
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[> [> Re: disappointed at non-reaction -- Jesse F, 08:00:00 02/22/03 Sat

>Sure, not every line was flawless syntax,
>and it was a bit repetitive,
>but still, I thought it was pretty creative:
>21 anagrams of the same letters,
>woven into a story with a title and a proverb as a
>moral ?
>
>Not even worth a comment ?

Sorry, Wordminer, certainly worth a comment... I like it, especially the idea of writing with line-by-line anagrams. But as you say, it is repetitive, and it doesn't exactly have the clearest of plot lines. I'd be interested to see what a long-time regular like Richard or Larry thinks. You could also always self-Nom it to see how it does in the voting.
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[> [> [> Re: disappointed at non-reaction -- Richard G, 13:47:48 02/22/03 Sat

>>Sure, not every line was flawless syntax,
>>and it was a bit repetitive,
>>but still, I thought it was pretty creative:
>>21 anagrams of the same letters,
>>woven into a story with a title and a proverb as a
>>moral ?
>>
>>Not even worth a comment ?
>
>Sorry, Wordminer, certainly worth a comment... I like
>it, especially the idea of writing with line-by-line
>anagrams. But as you say, it is repetitive, and it
>doesn't exactly have the clearest of plot lines. I'd
>be interested to see what a long-time regular like
>Richard or Larry thinks. You could also always
>self-Nom it to see how it does in the voting.

And sorry from me too, Toby - been a bit absent from the Forum of late, real life catching up.

I should admit up-front that the line-by-line genre isn't one of my favourites, as the constraint is often too restrictive (especially with a less-than-wonderful letter set like this one). Repetition is one technique for mitigating that, but a double-edged one as Jesse has already pointed out.

The title and moral were an excellent idea, IMO. Using a different proverb containing more salubrious letters with this template might be worth a try, if you're up for it -and if you're not, I might have a go. :)

---
RG
[6566]
Companies = Some panic. -- Jesse, 06:24:27 02/22/03 Sat
[6560]
US wants to be a superhero = Bush sets a route: open war! -- A. Sadali, 03:22:58 02/19/03 Wed
[6492]

[> Re: US wants to be a superhero = Bush sets a route: open war! Topical NOM. -- Richard Brodie, 02:44:09 02/20/03 Thu
[6517]

[> [> THANKS RICHARD BRODIE! -- A. Sadali, 04:15:42 02/22/03 Sat
[6556]
Shane Warne -- AH, 20:26:12 02/21/03 Fri

Shane Warne has to wait until tomorrow to hear whether he has a two-year cricket ban after taking a diuretic apparently given to him by his mother.

Guilty or not guilty?

Shane Keith Warne =
Ah! The weak sinner!
[6553]
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld = Drone deftly led arms crusade offense -- Paul Pan, 19:28:17 02/21/03 Fri
[6550]
CURRENT NOMS -- Richard G, 18:19:04 02/21/03 Fri

CURRENT NOMS
[6548]
Transplant Mix-up... -- Jesse F, 07:58:37 02/21/03 Fri

[Despite the utmost respect for those in the medical profession, I find it hard to believe that a mix-up like this could ever happen...]


A 17-year-old girl who received lungs and a heart that didn't match her blood type received a new set of organs, this time with a correct match.

=

'Advanced' medicine? 'Renowned' hospital? Bah! Altogether witchery, rather! What 'regarded' fat alcoholic surgeon committed this travesty?
[6539]

[> TOP NOM :) -- Paul Pan, 17:51:17 02/21/03 Fri
[6547]
I spam = I'm sap. -- Jesse F :), 15:17:27 02/21/03 Fri
[6545]
Control-Alt-Delete = Totalled electron. [it 'crashed'] ;) -- Jesse Frankovich, 15:05:42 02/21/03 Fri
[6544]
The French -- Richard Brodie, 20:30:26 02/15/03 Sat

A History of French Warfare

Hundred Years War - A loss. Saved at last by a female schizophrenic who created The First Rule of French Warfare; "France will be victorious only when not led by a Frenchman."

American Revolution - In a move that will become familiar to future Americans, France purports to claim a win even though the English colonists saw the most action. This becomes known as the "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare; "France only wins when America does most of the fighting."

French Revolution - A win. Primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French.

