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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 11, 2017 15:45:06 GMT
Okay, that one made me laugh!
Of course I sobered up immediately when I saw the chilling photo that accompanies the article.
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Post by questa on Dec 12, 2017 4:58:21 GMT
The 'grown ups' that made the comments attached to this headline are as funny as the article.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2017 15:49:57 GMT
Yes, the comments were humorous. We have had an uptick of the same here.
What or why is it referred to as "knock down ginger"?
( I love learning new phrases and the English do seem to have a great knock knack for it.)
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Post by mossie on Dec 12, 2017 16:54:51 GMT
Knock down ginger it has always been to my knowledge, guess there is some rhyming connection. The game when I was young was to play it in a narrow street and tie a string across the street between two knockers (careful), then knock one and run. If the string was properly positioned it would knock the other one, so killing two birds with one stone.
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Post by patricklondon on Dec 12, 2017 20:05:10 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 14, 2017 16:37:51 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Dec 18, 2017 8:12:22 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 18, 2017 15:31:44 GMT
That first one is an incredible feat of knitting.
The second one is the gift that keeps on giving once the link is opened. For instance: "Others questioned why people dressed as a cartoon cat were handing out cheese."
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Post by patricklondon on Dec 19, 2017 7:45:46 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Dec 22, 2017 7:39:32 GMT
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Post by questa on Dec 22, 2017 10:36:32 GMT
YAY...open season on traffic wardens, sponsor a Giant now!
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 22, 2017 16:20:09 GMT
Parking fines in Paris are rising from 17 euros to 50 euros on January 1st! (And Paris isn't even the most expensive city, since every town in France has been given the freedom to set its own parking fines in 2018.)
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Post by patricklondon on Dec 23, 2017 12:16:22 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 23, 2017 15:42:52 GMT
How could the father-in-law not tease the pathetic twerp?!
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Post by questa on Dec 23, 2017 22:08:56 GMT
When does teasing become bullying? Have you seen a Tassie Devil? Horrible things...far worse than, say, clowns, yet perfectly rational people have a horror of clowns. Twerp needs help to overcome phobia, but I see it as a father-in-law getting cheap laughs in front of the family (at a funeral, for heaven's sake?) by victimizing the man whom his daughter chose to marry.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 23, 2017 23:00:24 GMT
This yo-yo has not seen an actual Tasmanian devil -- only a cartoon one when he was a child. Clowns can come upon one unaware, but Tasmanian devils in Staten Island? I think not.
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Post by rikita on Dec 24, 2017 1:59:14 GMT
haven't read the story, too lazy (and too late), but i think even if someone's fears are irrational, it doesn't seem nice to make fun of them, or make them worse. is there anything about the story behind it, there? did the father in law make fun of him because he thought the fear was silly, or was there some previous argument?
i have all kinds of silly fears and dislikes, my brothers at times make fun of them and that annoys me - at least they are my brothers though, and i can tell them off properly. if it was someone less close, then i'd think it was very mean.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 24, 2017 2:33:12 GMT
For the record, I dislike teasing and practical jokes.
But good grief, I defy you to read that article and not want to go out to buy a toupee to gleefully torment the guy with.
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Post by questa on Dec 24, 2017 8:18:28 GMT
We nearly lost our Devils when they developed a highly contagious cancer of the face and mouth a few years ago.
'Devil Disease: A devastating disease is sweeping through Tasmania's devil population, killing more than 90% of adults in high density areas and 40-50% in medium-low density areas. In 2012 Maria Island was chosen for the first Tasmanian devil translocation project. Fifteen disease-free Tasmanian devils were released onto the Island to secure an insurance population.'
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Post by patricklondon on Dec 26, 2017 15:46:51 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 26, 2017 17:57:47 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Dec 28, 2017 8:25:34 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 1, 2018 7:59:27 GMT
9 Bedroom Decisions Bound to Divide Opinion
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 1, 2018 8:23:02 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 1, 2018 17:02:18 GMT
scatter cushions on the bed or not? www.houzz.com/ideabooks/92767617I can't laugh about the library one! The perpetrators should have their vacant faces ground into that stucco before being made to either clean it up or take an apprenticeship to learn how to remove it & completely redo it at their own expense.
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Post by rikita on Jan 3, 2018 0:15:41 GMT
what they forgot (though that is not a decorating choice, just one for every night) is closed or open window during sleep. especially in winter. i always think we'd all be healthier if we slept with an open window in winter, too - but mr. r. refuses. he says it is too cold, as he sleeps right by the window (i offered to switch places, but he didn't want to). he keeps uncovering himself in his sleep, so i suppose that is the real reason he is cold ...
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 3, 2018 5:00:46 GMT
One might wonder why hospitals almost always have their windows closed.
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Post by questa on Jan 3, 2018 7:01:34 GMT
To keep out the nasty little antibiotic resistant bugs. Many hospitals now run positive pressure air con so the bugs can't get in the doors either.
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Post by bjd on Jan 3, 2018 7:37:38 GMT
Rikita, Mr R keeps uncovering himself because he is too warm! If the window was open, he would stay covered up. We sleep with the window open nearly all the time -- more or less open depending on the weather.
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 3, 2018 8:22:31 GMT
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