MeFi comment:
"A couple of years ago I was on a passenger train that a chap had decided to leap under. I heard a scream, a thump, and we came to a stop. The scream, which I will never forget, was the driver, and the thump was the sound of the train wheels..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Dillonlikescookies, Korou, rusty, Phalene, Jody Tresidder
2 days ago
MeTa comment:
"but does he have a fish? in his pants?
I have a bass on my lap. Will that do?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Sk4n
3 days ago
MeTa comment:
"My guitar fucking detests barre chords.
Push harder, girly-fingers. Think "My index finger is a goddam Shubb! No string shall pass!"
With a little practice and a big left bicep, you can bend the fucker into tune. String up with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Alvy Ampersand
9 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Yeah, can I just add my utter confusion to this?
I believe it's the whole shouty entitled American abroad everything-overseas-must-be-as-it-is-in-the-US-or-I-am-squealing-quite-loudly thing that's being aimed at here. The actual example may have..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chuckdarwin
2 weeks ago
MeFi post:
Leaves of jade
favorited 28 times, recently by and for no one, nicolin, Xere, ysabet, eldiem, magstheaxe, BrotherCaine, Earl the Polliwog, Heminator, christopherious, ntartifex, junebug, the_bone, Katherine Kimber, Esoquo, extramundane, gomichild, sonic meat machine, tnai, ambrosia, mystyk, Phanx, dbiedny, klue, destrius, dawson, Alvy Ampersand, goshling
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"But it would be nothing
Without a woman
Or a girl." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mosk
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Aw, who gives a shit about blatant abuse of power? Let's talk about TV instead!
Aw, who gives a shit about people saying what people want to say? Let's talk about what you think people should be saying instead!..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by tehloki, the other side, yerfatma, boo_radley, grouse
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I wonder how much Tsvangirai sold out for?
No more blood on his hands for the 80 or so deaths of his supporters during this second campaign (to this point) and who knows how many more to come in the process of fruitlessly (as is now apparent)..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by malpractice, Adam_S, rottytooth, rokusan, Jimbob
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I Put a Spell on You
Plus it's in 12/8, as favoured by psychics, witchdoctors, hypnotists, and people who like to waltz quite quickly over songs in 4/4...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flapjax at midnite
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I thank you!
Andrew Robinson's 1989 Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye is a damned good resource for those wanting to know more about this most extraordinary of filmmakers...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vronsky
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I teach at a university now, (thank Jeebers), but have taught all twelve school grades. Teachers are a weird shower in my experience. Around half are really fun, progressive and interesting people. The other half are primarily interested in the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dantsea, RedEmma
Last month
MeTa comment:
"24 comments in this thread, all unmitigated content-free drivel. Way to go, lurker." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by UbuRoivas
Last month
Ask comment:
"You are going to have to be a monster linguist to comprehend complex spoken texts with your one summer of French studies. Going to France and doing a course is the quickest way.
/French..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by loiseau
Last month
MeFi comment:
"My tax dollars at work ...
The South Australian Film Corporation recently made a $9,500 grant to support the development of a series of short videos based on the character of Italian Spiderman, the dubious superhero created by Flinders University..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"This bass is gettable for around $600 new. US electronics, too. It's absolutely capable of holding down a pro gig. I have three.
(Yeah, I know it's probably not what you're asking for, but if we are talking PRS SE and the like this is the same..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"quaquaquaqua with white beard quaquaquaqua outside time without extension who from the heights of divine apathia divine athambia divine aphasia
Google...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by regicide is good for you
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"It's very easy to write the classical three part essay. For, against, conclusion. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis. It also reads well — it has an organic feel to it if done correctly.*
*I don't mean it smells like tofu and hippies' toenails. I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chesty_a_arthur
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm going to vote for The Player of Games as a jump in point for anyone who hasn't read this stuff. Taut, tight, terrific.
/Dumbass who has read all Banks's novels, with and without the M. in the middle...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by axon, Rock Steady
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Just finished Matter last week. He's pared back the flash a bit on this one, but the payoff, when it comes, is — as ever — gigantic.
Good Lord, those American covers are awful. Just awful...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by axon
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"As in your deeds will speak louder than your acts.
Good lord! I mean your words!
I was distracted by a small child!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by smartyboots
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Wolof: you know Americans don't get sarcasm or irony.
Quit teasing them.
No, really!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by UbuRoivas
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I always thought it was the Aussies that didn't quite get it!
Nope, too tricky for me. I will need a tag for this." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flapjax at midnite
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"I didn't even know I wanted a child, but my wife needed to have one, to the point of undergoing several cycles of IVF. (Painful, expensive, intrusive, humiliating.) Now we have adopted one and I can't even remember what my life was like without her...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"(in the $20,000 range, per kid) with which to grease the various Chinese officials who might stand in the way.
Wow, incredibly offensive comment. You will find the fee to grease the wheels with the wildly corrupt Chinese officials is a US$3000..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by agregoli
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The trombone players are Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland and Bill Elton from the Gil Evans Orchestra. Cannonball Adderly is absent from the session as he had a migraine...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Faux Real, horsewithnoname, Freen
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I wiped Bill Clinton's butt and all I got was this lousy blue dress." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by RenMan
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"In orphanages like those in the former Soviet countries and China, while they often look "clean," and the children appear well kept, the situation prevents them from getting enough individualized attention and physical affection to..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by axon, Abiezer, dog food sugar, gomichild
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If you're going to include Rose Tattoo, you'd better have some AC/DC to go with it.
Angry Anderson would have made an excellent replacement for Bon; I heard him do a version of Highway to Hell a while back that was absolutely ball-tearing...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jonmc
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Sanderson also claimed that the stop motion effects seen in the old movie The Lost World were actually chickens in dinosaur costumes.
This killed me, really...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by flibbertigibbet, misha
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Now is someone working on the whole "moving sidewalks" thing?
Imagine, if you will, a sky car standing on a moveable sidewalk. The sky car moves in one direction, while the sidewalk moves in the opposite. This sidewalk has a control..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Hello Dad, I'm in Jail, knapah, kableh
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"wow, i just found out quonsars ' i feel pretty' meme was ripped off from a film called ' anger management '
I always assumed it was from West Side Story...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Why do you never visit her?
Look, I sent the kero for her bath and a "vote Bronwyn Bishop" hat. What more can a son be expected to do?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by UbuRoivas
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"He'll be back.
In the meantime, I'll enjoy a holiday from him. A decent portion of being a feminist is allowing women space to speak; he egregiously fails this very simple test...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Sk4n
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Eww Chris Pyne.
Yes, another graduate of the Alexander Downer Academy of Elocutionary Arts and Diverse Condescensions." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Coaticass
8 months ago
