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Old 11-04-2009, 01:33 PM   #1
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Best fencing article I've ever read

http://slatest.slate.com/id/2234562/entry/9/
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Old 11-04-2009, 01:55 PM   #2
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Why did they even waste money taking the fence down? They could have left it up and kept a few bucks.

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Old 11-04-2009, 02:02 PM   #3
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Save a few bucks and a bit of doe.

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Old 11-04-2009, 02:17 PM   #4
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It's like we keep on saying. Fencing is all in the mind.
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Old 11-04-2009, 02:19 PM   #5
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Fencing. You're doing it wrong.
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Old 11-04-2009, 04:10 PM   #6
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Save a few bucks and a bit of doe.

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Nice points. Herd you loud and clear.

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Old 11-04-2009, 04:34 PM   #7
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Oh deer, another pun thread.

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Old 11-04-2009, 04:47 PM   #8
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better than I thought

this thread is pretty good. I hope no one takes a fence.
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Old 11-04-2009, 06:23 PM   #9
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this thread is pretty good. I hope no one takes a fence.
I was thinking of starting a picket line.

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Argggg!

Okay, everyone who posted an unfunny pun in here (which would be all of you), you each owe me reputation points!
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Old 11-04-2009, 06:30 PM   #11
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Argggg!

Okay, everyone who posted an unfunny pun in here (which would be all of you), you each owe me reputation points!
You just might split a rail after all the whitewashing that's going on here.
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Old 11-04-2009, 06:44 PM   #12
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I'm still kind of on the fence about these pun threads, although I see the rest of you are taking to it with doe-eyed enthusiasm.
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Old 11-04-2009, 06:57 PM   #13
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Off to the water cooler with this.
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Oh wait... But a zombie's guide to fencing referees, or whatever other nonsense stays put? Niceeee unbiased moderating there.
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Old 11-04-2009, 11:27 PM   #15
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Off to the water cooler with this.
Have a hart.

Fine, fine, we'll just turn (white)tail and stag-ger off to the cooler and may the Devil take the hind-most.

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Have a hart.

Fine, fine, we'll just turn (white)tail and stag-ger off to the cooler and may the Devil take the hind-most.

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I shake my fist at your puns!
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Oh wait... But a zombie's guide to fencing referees, or whatever other nonsense stays put? Niceeee unbiased moderating there.
To be fair Craig is the boss*.

* Which makes me the lackey.
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So then I guess we should wait to see which side of the fence Craig comes down on.
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If he's a zombie, it's entirely possible that he could come down on both sides of the fence. Depending on how far decomposition has advanced.
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