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bobbert's avatar

The problem is that "Accelerated climate change driven by persistent, although not monotonic, increases in globally averaged temperature" just doesn't roll off the tongue.

FeloniousMonk's avatar

I upfisted that for being beautifully put and wickedly accurate. But couldn't you leave this stuff to ifthethunderdontgetya, who's annoying, and therefore easier to ignore?

bobbert's avatar

Well, then, there are also those of us who moved away and had to grasp that there are lakes you <i>can</i> see across.*

* I did have four years of training in Madison, so by the time I left the region, I was pretty ready for "lakes".

bobbert's avatar

Now, that's a zing.

bobbert's avatar

These damned uptight midwestern girls.

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Zombie Apocalypse protip: be sure you're always with someone who's slower than you are.

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Like "Obamacare"? I like it when the wingnutz' phrases come back to bite them.

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Ah yes, <a href="http:\/\/static.giantbomb.com\/uploads\/scale_small\/0\/5768\/602165-riffraffportrait.jpg" target="_blank">the Riff Raff look. </a> If nothing else, it gets you noticed.

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I like the pink ones. <a href="http://pinktentacle.com/200..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://pinktentacle.com/2007/09/pink-white-katydi...">http://pinktentacle.com/200...

They're rare, but not extremely so. Seems to be a simple mutation that crops up regularly.

Mahousu's avatar

Speaking of Creature Features, how about <a href="http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/06\/07\/justice\/ricin-letters-arrest\/index.html" target="_blank">crazy ginger lady would-be assassin</a>? I weep for my hair color.

Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

I would be happy to get to know her Biblically

FeloniousMonk's avatar

I, too, am praying for the young lady.

The Quirk's avatar

The only Lovejoy I acknowledge is the English antiques dealer.