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"Are the two dozen bottles gone? If so, then at some point when you're both together, just say "Hey roomy, do you mind if we don't go halves in booze from now on? I just realised that I don't drink as much as I think I did, and only actually..." [
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2 days ago
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What's it like to give birth?
favorited 68 times, recently by Bardolph, tastycracker, yohko, Phire, elisynn, Herman Hermanson, jouke, GaelFC, Alison, somanyamys, Brittanie, barchan
3 days ago
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"I don't think I've ever encountered any polite anti-gay bigotry, though
The best (as in, most reasonable and polite) anti-gay message that I've heard was in a discussion with two Jesuit priests. One of them said he sees nothing wrong with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
8 days ago
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"I wonder if she'll read his letter, take his well-reasoned points to heart and go on, not necessarily with a changed mind, but at least with the acceptance that other people have a right to their own beliefs.
I hope so...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by rocket88, batmonkey
8 days ago
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"If you are indeed from Australia, then I think much of what would categorise someone as 'lower class' (although I think 'bogan' would be a much more appropriate term) would be their habits more than their behaviours. Drink VB or XXXX, love the V8s,..." [
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13 days ago
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"I recently started circus classes once a week, and they do for me exactly what you're after. They are two hours of running, jumping, stretching, land ifting weights (other people). I didn't do it to get fit though, I did it because it's fun. And..." [
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2 weeks ago
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"Nobody is 'not welcome'. There are some hostels that are definitely geared towards younger, wilder crowds, and I'd suggest you avoid these (because you probably wont enjoy them as much). There are many others though.
What is it like to stay..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by Laura_J, zeek321, jacquilinala, cadge, andeles, rongorongo, hip_plumber, idiomatika, Drop Daedalus, Talez, meerkatty, Fiasco da Gama, jason's_planet, Blazecock Pileon
2 weeks ago
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"(Grumblebee- I like that I can know which answers are yours before I see your name at the bottom. I agree completely about completeness.)
One of the things that I realised is that the general things people like about their partners ("she's..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by curiousZ, chicainthecity, arcticwoman, wyzewoman
3 weeks ago
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"I disagree with londongeezer. The gut feeling doesn't mean one option is the wrong one, it just means both options are so wonderful that it's not easy to pick one over the other. You wont regret moving away, especially once you're back together...." [
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3 weeks ago
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"I'll second skydiving.
And, though this is harder to do regularly, every year at the Adelaide Fringe Festival I have exactly the experience you describe. A few years back I found an old leather arm chair, had an artist friend paint a mural on..." [
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Last month
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"I graduated last year with a major in geology and and minor in english. I did the minor because I enjoy it, not because it was meant to be useful or look good on a resume. I mean, why would a geologist need an english degree?
I loved it. I'd..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by frettchen
Last month
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"It doesn't actually matter how much more expensive petrol is in Europe than America, or any two countries. If you were paying half as much for petrol five years ago (like I was when I started driving in Australia) then it still hurts, regardless of..." [
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Last month
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What else is in this invisible backpack?
favorited 55 times, recently by box, raztaj, finrod, Phire, agregoli, LobsterMitten, fizzix, shoebox, doppleradar, saturnine, kryptos, Advocate, I, puddleglum, internet!Hannah, chara, Arthur Dent, Smallpox, hydrobatidae, palomar, notashroom, lunit, newmoistness, hhc5, misanthropicsarah, bmosher, SoulOnIce, dent8101, olinerd, ethel, sarahkeebs, lia, iamkimiam, rhizome, petah, hippugeek, PercussivePaul, niccolo, horsewithnoname, Coatlicue, kiripin, cowbellemoo, divabat, HotPatatta, Silly Ashles, Robert Angelo, hot soup girl, andoatnp, minus zero, pluckemin, arcticwoman, twiki, The1andonly, bonheur, JimN2TAW, comwiz
Last month
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"One of my favourites was :
An Irish Proverb:
See a penny,
pick it up,
and all day long
you'll have a penny.
The same fellow now goes into babelfish, translates 'My slippery goose won asparagus chess!' (or something similarly odd) into..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by Ms. Informed, chan.caro, louche mustachio, eritain, J-Garr, Solomon, Symeon, b33j
Last month
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"For me it's the feeling that you're a team, that whatever the world brings you can face it together. It's what a business wants when they say 'we have a great team', but what they very rarely get: people who are genuinely invested in the collective..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ifjuly, chicainthecity
Last month
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"I'm so going to see this movie. Can it possibly be so outrageous that it'll top Crystal Skull? What an age to live in, when mega-movies battle each other for the title of 'most implausible ill-conceived trash'...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Asparagirl, moift, Senor Cardgage
Last month
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"I have a shirt that says "BINGO IS LIFE... the rest is just details"
I don't know if I'll be able to wear it again after this.
