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Topic: What happened to my thread?
ElJay
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posted January 30, 2006 12:56 PM
Oh yeah, I deleted it. Guess you can still do that to threads you start yourself. Huh. Ignore this one, too.
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Megan
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posted January 30, 2006 12:57 PM
Are you feeling okay? I ignored the other one as requested, though.
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TomDavidson
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posted January 30, 2006 12:59 PM
I'm afraid I clicked on it immediately.
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Tante Shvester
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posted January 30, 2006 01:00 PM
ElJay, you brat! Now you're just messin' with us!
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Advent 115
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posted January 30, 2006 01:00 PM
Tell me how you did that, because I can't seem to delete mine.
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ElJay
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posted January 30, 2006 01:01 PM
Tom illustrates an excellent point. Advent, you were doing so in my other thread as well. Do you know why I started it yet? I have to go to a three hour meeting now, so let's see if you can figure it out by the time I get back. But not in this thread! THIS thread I want you to let die! No posting in it, now!
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JennaDean
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posted January 30, 2006 01:22 PM
quote: Tell me how you did that, because I can't seem to delete mine. Which you posted at 1:00 EST, 15 minutes after you responded to my post on the other thread explaining how to do it.
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ElJay
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posted January 30, 2006 03:36 PM
Don't forget not to post in here! Let's nail this thread shut!
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smitty
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posted January 30, 2006 03:37 PM
OK ElJay, I won't post in here anymore. *smacks forehead*
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Tante Shvester
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posted January 30, 2006 03:37 PM
quote: Originally posted by Tante Shvester: ElJay, you brat! Now you're just messin' with us! Yeah, what I said.
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MrSquicky
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posted January 30, 2006 03:40 PM
You know what really makes attention whores who are desparate to feel important learn their lesson? When you lavish attention on them and make them feel important, because, man, they hate that.
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ElJay
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posted January 30, 2006 04:45 PM
Actually, Squicky, I was primarily just entertaining myself, and I believe a few others. While I certainly wouldn't have minded if my rather broadly dropped hint was taken up, I didn't really expect it to be.
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Megan
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posted January 30, 2006 04:46 PM
*nails thread shut*
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Tante Shvester
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posted January 30, 2006 04:49 PM
*pries it open to see what's inside* Oooh! Shiny!
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ElJay
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posted January 30, 2006 04:50 PM
Hey! Watch what you're calling shiny!
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Megan
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posted January 30, 2006 04:57 PM
Ooooh...Fra-gee-le...must be Italian...
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ElJay
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posted January 30, 2006 04:58 PM
There is entirely too much posting going on in this thread. How do you expect it to die?
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Megan
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posted January 30, 2006 05:00 PM
I'll handle this. *breaks out nailgun* *drives 6 inch spikes through thread* *breaks out welding torch* *welds edges of thread* There. NOTHING is getting through that! Yeah!
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pH
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posted January 30, 2006 05:02 PM
I read "thread" as "head." Nothing says, "Obey me" like a bloody head on a fence post! Or something. -pH
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Evie3217
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posted January 30, 2006 05:13 PM
quote: I read "thread" as "head." You mean like this? ->
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pH
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posted January 30, 2006 05:14 PM
Exactly! A severed head rolling about on the floor! That's a great way to deter people from this thread. -pH
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Advent 115
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posted January 30, 2006 05:45 PM
Thanks, now my threads shall haunt me only in my nightmares. Please let us never bring them back to the light of day.
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ElJay
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posted January 30, 2006 06:14 PM
As long as you stop bumping my thread. What are you doing in here again? Shoo!
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Advent 115
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posted January 30, 2006 06:15 PM
*giggles and runs away*
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Megan
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posted January 30, 2006 06:17 PM
*waves nailgun threateningly* Yeah, stay out of the thread!
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smitty
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posted January 30, 2006 07:10 PM
Oooh! Can I play with the nail gun? I like to shoot nails at people who giggle.
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CRash
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posted January 30, 2006 08:41 PM
I call the nailgun next! Nailing mouths shut is my specialty.
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Megan
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posted January 30, 2006 08:57 PM
NOBODY gets my nailgun, unless it's the business end! Get your own tool/weapon.
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smitty
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posted January 30, 2006 09:00 PM
Meg, I label you "not a team player". I shoot my staple gun in your general direction.
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Megan
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posted January 30, 2006 09:02 PM
*nails smitty's hands to the table* How d'ya like them apples?
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smitty
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posted January 30, 2006 09:05 PM
hey now i cant reach the shift key you witch
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CRash
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posted January 30, 2006 09:11 PM
Well, if I can't have a nail gun, guess it's the good old hammer for me.
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smitty
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posted January 30, 2006 09:12 PM
Owie owie owie! That smarts! OK, I'm moving up to chucking handfuls of loose nails in your general direction. If I had ever played the piano before, I would now be lamenting that I'll never play it again...
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ElJay
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posted January 30, 2006 09:38 PM
There is entirely too much frivolity going on in here. You'd think people came to Hatrack to enjoy themselves or something.
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smitty
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posted January 30, 2006 09:44 PM
No, to play with tools we are waaaaaay too immature to play with. I'm fair certain my staple gun won't shoot all the way to Canada, but there's a couple heading in your general direction. I'd better pick those up out of the carpet before the wife gets home.
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ElJay
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posted January 30, 2006 09:45 PM
*blink* I'm not in Canada, silly. I'm in Minnesota. Don't make me get out my water balloon slingshot!
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smitty
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posted January 30, 2006 09:47 PM
*blink* isn't Minnesota IN Canada? Or, at least close enough for government work? I coulda swore we gave that away years ago....
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ElJay
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posted January 30, 2006 09:55 PM
That's it, I'm raiding Dad's garage. . . *holsters up two nail guns, three staple guns, and a maul* *tries to figure out how to gracefully pull around the compressor and a long extention cord*
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smitty
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posted January 30, 2006 09:59 PM
Well, I'm headed south in the morning, so you'd better hurry if you're gonna get here in time. Besides, a woman with power tools is more likely to hurt herself than anyone else.... (OK, ducking and running out of the room. I'd better leave earlier than planned...... )
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ElJay
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posted January 30, 2006 10:14 PM
See, your chauvenism is so laughable it's just cute. *pats smitty's head* But be careful, or I'll come after you with this .
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pH
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posted January 31, 2006 12:01 AM
I found a power drill on top of the fridge. *proceeds to wave it about menacingly* -pH
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Papa Moose
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posted January 31, 2006 12:05 AM
Nice thread, ElJay. What's it for?
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rivka
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posted January 31, 2006 12:12 AM
For her to show off that picture again. Duh.
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Scythrop
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posted January 31, 2006 12:18 AM
*reserved* Hey, why not? works in the reservation thread... I'll think of something witty and power tool related later on today, then I've got somewhere to post it.
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ElJay
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posted January 31, 2006 12:24 AM
Nah, rivka, that's just a side benefit.
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rivka
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posted January 31, 2006 12:27 AM
Sure it is. *pat pat*
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