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"Several years ago, two teenage boys in the Louisville area made several prank calls in which they claimed to be police officers, and told people that family members had been killed in car wrecks. They got jail time and community service for it...." [
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"Embellish these three as needed.
From Minnie Pearl: "The new young doctor came to Aunt Ellie's house. He said, 'Hello, Mrs. Ellie. You sure look fit for your age.' She replied, 'Why thank you. I've never been sick a day in all my 84 years.'..." [
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"Pastabagel: in sum, "What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?"
And another factor in what happened: We're gun-shy and suspicious of sincerity. We want our interactions all manufactured and scripted and clean and we generally..." [
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"This kind of thing is why I've never tried to get a handicapped tag. I have MS and can walk just fine for a bit, but sometimes if I have to walk far I have trouble. If I parked in the handicapped spots I'd have no trouble, and could make it in to get..." [
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"The Republicans seem to really wish that the Soviet Union were still around.
Ah, so that's why they're trying to build their own right here at home...." [
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"The world would be a better place if we had WWMRD? bracelets and bumperstickers. Mr. Rogers never threatened anyone with lakes of fire for all eternity.
(On googling, I have discovered that this is not at all a new idea)...." [
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"Commenting on the incident, Baltimore County police spokesman Bill Toohey told the Sun: "It's a sign that we're all a little nervous in the post-9/11 world."
WTF?..." [
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"Are these relationship potentially threatening to the primary relationship in that time, attention and emotional closeness is directed outside of the relationship.
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The main point was that these relationships direct energy away from the primary..." [
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"Odd question, but has your actual size changed, or just your weight? If you've increased your exercise, muscle weighs more than fat and could account for some part of the change.
Otherwise, a lot of really fattening foods are vegetarian - you may..." [
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"Most of my childhood and teenage years I knew not to discuss or mention my lack of religious belief in public. See this post for reasons why not. When I was a kid, it was go-along-to-get-along sometimes, but never all that bad, usually just tactical..." [
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"Would these organizations really prefer if the flaws were just exploited without being brought to their attention?
No, these organizations would really prefer if the flaws were just exploited without being brought to the public's attention...." [
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"The Canadian system contains rationing.
As a friend of mine points out, so does the US system. It's just that Canadian rationing is determined by the patient's need, and the US one by the patient's ability to pay.
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"my gut tells me Iran was the end game all along. Iraq just turned out to be a little more difficult than we planned.
All anyone needed to do was look at a map. After we had Afghanistan, and once we were in Iraq, was there any doubt that W would be..." [
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