Posts by Open mind

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Grammer Fer Idiots

by Farkel in

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ending a sentence in a proposition can get a guy slapped a who bunch of times.. conjugating stuff should only be done in a proper marriage.. a split infinity leads to babies.. gerunds are little animals certain movie stars put in places where the sun don't shine.. transitive refers to people who live under bridges.. intransitive refers to people who live in houses.. double life imprisonment is a compound sentence for really bad guys.. a compound/complex sentence is almost the same thing, but the judge was on drugs and didn't have a clue when he issued it.. parsing a sentence should only be performed by people who don't have a clue what they are doing.. an example of a propositional phrase is "hey babe!

your place or mine?".

alliteration is what happens when a whole bunch of people toss garbage out of their car windows on the highway.. punctuation is what every 14 year old boy wants to do to every 14 year old girl and every other female on the planet for that matter.. using a semi-colon in a sentence is the same thing as using a period, except it isn't.. using a colon is something best done in private.. most people, use commas, way too much, and this, should be, avoided, however.. exclamation marks should be used sparingly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

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farkel: "Ending a sentence in a proposition can get a guy slapped a who bunch of times."

Winston Churchill: (According to urban legen) ""This [fictitious rule] is an impertinence up with which I will not put!"

There's also the other old joke re: ending sentences with prepositions:

So this guy from Texas is up at Harvard, touring the campus.

He's looking for the library..and asks a student" Scuze me..can you tell me where the library is at?"

Harvard dude replies.."Here at Harvard, we don't end our sentences with a preposition."

Texas dude replies.."Fine, can you tell me where the library is at, ASSHOLE?"

Great thread Farkel!

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My baby has a friend!

by mrsjones5 in

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it's hard for my youngest son joshua to make and keep friends because his autism gets in the way.

there's this neighbor boy who lives across the way who's asked to be josh's friend.

it's been so cool.

Open mind

*smile*

Very glad to hear it Josie.

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KISSING HANK'S ASS !!!

by clarity in

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love this thread!

for the video go down the page a bit.. .

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/117167/1/the-all-knowing-god.

Open mind

It's a classic!

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Could Assemblies Be Wrecked?

by metatron in

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assemblies at the reading pa. assembly hall are getting disrupted repeatedly by somebody who keeps pulling fire alarms.

many witlesses blame it on "apostates" - rather than the dissolute teenagers who used to do such things in my day.. there are lots of things that so-called 'apostates' may do to disrupt assemblies including bomb threats phoned in, swat teams called, printed green insults stuffed into collection boxes etc.

add prohibitions against strollers and you have lots of reasons not to attend and thereby avoid the annoyances.

Open mind

I'll never forget the streakers at a District Convetion in the mid-70s. It was definitely a highlight and the only thing I can remember.

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Tour de France: Go Bradley Wiggins!!

by Open mind in

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congrats to bradley wiggins and to all the brits on the board!.

i'm rooting for three riders this year.

2 have a very realistic chance.

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ammo: "its a beautiful race to watch!"

You know on years like this, half the reason I watch is because I get a bird's eye view of Europe. I want to go back so bad, but finances say it will be at least another 5 years.

GL Tirebiter: "Many riders will arrive in London tired and hurt after this tour!"

Agreed. It does kind of dilute the intensity of competition when so many events are so close together. At least year over year everyone knows when the major events are, but the Olympics throws an extra spanner in the works. (Pardon my attempt at being British.)

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Hi, I'm new

by Canary11 in

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hi, everyone.

i'm new here, although i have lurked since 2007..

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Welcome aboard! Looking forward to learning more about your life's journey.

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Tour de France: Go Bradley Wiggins!!

by Open mind in

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congrats to bradley wiggins and to all the brits on the board!.

i'm rooting for three riders this year.

2 have a very realistic chance.

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Congrats to Bradley Wiggins and to all the Brits on the board!

I'm rooting for three riders this year. 2 have a very realistic chance. 1 not so much.

#1: Levi Leiphimer!! He's from the San Francisco Bay Area so how can I not root for him? (He's a dark horse though, so I'm not holding my breath.)

#2: Bradley Wiggins!! If I'm reading my Wikipedia page correctly, the Brits have NEVER won a Tour. Go Bradley!

#3: Cadel Evans!! He won last year. He has the heart of a lion (even though he's not a Brit). I think he'll probably take it, but you never know in an event like this.

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