The Napoleonic Wars - A loss. Temporary victories due to leadership of a Corsican (remember the First Rule!) who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.

World War I - A tie. On the way to losing, the French people are saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.

World War II - A loss. A conquered France is liberated by the United States of America and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song.

Algerian Rebellion - A loss. Marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkish Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare; "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Germany, England, Spain, Vietnam, and the Esquimaux.

War on the Iraqis - France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and to Muslims just to be safe.

Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. You just leave a lot of useless, noisy baggage behind.

=

Letter home from a U.S. soldier:

Dear Dad,

The funniest thing occurred to me a few days ago in camp: This French army officer strolls up to me in our Base Commissary, sneers, and tells me he thinks we Americans are a bunch of crazy, mindless, cowboy blunderbusses, if we're going to provoke a wrongful war in Iraq. He tells me if such a consequence occurs, we wouldn't be able to count on the "essential" support of France. Well, I told him I wasn't surprised. Since we came as benefactors to France's rescue in World War I, in World War II, and in the Cold War, their infernal ingratitude for these liberalities, their hatred and jealousy, was certain to surface again at some point in the near future anyway. I told him that's why France is an unneeded, fourth-rate military power with a socialist economy and a bunch of, meek, nerveless, affected faggot queers for soldiers. I also told him America, being a fearless no nonsense nation of action, not of words, will do whatever it has to. France's support, if it ever came, was only for show anyway. Just like in every instance of NATO actions, the US will carry 85% of the burden, and provide 85% of the support, as shown by the fact that this scornful French officer was shopping in the American PX, and not the other way around. The officer began to get incoherently belligerent. I told him I would set his garbage errors straight outside in front of the restaurant and whip his ass senseless in front of the entire Multi-National Brigade East, thus proving even the smallest American has more fight in him than the average Frenchman. He referred to me slanderously as a barbarian cowboy, then walked away in a huff all crestfallen. With friends like these, who needs enemies?

Dad, tell mom I love her,
Your loving daughter
Mary Beth (last name, Johnson, Lt. Col, USMC)
[6436]

[> SPECIAL NOM, RB. Don't ya just love hating the French! -- Larry Brash, 17:34:13 02/16/03 Sun
[6439]

[> Re: [The French] Very Special, as always! Nom seconded. -- Jaybur, 22:15:15 02/17/03 Mon
[6469]

[> [> Re: [The French] Very Special, as always! Nom seconded. -- Richard Brodie, 02:40:41 02/19/03 Wed

Thanks. Just crossing my fingers and hoping my boss, one Monsieur Giguerre, doesn't see it!
[6490]

[> Re: The French -- Ernest J Schwaegerl, 10:49:30 02/21/03 Fri

The "Letter home from a U.S. soldier:" at the end of your post

is an "urban legend" and rated as FALSE by www.snopes.com

Search under: A Marine serving in Bosnia subjected a French officer to a verbal chiding.

Time to check your sources. Perhaps the rest of the post is also suspect.




