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Ugh, I read some of them. Wow.

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I don't think so. But we did move out of state and lost touch so who knows.

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Haha, that's adorable! I ended up a liberal, gay, pot smoking atheist. But I doubt that baking tiny silver dollar sized chocolate cakes with a 100 watt bulb had anything to do with that.

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Exactomundo! We (me & daughter) always bought the way too cool khaki cargo pants in the boys dept because they actually had pockets! Unlike those stupid pastel colored fake non-pocketed non-cargo pants in the girls dept. Where the hell is one to put all the rocks and worms if you don't have pockets? Talk about an unlevel playing field, start getting them used to not getting the real deal as soon as possible. And don't even get me started on hanging upside down on the monkey bars in a skirt.

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Hear, hear, Doocy and not-Doocy. I can't tell you how many times I have accidentally picked out a pair of four-inch pumps, only to be saved when I noticed the sign telling me they were WOMEN'S shoes. My ankles really appreciate gender-specific marketing.

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If your mom was really supportive, she would have taught you to cook for real. That Easy Bake food sucked.

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True. Whenever we get together as a family, my dad (age 77) is amazed at what passes for real conversation with real people. My mom looks disgusted. A steady diet of History Channel, Golf Channel and Faux has retarded him. Good times, good times.

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Relax. It's just the Republican Debates. The fun doesn't start til they choose their sacrificial lamb. Remember "Binders of Women"? That happened in the second Presidential debate after the Conventions. If you keep up at this rate, you'll lose it by then. Pace yourself, good buddy.

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I was the chemistry set one, until I made myself sick using the pipette. Back in the day, Barbies and GI Joes were the same size. And Ken was ghey. Barbie preferred GI Joe.

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Are we sure he hasn't been?

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I once deliberately bought a pair of men's glasses (I'm a woman) because they had flexible ear pieces that wrapped around my ears and I have a heavy prescription. Have never seen that type since. Nowadays the men's and women's all look the same to me - little rectangles.

I also used to cross-dress, especially slacks because I have a long inseam for a woman and they didn't used to have Tall sizes for women. It still burns me that men can hem their pants but women are only offered three lengths.

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Invented by a former leader of the Black Panthers?

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Hey! Major Matt Mason was MACHO!

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I was reminded of this recurring skit on SNL, in particular, the corrections scroll at the end of each iteration:

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One day, I shall actually watch F&F to find out whether or not they actually do have a corrections scroll.

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Indoor planter?

Potting soil?

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