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  Funniest insults

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  so, i was wondering what are the funniest insults i've heard/been called.. the woman who taught me the arabic alphabet did a lesson about insults in colloquial palestinian arabic.. the one that stuck out to me was iniqbir or ini'bir.

  literal meaning: bury yourself.

  "go and bury yourself".

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  Back in 1960s, there was a radio talk-show host, here in the Los Angeles area, named Joe Pyne. One of his insults for those who he disagreed with was "Go gargle with razor blades."

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  TRICKY WORDS and why not to use them

  by Terry in

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  tricky words .

  perfectly good words go unused in writing and speaking.

  their meaning isn't clear and the eye is 'tricked' by similarity to other words or sounds.. .

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  Folks, I apologize for my previous post. I'll admit that I did a search on the Internet AFTER I wrote it. The correct phrase, as I found out is..."hear hear", kind of a shortened version of "hear that person, hear that person." It's a phrase that was used quite frequently in the British Parliament. So, there, I correct my previous post.

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  TRICKY WORDS and why not to use them

  by Terry in

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  tricky words .

  perfectly good words go unused in writing and speaking.

  their meaning isn't clear and the eye is 'tricked' by similarity to other words or sounds.. .

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  FedUpJW: I hear you on that matter. So,..."here here" to proper grammar.

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  TRICKY WORDS and why not to use them

  by Terry in

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  tricky words .

  perfectly good words go unused in writing and speaking.

  their meaning isn't clear and the eye is 'tricked' by similarity to other words or sounds.. .

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  This is a very good listing of words that get misused quite frequently. How about the phrases "could of", "should of", and "would of". The correct phrases are " could have", "should have" and "would have." Just thought I'd mention those. Also, I wish that people would know the difference between "there", "their", and "they're". The word "there" indicates place, location. "OK, put your copy of the NWT over there on that table." "Their" indicates the ownership or possession of something or someone. "Oh, those copies of the NWT....well, they are their very own copies." And, the word "they're" is a contraction of the two words, "they" and "are." "Tomorrow, they're going to the Circuit Assembly." So, please use the words correctly. Thank you. Best Regards.....Titch.
  
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  Ballad of Armageddon (to be sung sort of like Ballad of the Alamo

  by Terry in

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  the ballad of armageddon _________________a sinner trudged to salem and he went down on his knee asking heaven for a token or a sign of what would be but a wind came out of nowhere and a thunderbolt flashed high as a sudden hush of stillness brought a rumble and a sigh.

  the valley of meggido beckons hordes to reckon blood higher than a bridle comes that roiling, gruesome flood in the valley of the shadow where the dead will surely rise on the day (maybe tomorrow) you will understand if wise.

  yet the sinner slept in salem and his dreams of monstrous fears woke him screaming much affrighted as he mumbled washed in tears

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  Wow! You are quite the poet and lyricist, Terry! Best Regards...Titch.
  
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  The "Trinity" is not Biblical.

  by Revealed in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  simple.. you cannot find the word there (or many of the comical variations such as: a triune godhead, the triunity, co-equal god beings, godhead, a hypostaic union, divine essences, divine natures, a god-the-son, a god-the-ghost, hypostasis, homoousios, perichoresis , a godman, omnipresence, incarnation, a god who is a sacred mystery, a god 'in three persons', dual natures, a reincarnate god, a first person of the trinity, a second person of the trinity, a third person of the trinity, godness, a tri-unity or a multipersonal god), or any of the so-mentioned aspects.. jehovah identified himself (not 'themselves") as on one god, as did jesus and all the prophets.

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  so, come, let us know of the simple twists of the clergy!.

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  But, if those healings did occur, I have been wondering...Why won't god heal amputees? Have there been any recorded instances, with absolute proof, of people who have their limbs--- arms, hands, legs, feet---that were amputated---miraculously restored? Just wondering. Respectfully submitted.....
  

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  Are you open to having a count as to how many ex-JW`s on this site are vaccinated x2 jabs. ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. medical

  i`ll go first ,i have my vaccinated 2 jabs for the elderly.. if i`m not around in the next 3 months you will know why ..

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  OK, I have had the first two vaccinations---the first two in March and April of this year, and I just had the booster shot today. So far, I have not experienced any "side-effects" from the booster shot.

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  How many states have you ever lived in? (USA)

  by Iamallcool in

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  i only have lived in 4 states!

  michigan.

  georgia.

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  One only---California. I suppose that I don't really like to move---re-locate---that much. I have visited, or traveled through several US states, but remained a California Resident. Best Regards......Titch.
  
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  The Poor the Wealthy and the Middle Class

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  the poor spendthe middle-class savethe wealthy invest.

  the unique circumstances of the lockdown and stimulus checks has highlighted these differences in stark ways.. on one hand, you have jumps in sales and valuation of companies like foot locker and nike, as people spend their "free" government money on sneakers.

  they blow it on useless tat.

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  But remember, Brock Talon...according to the fictional Doc Martin...Happiness is over-rated. Best Regards, Everyone.........Titch.
  
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  What kind of job would you like to have?

  by Iamallcool in

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  it doesn’t have to be about big money.

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  Well, with me, I really wouldn't like to have a job, at my age, which is "north of 65". I am now, semi-retired, collecting Social Security benefits here in the U.S. and I have a couple of small pensions from companies that I once worked for. I have been working since I was 18 and still in high school. (I started in the work world in the usual way that JWs start---working for a fellow JW who had a janitorial business. And, I have "moved on" to other work/employment situations since then. I didn't continue as a "janitorial engineer.")
  

  But, a thought went through my mind, back in late 1998, while I was still very much in the work force. At that time, when I was 44 years old, I was working as a Document Control Clerk, at an organization that was managing the design of the toll roads that have been built in this part of Southern California. It was a fairly responsible job, which included extensive data entry, and filing of documents into their proper file cabinets. It also involved distributing copies of the documents to engineers who were on the staff of the company. But, yeah, in late 1998, one day, after doing a lot of data entry concerning recent documents, that had to be added to the database, I sat at my desk, and while looking at the stack of documents, this thought went through my mind...You know, I do believe that I have accomplished EVERYTHING that I really want and/or need, to accomplish in my work life. I really had. I had accomplished everything that I wanted to or needed to accomplish in the work world.

  Now, that thought came to my mind, while I was still in the work force. It didn't come about as a result of being laid off, and between jobs. It came to me while I was still working, gainfully employed at an organization. And, it didn't come about because I no longer enjoyed the job, or the people that I was working with. I did enjoy the work and I did enjoy my compatriots...my co-workers, my colleagues. But, I knew, in 1998, that my working years had come to an end, mentally and psychologically. Now, I knew that I would have to continue in the work force. I was 44 years old and not of retirement age, here in the U.S. But, if I had to continue in the work force, it would be against every fiber of my core being. And, of course, I have been employed in various situations since that day in 1998.

  However, if someone, anyone, had approached me in 1998 and in the years after that, and offered me $3000.00 per month, to leave the work force, so as to allow someone from the younger generation to come in and take my place, I would have jumped at the chance. I really would have. No questions asked, no regrets.

  Now then, getting back to the question posed in the O.P. what kind of job would I like to have, if I ever have to get back into the workforce? Probably doing "voice-overs" for radio and TV commercials. I have been an Amateur Radio operator since November of 1986, and over the years of conversing with fellow Hams, a few of them have told me that they think my voice would lend itself to being "on the radio" or doing voice-overs for commercials. I don't know if that will ever happen. But, perhaps.....Best Regards...Titch.