>A History of French Warfare
>
>Hundred Years War - A loss. Saved at last by a female
>schizophrenic who created The First Rule of French
>Warfare; "France will be victorious only when not led
>by a Frenchman."
>
>American Revolution - In a move that will become
>familiar to future Americans, France purports to claim
>a win even though the English colonists saw the most
>action. This becomes known as the "de Gaulle
>Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French
>Warfare; "France only wins when America does most of
>the fighting."
>
>French Revolution - A win. Primarily due the fact that
>the opponent was also French.
>
>The Napoleonic Wars - A loss. Temporary victories due
>to leadership of a Corsican (remember the First Rule!)
>who ended up being no match for a British footwear
>designer.
>
>World War I - A tie. On the way to losing, the French
>people are saved by the United States. Thousands of
>French women find out what it's like to not only sleep
>with a winner, but one who doesn't call her
>"Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by
>American forces forestalls any improvement in the
>French bloodline.
>
>World War II - A loss. A conquered France is liberated
>by the United States of America and Britain just as
>they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song.
>
>Algerian Rebellion - A loss. Marks the first defeat of
>a western army by a Non-Turkish Muslim force since the
>Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim
>Warfare; "We can always beat the French." This rule is
>identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Germany,
>England, Spain, Vietnam, and the Esquimaux.
>
>War on the Iraqis - France, keeping in mind its recent
>history, surrenders to Germans and to Muslims just to
>be safe.
>
>Going to war without France is like going deer hunting
>without an accordion. You just leave a lot of useless,
>noisy baggage behind.
>
>=
>
>Letter home from a U.S. soldier:
>
>Dear Dad,
>
>The funniest thing occurred to me a few days ago in
>camp: This French army officer strolls up to me in our
>Base Commissary, sneers, and tells me he thinks we
>Americans are a bunch of crazy, mindless, cowboy
>blunderbusses, if we're going to provoke a wrongful
>war in Iraq. He tells me if such a consequence occurs,
>we wouldn't be able to count on the "essential"
>support of France. Well, I told him I wasn't
>surprised. Since we came as benefactors to France's
>rescue in World War I, in World War II, and in the
>Cold War, their infernal ingratitude for these
>liberalities, their hatred and jealousy, was certain
>to surface again at some point in the near future
>anyway. I told him that's why France is an unneeded,
>fourth-rate military power with a socialist economy
>and a bunch of, meek, nerveless, affected faggot
>queers for soldiers. I also told him America, being a
>fearless no nonsense nation of action, not of words,
>will do whatever it has to. France's support, if it
>ever came, was only for show anyway. Just like in
>every instance of NATO actions, the US will carry 85%
>of the burden, and provide 85% of the support, as
>shown by the fact that this scornful French officer
>was shopping in the American PX, and not the other way
>around. The officer began to get incoherently
>belligerent. I told him I would set his garbage errors
>straight outside in front of the restaurant and whip
>his ass senseless in front of the entire
>Multi-National Brigade East, thus proving even the
>smallest American has more fight in him than the
>average Frenchman. He referred to me slanderously as a
>barbarian cowboy, then walked away in a huff all
>crestfallen. With friends like these, who needs
>enemies?
>
>Dad, tell mom I love her,
>Your loving daughter
>Mary Beth (last name, Johnson, Lt. Col, USMC)
[6541]

[> [> Ernest Schwaegerl = Screws the General. -- JF2, 14:52:41 02/21/03 Fri
[6543]
The State of the Union Address = "Set fire! Deaths! No to UN! Deaths!" -- Joe F., 08:01:00 02/21/03 Fri
[6540]
Redundant information = Damn, an info rerun. Ditto. -- Jesse F ;], 09:53:49 02/20/03 Thu
[6526]

[> Redundant information = In turn, find no more data -- AH, 21:06:03 02/20/03 Thu
[6529]

[> Redundant information = Drift on and on - ruminate -- Wordminer, 04:00:28 02/21/03 Fri
[6537]
Scent of cigars = It's cancer's fog. -- Jesse Frankovich, 09:56:32 02/20/03 Thu
[6527]

[> GEN NOM, even though... -- Paul Pan, 22:59:50 02/20/03 Thu

...cigars are proably the least carcinogenic smokes :)
[6535]

[> [> Cigars are certainly no ~ tarry carcinogens (a lie) -- Paul Pan, 23:05:40 02/20/03 Thu
[6536]
A seaworthy vessel = O'er salty waves, she! -- Jaybur, 21:53:43 02/20/03 Thu
[6533]

[> "Aye lassie," utters my trusty parrot. GEN NOM ;) -- Paul Pan, 22:57:28 02/20/03 Thu
[6534]
'Sir' Thomas Carlyle = Merry as a hill Scot! [Scottish man of letters] -- Jaybur, 21:43:22 02/20/03 Thu
[6532]
Transport Police = Inspect or patrol [+ more] -- Jaybur, 21:37:15 02/20/03 Thu

Transport Police = Train coppers lot

The Transport Police = So help protect train
[6531]
RUDE -- Jesse F, 16:20:33 02/20/03 Thu

Porn site =
Top siren.

