What are some signs that you are spending too much time on DU?

JimmyJazz

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:31 AM
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What are some signs that you are spending too much time on DU?

For me, I just tried to log into our imaging system at work by using my DU screen name and password. :silly:

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motely36

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:33 AM
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1. Everytime my boss walks by

I have to shrink my DU screen....I think she's seen it a couple times :)

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Silverhair

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:34 AM
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2. Household chores not done.

Drop in income due to not working. (I am self employed on the internet.)

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Radio_Lady

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:59 PM
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55. Unmade beds and now I have to make lunch for my husband --

but I'm thoroughly addicted. Enjoy the interface (but not face to face) with other human beings.

I really have to go and cut vegetables now. I wish I could invite you folks over to a CATERED lunch (I have to cook!)

That would be fun and exciting!

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Lavender Brown

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:37 AM
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3. You feel comfortable enough

to tell other DUers really embarrassing stories. :shrug: :hug:

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JimmyJazz

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:48 AM
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10. That wasn't embarrassing. Seriously.

And thank you for telling me. Back at ya with the :hug:

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lizzieforkerry

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:37 AM
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4. 4 year old telling daddy that he was starving because mommy

was on the 'puter all day and didn't give him lunch. (Not entirely true)

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Shoeempress

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:38 AM
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5. Actually calling Hubby, Hubby to his face. Not really that personal touch

I was going for.

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sundog

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:42 AM
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6. you roll out of bed & log in

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XemaSab

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:43 AM
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7. You go to fill out your timesheet at work

and have the sudden, horrible realization that though you were at work all last week, you billed maybe 15 hours...

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ulysses

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:44 AM
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8. your wife asks you to take out the trash, & you reply "Robb is a dingbat"

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JimmyJazz

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:50 AM
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12. I know what you mean. I looked at my four year old and said,

"don't you get snarky with me!" I had never even heard of that word before DU :D

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sniffa

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:46 AM
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9. when i need/want to taLk to the wife

i pm her. :P

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JimmyJazz

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:50 AM
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11. Oh my! It is sad that the quickest way to reach your SO is thru DU!

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Kathy in Cambridge

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:51 AM
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13. LOL

:-)

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sniffa

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:52 AM
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14. i just asked her to take meat out of the freezer

i'm sweet Like that with my pm's. :P

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Kathy in Cambridge

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:57 AM
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19. You guys grilling tonight?

:-)

it's too damn hot to cook indoors.

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sniffa

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:58 AM
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22. griLLing is for peopLe with griLLs

:cry:

i think i'LL make bacon & eggs for suppah.
aLL the poLLs about bacon has got me saLivating. :9

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McKenzie

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:55 AM
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15. driving a car and...

having a car pull out in front of you then looking for the BACK button instead of the brake pedal...

cheers JJ

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Jara sang

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:56 AM
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16. When i started having dreams about other DUers

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Reverend_Smitty

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:59 AM
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23. I've had dreams about being on DU

It's official I have the most boring dreams in the world

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DeposeTheBoyKing

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:57 AM
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17. I'll find out in November

If I fail the bar exam, I'll know why!!

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caty

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:57 AM
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18. My tush is starting to look like

the seat of my chair.:blush:

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Modem Butterfly

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:58 AM
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20. When you talk about DU so much, your partner/SO knows posters by name

And s/he doesn't actually read DU him/herself.

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bicentennial_baby

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:58 AM
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21. when the asses of your pants all start to rip out

even though i have a tiny bum, i sit in my office chair waaaaaay too long :P

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RedCloud

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Wed Jul-20-05 11:03 AM
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24. When my buttocks and chair start to fuse together.

Or I get all blurry eyed.

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Parrcrow

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Wed Jul-20-05 12:07 PM
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25. When you start appearing in the **MILESTONES** threads...

on a daily basis.

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SOteric

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Wed Jul-20-05 12:28 PM
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26. Dreaming about a parade of DUers

in which you subconscious mind assigns them the identity of their avatars or siglines.

So, matcom is a spanky purple hippo, progmom is a bouncing crowd and a dj...

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JimmyJazz

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:29 PM
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41. Just out of curiousity....what am I? If anything?

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SOteric

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:37 PM
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42. Your avatar. n/t

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JimmyJazz

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:42 PM
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43. Great. I picture you as a glamorous Italian godess and you

picture me as a skinny dude with a mohawk. The inflation of my ego knows no bounds :crazy:

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SOteric

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:49 PM
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47. Only in my dreamstates do I picture you that way...

When I'm awake a picture you as a perky blonde with great muscle definition.

So pour that on your ego and rub briskly.

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Democracy White

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:54 PM
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49. What bout me? What do I look like?

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SOteric

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:57 PM
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52. Truthfully, you've never appeared in my dreams, - but

if you did, I'm betting the blue scorpion would be involved.

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Democracy White

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:00 PM
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56. Probably...

That is the first thing that people see when they read my posts.

