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"My guests suggested telling my landlords that I didn't break the window, but came home to find it in such a state due to someone throwing a stone or a large stick at it in my absence.
That would be a lie. Your parents probably raised you better..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
7 hours ago
MeFi post:
Waffle, meet Splasher. Splasher, this is Waffle.
favorited 33 times, recently by mike3k, librarina, Squid Voltaire, hototogisu, ooga_booga, babybuns, jack_mo, lisawin, palimpsest, slyrabbit, rongorongo, Turtles all the way down, MikeKD, Tesseractive, pointilist, surenoproblem, flod logic, vsync, Afroblanco, unmake, Waitwhat, The Bellman, hecho de la basura, agregoli, lysistrata, limeonaire, spaceman_spiff, BrotherCaine, Richard Daly, es_de_bah, etaoin, jjb, interrobang
2 weeks ago
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"But I'm still an outsider; I can feel it.
EVERYBODY FEELS THIS WAY." [
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2 weeks ago
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Books like "The a Monster at the End of This Book"?
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2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"There are many people in this country — including, I’ll bet, many Googlers — who believe that employer-provided day care, at affordable prices, ought to be like health insurance, a benefit that every company provides as a matter of course.
And..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by tehloki, muzzlecough, gingerbeer, The Bellman, Monochrome, batmonkey, pyrex, dw
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"I thought the Bellman did a great job of explaining the difference between theft and copyright infringement in that thread -- and he did it in a calm, noncondescending way...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by josher71, Popular Ethics, jtron
2 weeks ago
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"See, they're in Hawaii! And that's political satire because... um..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"I like the recipe in the Greens cookbook. Nothing fancy, just delicious. You could look in it for the full instructions (which I am too lazy to type out), but the ingredients are:
1 egg
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 to 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1 cup light..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sunshinesky
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"*sniff* It's just my allergies, that's all. *sniff* Or maybe I have something in my eye." [
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3 weeks ago
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"Roald Dahl's short stories. Tales of the Unexpected, Kiss Kiss, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar... So creepy, so disturbing. Why oh why did my parents let me read those at such a young age?..." [
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Last month
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"You'll have a lot to keep straight. How old you are, how old you are compared to your siblings, what year you were born, what year you graduated from high school, what music was popular when you were in college, who you voted for the first time you..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by phrontist, marble
Last month
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"My kids have an Ice Weasel Anne (my sister) and an Ice Weasle Rebecca (her wife), also known as Anne Weasel and Rebecca Weasel, or the Ice Weasels." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Richard Daly, Greg Nog
Last month
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"Just say "yeah, we get that a lot" in a "huh, that's not very interesting" tone and change the subject.
(The guy who did our laundry used to say that to my husband and me all the time -- like, every week. Eventually I told him..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by artifarce
Last month
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"She flirted with you. You liked it. That's all. There is no secret acupressure point for releasing horniness." [
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Last month
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"I'm sure you could get some Bostonian to fill out the application.
I'm all for sticking it to The Man. The Boston Public Library is not The Man." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by tachikaze
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"I was 25 and decided to move across the country, from Washington State to Boston. In the few months I had remaining before the move, I met a great guy. We started going out, always knowing that we were going to break up when I moved.
That spring I..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Deathalicious, The1andonly
Last month
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"Your cats eat dry food? Count your blessings. It's much less gross to deal with (for you), and my cat's vets told me it's just as healthy." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by owhydididoit
Last month
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"Does she know that you'll keep on reading to her, even after she can read for herself?" [
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Last month
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"I wonder if they do it as an attempted way of bonding. "Hey, it's you! We're friends. And this is how we talk to each other! I know you well enough that I know things you like. Would you like to talk about things you've observed over time about..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by catlet
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Turtles -- you might want to lurk in alt.usage.english for a while and see if you like it. I've been an AUEr for a decade. It might scratch your itch." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by KAS
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"OK, I'll be the inartistic heathen here.
I enjoyed looking through the photos, and the last few weeks are moving. But I found it frustrating that there weren't captions. I wanted to know who people were, where they were, what was going on.
If..." [
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2 months ago
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"I once had a TV reporter come to my office to to a segment. She was in full TV hair and makeup, and -- standing in front of me, in normal lighting -- she looked awful. Makeup an inch thick, and helmet hair.
My point is that what works on TV might..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by damnjezebel
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"We had fun. Not just fun: we rocked. (Bonus extra footage from the Shoreline meetup, because the thumbnails were so frikkin' small that I didn't notice it.)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by owhydididoit
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I'll be there. I love sausage. And beer.
Will anyone have an official Metafilter sign? Or do I get to wander around asking strangers if they're from Metafilter and getting weird looks in return, as I did at the Victoria meetup?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by owhydididoit
2 months ago
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Blogs about remodeling?
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2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"grateful: "Damn cortex. Happy Fucking Mothers Day!"
But I don't want to... oh, I see." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by The Bellman
2 months ago
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"Here is a movie of a sock monkey approving Marie Mon Dieu approving Cortex's picture of Kansas City Royals catcher Brent Mayne ('90-'95) throwin' up the fuckin' horns at soundofsuburbia's approval of ColdChef's approval of Jofus's approval (with..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Marie Mon Dieu, Sailormom
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh god, I am sick to fucking death of kids named Hunter
And why aren't there any Gatherers? That's what I want to know." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by tractorfeed
3 months ago
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"If your furniture is really cheap Ikea crap (as is mine), you shouldn't worry about coasters. If you have objects of sentimental value, put them in a closet when he comes over. If you know he's going to turn the TV up too loud, put it in a closet,..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by pushing paper and bottoming chairs, hulahulagirl, By The Grace of God, BrotherCaine, zeph, RedEmma
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"How the fuck do you eat more than 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day?
My usual breakfast is a large smoothie made from spinach, a banana, orange juice, and blueberries (and yoghurt, but that doesn't help this matter). That takes care of a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"UbuRoivas: "Oh, the huge mammaries!"
You read about children being mutilated, in a way that will give them lifelong pain and mental suffering, and you think it's good material for a joke?..." [
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3 months ago
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"Don't use Google Groups. It will scare you off. It's a crappy way of reading Usenet. It's useful for searching posts and for finding groups that interest you, but it's a clunky interface, and snobs will judge you and find you lacking when they see..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ulleskelf
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"My husband was a frequent runaway when he was a little kid. Once, when he was three, he was picked up by the police and brought down to the station. His mom had already called the police to report that he was missing, so they knew who he was.
When..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bitter-girl.com, spaceman_spiff
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Some children, such as those with sensory processing issues, don't like bracelets." [
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3 months ago
