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Old 08-25-2006, 05:29 PM   #1
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Goodevening! FND Get me M! Get me DM! Which do you prefer?

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Old 08-25-2006, 05:39 PM   #2
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What? I have no idea what this poll means...

What do you mean by demotivated? Unmotivated?
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What quickens you?

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What? I have no idea what this poll means...

What do you mean by demotivated? Unmotivated?
What motivates you here at Fencing.net RoninX? This poll is easy to answer.

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What motivates you here at Fencing.net RoninX? This poll is easy to answer.
Now I'm even more confuzzled!

And what's 'FND'?
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Now I'm even more confuzzled!

And what's 'FND'?
If you are confounded then you need to be motivated.

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Old 08-25-2006, 05:59 PM   #6
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What? I have no idea what this poll means...

What do you mean by demotivated? Unmotivated?
Ok! RoninX For example i just moved from Member to Senior Member that move motivates me up rank here at FND

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If you are confounded then you need to be motivated.

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Thank you kindly for your guidance!
I shall tick the appropriate poll option based upon your suggestion.
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Thank you kindly for your guidance!
I shall tick the appropriate poll option based upon your suggestion.
I'm glad someone now knows what the heck this thread is about now. As for me, I STILL have no idea.

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I'm glad someone now knows what the heck this thread is about now. As for me, I STILL have no idea.

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Have not the username IHateMrPotatohead aided in motivating OROD?

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There are Motivating Usernames and Demotivating Username. Which ones motivates and which demotivates you at FND?
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There are times when I feel like Wordrider's posts consist of a giant MadLib (tm) game. Namely the times when I read one of his posts...
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or like you are trying to read a sign while being spun around on a merry-go-round... you think you pick up a bit of content and then you've lost it and have to start over.

What is FND??
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What is FND??
I suspect it may be the forums here.... but for all I know, it could be a stack of pancakes too.
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Let's just hope Word Rider and Mango never get together.
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I suspect it may be the forums here.... but for all I know, it could be a stack of pancakes too.
There goes another username restlesscheese that have aided in motivating some newbie.


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I repped this dude because it's just too damn funny.
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or like you are trying to read a sign while being spun around on a merry-go-round... you think you pick up a bit of content and then you've lost it and have to start over.

What is FND??
I suspect it is supposed to be FDN...as in fencing dot net...

I can't relate to demotivate.
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Let's just hope Word Rider and Mango never get together.
Nor allow umbrella to officiate the union!
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I suspect it is supposed to be FDN...as in fencing dot net...

I can't relate to demotivate.
I think he means Fencing.Net Discussion. Also the use of "username" is annoying me. I keep thinking it's a reference to the name and not the user. Or am I mistaken?
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