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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 08:57 PM
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Some guy threw a fit today because I was smoking a cig while pumping gas.
God, have we become a nation of uptight jerks?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 08:59 PM
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1. No. Despite the arsoning of Wal Street, people don't like getting burned.
Edited on Mon Dec-08-08 09:00 PM by HypnoToad
:yoiks:
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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 09:05 PM
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2. How long was the ash?
Some people get really uptight about people who have cigarettes with a really long ash...when and where is it going to drop?
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 09:08 PM
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3. Let me guess
Some jerk put must have put "NO Smoking" signs all over the place, forgot to add "Just kidding" in fine print.
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 09:21 PM
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4. Seriously. Nobody seems to like explosive gasoline fires anymore.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:39 AM
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37. Yea, really. What's up with that? LOL
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 10:08 PM
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5. I was burned over 60 percent of my body by a Guy smoking while filling up.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 10:12 PM
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6. I'm really sorry to hear that.
What happened to the other guy?
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 10:51 PM
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10. He beat the shit out of me ...because I have this awfull habit of Lying.
...about getting burned.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 10:53 PM
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11. That wasn't funny. You're an Asshole....making people feel bad about posting.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 10:54 PM
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12. I'm sorry..I was watching "My own worst Enemy" and got carried away.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 04:00 AM
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115. omg! who the fuck are you talking to?
stop it!

(it's always spooky when people talk to themselves when they're not alone!)
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 02:41 AM
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113. I cracked up. n/t
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 10:21 PM
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7. People are completely unreasonable. I was doing heart surgery on a guy once,
and he was all "Dude, you've had like 30 Martinis in the last three hours, you're not cutting me!" and I was like "WYeffr fhferk EIHYIHGGGR$RR WHgfgour!!!!!!!!" and he was all "What?! I'm not letting you touch me!" and I was all "Yargfrggar hurffertls HRIHYGJKHG@!!!!!" at him and shit and he was totally all in my face, so finally I just popped a cap in his ass.

Fucking Christ, that's barely even 2 liters of gin.
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nomorenomore08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 11:29 PM
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15. "So finally I just popped a cap in his ass..."
Seriously, that is like the perfect ending to any anecdote! :rofl:
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:57 PM
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54. What a jerk. I'm sure you were, like, totally cool to do the surgery
Fucking pansy-ass.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 03:09 PM
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77. Oh, dude, I was totally cool to do the surgery. I was only drinking with one hand
I mean, seriously, like how many hands does it take to do surgery? I've totally, like, operated on people when I've been way more totally shitfaced than that and stuff, and they mostly worked. I mean, fuck,what do they want - hundred percent success or something? I better they never did that well in, like, school and shit, so why they harpin' on me and shit?

People are just fuckin' unthankful, that's all I'm sayin', you know what I'm saying.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 10:31 PM
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8. That was me!! Seriously I was a smoker and I never smoked at gas station. Are you well?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 10:37 PM
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9. I'm good thank you....
How are you? :hi:

I have never smoked at a gas station either.

I actually had a guy once flick a cig on the ground within 10 feet of me pumping gas. Too close for my comfort. I told him he best step on that in a hurry...he responds "Oh yeah....right"...then he steps on it.

I also can't stand when people use their cell phone while pumping gas...I know the risk is low here, but there is a sign that says to turn the phones off, so I will remind people of that fact.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 11:11 PM
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13. Never realized that about cell phones. Then again I don't have a car so why would I.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 11:22 PM
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14. Were you near any birds?
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 11:30 PM
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16. I once told a guy that he shouldn't smoke next to the gas pumps
Edited on Mon Dec-08-08 11:31 PM by pokerfan
so he walked about fifty feet away and finished his cig while standing next to a gigantic propane tank.

Yeah, the risk is probably small but I'm a safety guy. I didn't bother to say anything further as I figured the blast would have probably just knocked me down.
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Z_I_Peevey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:51 PM
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67. I saw a propane explosion once--WOW--
took out two buildings and a truck, killed one man and shook foundations for at least a mile in all directions. Not something to take lightly, nosirree bob.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 08:06 AM
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17. Sometimes,
But we certainly do have a nation of self absorbed, dumbasses.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 09:30 AM
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18. I agree 100%...
How dare, he, infringe upon, my God given right, to pump, gas while, smoking.