I am not well known enough yet and part of that problem is... I don't have my own computer and thus rely on the library's or my dad's

So I can't do heavy Net surfing.

Dee

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progmom

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:57 PM
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51. i'm not just the dj?

i'm the bouncing crowd, too? x(

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SOteric

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:09 PM
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61. Right, right, I can see how that would be

traumatically distressing for you.

Next time I'm doing some lucid dreaming about DU, I'll edit that right out. -Any other changes you'd like? Should I make you a tall, blonde, Nederlandische supermodel DJ...?

:7

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progmom

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:10 PM
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62. brunette

the rest works for me. :P

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SOteric

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:12 PM
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63. I'll get right on it.

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flvegan

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Wed Jul-20-05 12:41 PM
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27. You consider sending copycat e-mails at work.

Or, you e-mail someone at work and add "Ask me anything!" to the subject line.

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ComerPerro

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:16 PM
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37. LOL. The idea of sending copycat emails makes me happy

LOL

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sundog

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Wed Jul-20-05 12:43 PM
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28. water is shooting out of a pvc pipe in your house & you finish your post

before attending to it

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Cerridwen

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Wed Jul-20-05 12:54 PM
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30. and then come back and post all about it in the lounge?

Not that I have any experience with this, however.

:rofl:

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sundog

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Wed Jul-20-05 12:55 PM
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31. my house is on fire! ask me anything!

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sundog

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Wed Jul-20-05 12:53 PM
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29. you start laughing uncontrollably while walking alone in the supermarket

when you remember some lounge shit

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FuzzySlippers

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Wed Jul-20-05 12:58 PM
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32. You too?

:rofl:

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sundog

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Wed Jul-20-05 12:59 PM
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33. this morning. thinking of this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3682968

i hurt myself laughing last night :rofl:

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JimmyJazz

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:16 PM
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38. I have DEFINITELY done that.

All I have to do is think about RKZ posting "I spilled bong water on my copy of The Purpose Driven Life," and I crack up :D

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dajoki

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:02 PM
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34. my ass hurts and carpal tunnel

:rofl:

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Crazy Guggenheim

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:04 PM
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35. When you start having the same sense of humor in real life

as you do in the lounge.

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FuzzySlippers

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:47 PM
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46. You have an irresistible impulse to make a smart ass remark

no matter how inappropriate it is to the situation.

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sundog

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:17 PM
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67. and when you do, no one finds it funny

:scared:

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texas1928

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:11 PM
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36. You put colons around words...

Hoping it will be a smiley.

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JimmyJazz

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:17 PM
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40. I do that in e-mails to co-workers and wonder why no smilie appears.

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ComerPerro

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:17 PM
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39. You use the word FReeper in everyday life

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:45 PM
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44. Getting home and saying:

"Honey, I was fired. Ask me anything."

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Initech

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:45 PM
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45. I refer to Bush in real life as Commander Cuckoobananas!

And the funny thing is, people seem to know what I'm talking about!

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Democracy White

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:53 PM
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48. Have Matrix-like dreams of being in DU

seriously, I have the most coolest, kick ass sci-fi dreams.

Dee

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Beware the Beast Man

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:56 PM
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50. You slash your finger on a broken wineglass and post about it

BEFORE you go to urgent care (true story).

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JimmyJazz

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:58 PM
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53. Did you do that?

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Beware the Beast Man

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Wed Jul-20-05 01:58 PM
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54. Yes I did.

:freak:

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kick-ass-bob

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:01 PM
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57. I literally do these:

:rofl:
and
:spray:

when something is really funny.
:eyes:

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progmom

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:02 PM
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58. as you hunch over a sink in the ER while a resident pokes your head wound

...with a needle of lidocaine, you bite your hand and try to write the perfect headline for your post about the experience.

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sundog

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:16 PM
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66. haaaaaa

:rofl:

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Up2Late

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:03 PM
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59. Being Un-employed for almost 2 Years, but telling people...

...that you are "Just taking a 'Break' from work."

This IS "Networking," Right?:shrug:

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Crazy Guggenheim

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:03 PM
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60. I don't know if it's too much but, I can give the most poignant,

smartass answers to a Bushie and make them think ........

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JimmyJazz

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:12 PM
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64. But, that's a good thing. And, thanks for the tag team last night!

It was WAY past my bedtime. :hi:

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Crazy Guggenheim

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:14 PM
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65. Oh yeah. You're the one who asked me. Sure anytime.

I going to PM you.

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Trigger Hippie

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:27 PM
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68. My boss fussed at me yesterday

for spending too much time on the net at work. I don't think I can post here as often anymore. :cry:

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JimmyJazz

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Wed Jul-20-05 02:33 PM
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69. I think you need to have skinner write a note to your boss telling him

how important it is for you to post here daily. That should do the trick :silly:

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Radio_Lady

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Wed Jul-20-05 10:34 PM
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70. "It's addictive and threatens his income" --

(From Skinner's fantasy letter to this guy's boss...)

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