Seriously, a self link for bingo?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
Last month
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"I bought a wonderful old typewriter on ebay for $10. The base is cast iron, I think, and it weighs a ton, but it's such a gloriously old machine. It took me weeks to figure out why there wasn't a key for 1 or ! ('1' is a lower-case 'L', and '!' can..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by amyms
2 months ago
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"I once came across a positions vacant ad for Subway while I was doing the working holiday day thing around London. I already had a job, but for a bit of fun made up the most appalling cover letter I could imagine.
I swore, detailed my hatred for..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by marcelm, artifarce, xbonesgt, TheOnlyCoolTim
2 months ago
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"I can't say I understand the fuss. They weren't priceless artworks, they weren't masterpieces, they were just okay-ish paintings that were particularly interesting because they were by Hitler. What would have happened to them if not this? Some..." [
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2 months ago
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"A warning: I should have gone ot bed a while ago, but here I am, perusing metafilter. yes, I'm dtrunk.
I was once exteremyl jealous. LDR, lots of complications, other people, etc. It wasn't a fun time for me. I went camping by myself for a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by skryche
2 months ago
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"They say it in every creative writing course- show, don't tell. This article is showing you what it is like when a soldier's body is returned home. That's all. It's showing you the reality of something that most of us aren't aware of in any great..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by iamkimiam, Forktine, rtha
3 months ago
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"You said you're not much of a theater person- do you mean the song and dance Phantom of the Opera kind of theater, or stage plays? If you've got nothing against the latter, Shakespeare's Globe (near the Tate Modern, which you should go to if you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lukemeister
3 months ago
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"I'll back you up for people generally being counter to how they seem- the kinkiest people I've been with were the shy, quiet ones. But then, there are also some who were loud and outgoing. I don't think there's any easy rule you can apply to people...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Benjy
3 months ago
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"I've loved Ben Webster for a while now, thanks for the videos. My favourite recording of his is 'My Romance', but the only youtube I could find of it is this rehearsal with pretty average quality. Still nice, though...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ornate insect
3 months ago
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"I'm a geology post-grad student in South Australia, and I've done some field work around the area where I believe this sample came from. We visited an outcrop of tidal rhythmites which were, I'm told, of the same age as this snowball earth sample...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by six-or-six-thirty, lothar, Big_B, Jimbob
3 months ago
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"Is there someplace you can go? Well, there's everywhere you do go. You may meet the person of your dreams tomorrow, or it may be decades down the track. If you strive to enjoy your life as it is, at least the wait will be fun.
I was eighteen..." [
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3 months ago
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"Go to a dollar store and buy those cheap party blower things. You know, they pop outwards and go 'weeeeooooo!'. Yeah, those ones.
Buy a pack, and put them all in the sunglass holder. When you've got a few people in the car, yell 'Instant Party'..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by agenais
3 months ago
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"They seem to be overlooking the fact that while they need to convince every one of their followers to join them, their 'be fruitful and multiply' opponents are giving birth to new members every day...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Kadin2048, shazzam
3 months ago
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"Geology is rife with puns. "Have a gneiss time". "Don't let the schist get you down". "The rift valley called, and said it's not your fault". Or simply, "You rock...." [
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4 months ago
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"A close friend was sexually assaulted a few years ago, and I really empathise with your position- it's so hard to want to help someone without having any idea how.
What I found was that if I simply made myself available and took a passive role..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
4 months ago
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"I'm a geologist. When I'm out on a bushwalk I look at outcrops and try to make a quick mental description of them- what rock, how it was formed, if it's been uplifted or deformed or faulted at all. Then I try to put it in the bigger picture of..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Rock Steady, oneirodynia
4 months ago
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"Thanks for the responses. Sorry if the descriptions sounded superficial or like I don't know them very well, but it would have been pointless to try to describe them perfectly. You can't know someone from a sentence online, so I figured basic..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jejune
4 months ago
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I need help already... it's gonna be great!
favorited 10 times, recently by jingo1974, Rabarberofficer, tragedy_and_comedy, raxast, senterstyle, terceiro, casaubon, khaibit, numinous, grablife365
4 months ago
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"Wow, did I post this in my sleep under a sock puppet I didn't even know I had?
I was in this precise situation yesterday. It was two dates, she seemed fun at first but by the end of the second I just knew it wasn't going anywhere. Meanwhile, she..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chicainthecity, zeph
4 months ago
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"I'm tempted to correct hulagirl:
1. Men are taught to be more aggressive, it's not completely natural.
3. Men are taught that it's not okay to express certain feelings.
But yes, reasons for these differences aside, I think this would play a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by hulahulagirl, hydropsyche
4 months ago
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"Emily Dickinson (supposedly the demure, sexless virgin) wrote this:
Wild Nights—Wild Nights!
Were I with thee
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile—the Winds—
To a Heart in port—
Done with the Compass—
Done with the Chart!
Rowing in..." [
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5 months ago
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"The classic line for a spilled drink is "Taxi!" yelled from wherever you are. It's fairly crude, yes, and I don't know if I'd whip it out at a banquet with the queen, but it does have the advantage of being international. I've heard it in..." [
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5 months ago
