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For what it's worth, my two favorites are from Ferrus Magnate and TruHero. Ferrus, yours sounded almost like Douglas Adams, or maybe Monty Python. TruHero, yours sounded like a little girl I once knew who did exactly that, but when asked why she looked at her boogers and ate them replied that "the green ones taste the best!" Ewww.
Anyway, I suppose I should contribute, so . . .
“A mugger held a gun to my guts once. I wet my pants; blubbered like a baby. What’s that say about a man? I thought I was brave. Now what?”
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Phanto, don't take this the wrong way because I don't mean to be condescending or what have you (it's just me being pedantic, like always), but it isn't spelled SEGWAY. Rather it's SEGUE.
A "Segway" is that people moving thing invented by that really wealthy and eccentric dude (always wears the same blue chambray shirt and blue jeans) from Manchester, NH. He [and I can't remember his name] flies his own personal helicopter to work each morning, landing the craft on the roof of the building. There was all sorts of hoopla when the first Segways went on sale.
Anyway, it's a commonly misspelled word.
Then again, some people do intentionally misspell certain words for effect. I'm not quite sure what effect they intend, "but u no whut i meen."
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Imogene Jones shook her head, the tuffs of her pigtails bouncing. She stomped her bunnyslipper clad foot. One of the other children began to cry as the teacher backed away.
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I am not an "official" Hatrack Spokesperson, so I can't rightly say. I was just suggesting points, then spending them before I actually got them.
quote:Taylor said, "Daddy, when I grow up I'm gonna get a gun and shoot you."
That may have been when David decided the Marines would be perfect for his son.
Okay, so Taylor is unforgettable because he happens to really exist. There was the other incident in which David woke up because Taylor was poking him in the side with a hunting knife. When challanged, he explained that "Daddy" wasn't supposed to wake up
But he's such a well behaved boy otherwise. It wouldn't have been right to put him in the real contest.
quote:A portable jetpack for getting yourself out of the corner you just painted yourself into.
I must have one of those. And I want it to look like that pack in "The Rocketeer", except it needs to fold up into a rectangle the size of a graham cracker so I'll continue to look sleek and stylish.
Impossible? Nonsense. I'll just use a handwavium pellet and the...science...um...will be resolved?
Note to self: must get stronger handwavium pellets.
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No,no,no. You're thinking Motivation generator, like the kind people use at campgrounds. The kind that motivate some people to shatter the peace and quiet for everyone else in the campground so they can keep the kids glued to the Disney videos or X-box inside the state-of-the-art camper.
No. I'm talking about the Motivation Generator. Capital 'G'. That's the one that's as whisper-quiet as an empty house, or the serenity of the late-night writing binge. You know what I mean. When you finally have some time to yourself. No interruptions, no noise, no distractions...and you can't decide whether you should use this valuable time to write or to do the dishes or to read that novel you've been dying to read or to catch up on critiques you owe thirty-seven fellow Hatracker's or..........
That's when the Motivation Generator would really come in handy.
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