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Old 08-16-2006, 06:25 AM   #121
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And throw out the baby with the bath water.

He who laughs last...
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Old 08-16-2006, 06:33 AM   #122
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...exercises the right of fools.

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You do not read the forums obsessively---er, I mean, thoroughly enough, my dear:

NAC entry forms?
Uuh..? I was referring to oiuyt being the threadstarter...
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Old 08-16-2006, 08:35 AM   #125
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All's fair....
That ends well...

All's well...
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Old 08-16-2006, 08:38 AM   #126
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...when Hell freezes over.


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Old 08-16-2006, 09:48 AM   #127
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Uuh..? I was referring to oiuyt being the threadstarter...
See, I had the idea on the thread I referenced.

I said it sounded like an idea for a game thread.

Brad started the thread, using my idea.

So when I said, a few posts up, that it was my idea...it's because it was.

Capisce?
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Capisce?
Capisco.
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Don't look a gift horse...
In the north end when he's pulling a south-bound plow...

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't....
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...make your friend pick your nose for you.

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People with glass houses....
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Hrm....EDIT!

People IN glass houses.....

Should keep a lot of windex around.



Slow and steady.....
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People with glass houses....
...are probably into voyeurism.


To much work and no joy...
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Thanks IHMP - that's what I get for being in a hurry...

Slow and steady...

...keeps the doctor away


To much work and no joy...

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....like a woman with a sword!


These boots were made for walkin'....

(I know it's not a proverb, but I couldn't think of anything!)
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These boots were made for walkin'....
...in another man's shoes.


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a firehose.

A fool and his money .......
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A fool and his money .......
can come play poker with me anytime.

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...trouble.

Don't fix the problem...
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