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Owl lurkage not allowed...

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Thank you, Biff. My memory had excised that.

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II was a lurker then. Now I just don't comment.

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Major League Baseball players and high school dropouts.

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Just don't spit...

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Uh, could we not make spitting and phlegm-spewing rights our liberal hill to die on, please? Thx.

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Ok I actually gagged, you win!

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Also gets extra brownie points for the 'son' and 'sen' usage. And of course my last name ends with one of those and I'm from MN. Yeah. ;)

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My last name would end with "son", except my great-granddad changed it when he immigrated. (OR maybe some dude at Ellis Island changed it for him -- family history is unsure).l

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Is that a sincerely held religious belief?

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Tricky, this. If I go for the bacon quiche (pardon the orgasm), I will have commented; hence, not lurking, and I will have disqualified myself from the bacon quiche.

Oh, I'm such a fucking victim, I must be a Duggar. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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grab a slice and run . . . it's worth being kicked out of the lounge.

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"Concerns have been raised..."

Now those are the words of a public servant who's got dismissiveness perfected.

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And this is one of the smart ones.

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I was just in an airport last week with tons of Chinese tour groups. None of them spit. But the Chinese do have a reputation of spitting back home....

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No. It's just a vague hunch but I won't let anyone spit on my kids!

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