'Pointers'
Proteins.
Priest: "No!"
One strip.
[6528]
Destructive weapons = Devices' power taunts. -- Jesse Frankovich, 14:03:08 02/17/03 Mon
[6456]

[> Destructive weapons = Potent US war devices -- AH, 21:51:41 02/17/03 Mon
[6463]

[> [> This apt one was somehow disregarded. *NOM* -- Mey K., 06:56:55 02/20/03 Thu
[6519]
Nigerian spams = I'm in anger.Pass ! -- Zoran, 22:56:29 02/19/03 Wed
[6510]

[> Re: Nigerian spams = I'm in anger.Pass ! Apt! GEN NOM [more] -- Paul Pan, 01:08:11 02/20/03 Thu

Nigerian
=
Rein gain!
Gain 'n' ire
I in anger!
Inane rig
I, earning!
I 'n' I anger [...uttered a Rasta victim]
[6512]

[> [> Thanks,Paul! I would like to move NOM in topic,if it's acceptable -- Zoran, 05:38:15 02/20/03 Thu
[6518]
We believe in One Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of the Father. = For He chose his Twelve able friends to listen on the journey. -- Jesse Frankovich, 15:31:27 02/19/03 Wed
[6499]

[> Nice one, Jesse. Medium NOM -- Larry Brash, 21:19:12 02/19/03 Wed
[6507]

[> [> Seconded - very nice scriptural sound to it. -- Richard Brodie, 02:42:08 02/20/03 Thu
[6516]
Recent news article - a pangram -- Richard Brodie, 02:53:52 02/19/03 Wed

Half a dozen Iraqi nationals, that are picked up at the southern border in view of San Diego, are jailed by Mexico.
=
If American existence is jeopardized, have adequate Arab insight there in your patrol handbook, and follow it!
[6491]

[> Great, MED NOM :) -- Paul Pan, 18:22:22 02/19/03 Wed
[6502]

[> [> Thanks, Paul. How appropriate ... -- Richard Brodie, 02:37:37 02/20/03 Thu

So shall you, Paul PAN, be the Nominator of the PANgrams?
=
One of his O so happy thumbs up on an all letter anagram.
[6515]
Answering an annoying poster. -- Paul Pan, 02:06:43 02/20/03 Thu

Being a name etymology buff, I hang out on the forum of http://www.behindthename.com/, the ultimate onomatician's site. Sometimes i have to deal with irritating posts:

http://www.behindthename.com/messages/27000.html
[6514]
"No more lonely nights" = Hit,some glory.Lennon ? -- Zoran, 21:29:52 02/19/03 Wed
[6508]

[> Re: "No More Lonely Nights" (rude and tasteless) -- David Bourke, 01:10:11 02/20/03 Thu

"No More Lonely Nights" by Paul McCartney =
Marry 'Stumpy' (only one leg!), itch, clean nob.


db
[6513]
Washington = Snow-hating. -- Hans-Peter, 19:07:41 02/19/03 Wed

I cannot believe the pictures of their latest winter storms...
[6503]

[> Re: Washington = Snow-hating. -- AH, 20:18:27 02/19/03 Wed

Bizarre!

Washington, District of Columbia =
Fact: Idiotic G.W.Bush is not normal
[6505]

[> Fine works.*NOM* to both authors! -- Zoran, 21:37:40 02/19/03 Wed
[6509]
"No more lonely nights" = Hit song,only me loner -- Zoran, 21:18:30 02/19/03 Wed
[6506]
Maybe rude, definitely gross... -- Jesse Frankovich, 07:09:31 02/19/03 Wed

Explosive diarrhea = Oh relax, I've diapers.
[6496]

[> Ouch... Rude NOM! -- Mattias Inghe, 09:33:06 02/19/03 Wed

>Explosive diarrhea = Oh relax, I've diapers.
[6498]
South Carolinians = Racial union's shot. [Read as: 'Racial union is shot'] -- Jesse F, 07:12:05 02/19/03 Wed
[6497]
Do up actor in ~ a production. -- Jesse Frankovich, 07:08:16 02/19/03 Wed
[6495]
"Ameno" by Era = Maybe on ear ! -- Zoran, 05:17:35 02/19/03 Wed
[6493]
Mad sadist? = It's Saddam! -- Jesse Frankovich ;), 11:15:31 02/18/03 Tue
[6479]

[> Re: Mad sadist? = It's Saddam! *NOM* ! (Till Bush - bull shit) -- Zoran, 18:49:18 02/18/03 Tue
[6485]

[> ... or Bush "lilt" (the opposite of his speaking style) -- Wordminer, 02:04:19 02/19/03 Wed
[6489]

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