10-14-2004, 11:04 AM
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| We wrote a story about this in Fantasy Land... | 
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10-14-2004, 11:47 AM
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| Easy tiger, this is the forum for normal people, not strange dungeons-and-dragons nutters with a tenuous grasp on reality. Get away with you, and your dice with too many sides...
[sorry, having a bit of a b!tch attack. Sure fantasy types are fine really. Even if they are a couple of links short of a chainmail hauberk...) 
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"I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from" [Eddie Izzard]
"she might not look like much, kid, but she's got it where it counts"
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10-14-2004, 11:56 AM
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| Yes, this is the Water Cooler...hence the separate forum in which the story resides. Try reading it, perhaps; you may even enjoy it. | |
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10-14-2004, 11:58 AM
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| Is sockland anywhere near missingmittenland? | |
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10-14-2004, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Soldier Yes, this is the Water Cooler...hence the separate forum in which the story resides. Try reading it, perhaps; you may even enjoy it. | The nearest I get to fantasy is Terry Pratchett. In any case, each to their own - who am I to judge? I was only gently taking the p!ss. You can poke fun at me if you like - blonde jokes are an easy target!
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Louweasel
"I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from" [Eddie Izzard]
"she might not look like much, kid, but she's got it where it counts"
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10-14-2004, 12:13 PM
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| This story actually ended up somewhat along the lines of Terry Pratchett - strange fantasy, with definite humor. Unfortunately, it rather died as inspiration quickly dried up. | |
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10-14-2004, 12:13 PM
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| Oh, bless, mittens, I haven't worn those since I was knee high to a grasshopper! My mum threaded a string through my coat sleeves withethe mittens attached so they didn't go to missingmittenland.
It's also near the place where all the biros go.
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Louweasel
"I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from" [Eddie Izzard]
"she might not look like much, kid, but she's got it where it counts"
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10-14-2004, 12:14 PM
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| What the heck is a biro? | |
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10-14-2004, 12:26 PM
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| A ball-point pen. They were actually invented by a Mr. Biro (think he was German?) but it has become a widespread generic name.
I am constantly getting them out of the stationery cupboard at my office but when the phone rings and I want towrite something down, I NEVER have one...
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"I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from" [Eddie Izzard]
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10-14-2004, 01:30 PM
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| Have biros but the lids missing.
Or occasionally have lids but no biros.
They are most commonly made by Bic.
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dom of daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing,
As a skate’s heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding
Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding
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10-14-2004, 02:52 PM
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| Shamelessly plagerizing:
The missing socks from the dryer are all transported to the "Hose"-zone Layer...
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10-14-2004, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by lochinvar The missing socks from the dryer are all transported to the "Hose"-zone Layer... | Ooh, stocking up on bad puns are we? Someone should sock you, unless you toe the line and stop being a heel, darn it. | 
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10-14-2004, 06:43 PM
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| If you get me started, I've quite a yarn to spin...
Where were you when we had the Egyptian pun thread going??
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10-14-2004, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Louweasel A ball-point pen. They were actually invented by a Mr. Biro (think he was German?) but it has become a widespread generic name.
I am constantly getting them out of the stationery cupboard at my office but when the phone rings and I want towrite something down, I NEVER have one... | So, a British version of the American Bic.
Unless you're at the Academy. Then "biccing it" means shaving your head completely, referring to a disposable Bic razor. | |
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10-14-2004, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by lochinvar
Where were you when we had the Egyptian pun thread going??
| I don't cotton to that sort of humor, unless someone is pulling the wool over my eyes. Then I feel defeeted, he said archly. | |
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10-14-2004, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Soldier So, a British version of the American Bic.
Unless you're at the Academy. Then "biccing it" means shaving your head completely, referring to a disposable Bic razor. | I went to a military highschool that required us to shave our faces and I swear the guy that kept those little one blade disposable bics on hand would take another razor and cut across them to make little jagged edges so there was no way to avoid cutting yourself. Gah. Horrible little one blade razors...
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10-15-2004, 05:04 PM
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| Darn you all, who started a pun war without inviting me? | |
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10-15-2004, 10:12 PM
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| Quit knit picking! Otherwise all future pun wars will start to unravel. They will become more warped.
I think this thread is deteriorating. It cotton for a little, though.
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10-15-2004, 10:46 PM
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| Before frequenting this site, I had just a mild distaste for puns. Now, though, I shudder at the thought of them, and any mention of Egypt immediately brings to mind horrendous torturing memories of the horrendous torturing puns I have read... Oh, the horrors, the horrors...
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10-16-2004, 06:44 PM
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| Well, just be glad it was Egypt, then, instead of the Punjab... 
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