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MeFi comment: ""If you can't trust Santa, whom can you trust?" I had no memory of Batman being so, well, learned. The dipthongs, the line about warming up your muscles on a climb: he's practically the Jeeves to Robin's Wooster. That's a dimension of..." [more]
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MeFi comment: "Yeah, dobbs, but I was hoping for more. Henceforth: The Love Song of N.S.F.W. Uncle Dirty Let us bend then, you and I and point our skidmarks at the sky like peanut butter prized upon a knife Let us go, through certain half-perverted..." [more]
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MeFi comment: "In Joe's defense, though, he is singing from the deck of a ship in a raging storm, in the epicenter of an earthquake, with flying objects too small to be seen on video flying toward him, and all the while being forced to power the amps and equipment..." [more]
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Ask comment: "I haven't read this book but saw it quoted somewhere and copied it down. It's what I thought of when I read your question. I'll put it here without comment or suggestion, and hope it helps you in your challenge. "You risked your life, but..." [more]
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Ask comment: "Finally, a question that forces me to register for an account and make an honest reader of myself! As a few responders have rightly noted, the thing with Dylan is that the guy is so creative and restless that there are several different versions..." [more]
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MeFi comment: "The announcement was made when McCain and another masked figure rode up to the assembled press on motorcycles. McCain, wearing his visor up, got off his bike and walked forward; the other figure, clothed all in black leather, with a black visor,..." [more]
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MeFi comment: "slotMusic has a unique advantage, since it's compatible with a vast range of devices people already own, including hundreds of millions of mobile phones. You know what else is compatible with a vast range of devices people already own? Things..." [more]
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MeFi comment: "if you have one of those fridge magnets with the Obama's doing the fist-bump, I love those too Yeah, seriously, me-mail me too if you've got a spare, as I'd really like one. (Please don't make me search for them on ebay: damn website's just..." [more]
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MeFi comment: "(On preview, scrump beat me to some of this, in a really well-put way. But I'll post anyway to nth his comment.) This story is true. This story is false. Actually, it's both. That's the trouble. If you're saying it's true, you're saying that..." [more]
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MeFi comment: "From my understanding, China, India, and Russia each want Burma basically so the others can't have it. For China Burma represents a buffer zone of protection in case anyone else attacks from the south, and also a pathway to water in case the..." [more]
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MeTa comment: "I'm getting three different answers from the three mods that all contradict each other. Isn't this kinda the "Mom said no so I'm gonna ask Dad" phenomenon? If one said no, why would you bother pushing it further? See, the important point..." [more]
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MeFi comment: "Wow. You know, looking at those nature.com pictures of the year (and specifically my favourites, the bouncing liquid and also number 8, "Dazzling Droplet"), I had a thought: I'm not God (and I don't mean to open the epic derail of whether..." [more]
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MeFi comment: "Skepticism of Palin Growing, Poll Finds Skeptical of Palin growing as well, I am." [more]
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MeFi comment: "I guess this just goes to show that the old saying is true: there is no free verse. You think we should keep a metre running?" [more]
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Ask comment: "I'll just flesh out and clarify what a few have already pointed to, re: the rerecordings, etc... That verse doesn't show up in any released version, at least to my knowledge. I do know that Dylan's posted lyrics are often wrong, and have more to..." [more]
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MeTa comment: "I probably should save this for a happier thread. But in the spirit of turning the frown upside down, I'll say it here anyway. I'm a new reader and an even newer member--quick check of the ol' profile nametag says...ohhh, the 66K Club! Well, maybe a..." [more]
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Ask comment: "Other rock grunge bands such as Oasis and the Beatles carried this wonderful hairstyle from the 90s into the new millennium. I don't think you should trust that website...." [more]
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Ask comment: "While "Hi, I'm so sorry about your wife. How are you feeling?" might sound awkward to you, I don't think it will be to him. That's the most important issue in his mind right now, and hopefully he'll be having similar conversations with..." [more]
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Ask comment: "(On preview: yeah, what everyone else said) In This Very Life is a book I'm reading now. I've found it to be a very instructional and comprehensive look at one path of Theravada Buddhism (specifically from the Burmese tradition, a path which..." [more]
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Ask comment: "Always fun, though, to watch people trying to flag the attention of the perpetrator when not in his or her line of sight. "Hey, you! You! Hey! With the headphones! Turn it--I can hear--I said I can hear--Can you turn that thing down please?..." [more]
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