Sometimes, people, act, like they, are the only ones who need, to, pump, gas.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 09:33 AM
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19. About the same time we decided that we don't like exploding.
Assuming you are not being ironic, He was right. You are wrong. Gasoline is not flammable, but its vapors are explosive. So the mere fact that you were not in contact with liquid gasoline is immaterial. You could have caused an explosion of gasoline vapor and took the other guy with you. There is a reason it says "no smoking" on those pumps.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 10:02 AM
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22. Everyone knows that "no smoking" signs are to be ignored.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 10:05 AM
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25. Yes, only the feelings of addicts should be respected.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:01 AM
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32. Nice photoshop....
that stuff doesn't really happen.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:09 AM
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33. Of course not.
Who could possibly think that gasoline vapors will explode if exposed to a smoldering fire? After all, when gasoline fumes are introduced into an engine cylinder and a spark is applied, nothing happens.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:16 AM
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34. Listen...I've placed a lit match into the pump nozzle while dispensing gas...
nothing happened. Contrary to the urban legends floating around, it is in fact very difficult to get stuff to explode.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:49 AM
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40. It only has to happen once. nt
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:54 AM
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41. What only has to happen once? I'm not sure I am following you here. n/t
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:58 AM
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43. It may be rare, but the results of a single fire are catastrophic.
When you say it has never happened to you, don't you mean it has never happened to you YET? Anyway, Federal law requires not smoking at the gas pump. Is it REALLY too much to ask of you to go without smoking for the five minutes it takes to fill up? How important is that cigarrette anyway?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:19 PM
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46. What are you saying here?
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:23 PM
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49. I realize some people on this website...
...think it is funny to say something bizzarre and then sit back and watch the fireworks or to engage people in a fake conversation. Frankly, it strikes me as a mean-spirited variety of humor and I don't really appreciate being made a Costello to your Abbot.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:26 PM
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51. What website?
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:45 PM
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63. !
:rofl:
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 02:01 PM
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69. ...
Edited on Tue Dec-09-08 02:02 PM by Book Lover
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 02:03 PM
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70. Right, so that means that until it gets into your fuel injectors, it is totally harmless.
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slutticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 08:33 PM
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85. Bwahahaha
:rofl:


Best reply I've seen all day
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 09:38 AM
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20. Gee, maybe he didn't want to get bown up?
Hmmm, a lit cigarette in close proximity and a flammable, volatile liquid; who sees the problem here? :eyes:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 10:01 AM
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21. What's the problem?
I have been smoking around gasoline all my life.

Some people are just alarmists.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 10:02 AM
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23. Some people don't like to tempt fate?
:eyes:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 10:03 AM
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24. How is that tempting fate?
I never gotted blowed up.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 10:10 AM
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26. That don't mean you won't get blown up in the future.
:eyes:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 10:41 AM
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29. You are over reacting.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 03:14 PM
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78. Being prudent is over-reacting?
:shrug:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 07:01 PM
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81. Yes.
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slutticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 08:35 PM
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86. may i steal this for my sigline?
:rofl:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 08:37 PM
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87. Of course.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 10:36 AM
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27. You know what happens when you throw a cig
In a gallon of gas?


It goes out :)


OPEN FLAME + VAPORS = IGNITION


not rocket science people, well- for some it is :rofl:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 10:41 AM
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28. I think it is a myth that the danger is that prevalent...
If it were that bad, they wouldn't even sell cigarettes at gas stations.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 10:48 AM
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31. Something really funny...
Mythbusters were trying to see if they could blowup a car like in the movies...

( shoot at car- hole in gas tank- car takes off- you light the gas and watch the fire chase the car- BOOM! )


It was funny as Jamie was driving with his foot on the brake, the fire moved at like 4 mph :rofl:
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 03:03 PM
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76. actually Phil my Boy
gas vapors created by fillups are heavier than air, so they are congreated at your feet.
If you smoked with your toes, it might be more dangerous

This guy is clearly smoking as he blows up his vehicle. Caught on station surveillance camera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSsJ19sy3JI
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 07:01 PM
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80. That's a photoshop.
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 09:08 PM
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94. No, it's totally real
Edited on Tue Dec-09-08 09:09 PM by Capn Sunshine
My brother's girlfriend's uncle knows the guy that took it
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 07:30 PM
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111. everyone should watch this btw
:)
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 08:14 AM
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109. Who says he doesn't smoke with his toes?
I know philboy to be a multi-talented man.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:48 AM
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117. You BASTARD!!!!
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 10:45 AM
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30. Some people are just all caught up with modern rules
Pfft, this entire region would not exist had the danger actually been ligitimate.

I pumped gas and did oil changes for a year or so and I think I constantly smoked then too.

Stupid rules. Oh yea! That distant scream you hear late at night... it's a skunkape.

:hi:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 07:08 PM
Response to Reply #30
83. Yes, these people have a general uptightness about them.
:hi:
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:20 AM
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35. What's wrong with people? They don't like third degree burns anymore?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:22 AM
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36. That's a myth about the burns.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:42 AM
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38. I wouldn't be too sure. Have you ever turned on the gas on your stove, waited a few seconds and
_then_ lit the burner? WHOOSH! I did that just the other night. Not on purpose, but still.

Granted that's propane and not gasoline. But if gasoline vapors can act like that, I don't want to take any chances. It was really scary watching that fireball roll out from under my frying pan and right at me. :scared:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:46 AM
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39. For the last time, gasoline is, in fact, EXTREMELY difficult to ignite...
Please refer to snopes. com.

That is one of the reasons they are thinking of switching all cars in the US to natural gas by the end of 2009. It ignites much easier than gasoline.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:58 AM
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42. There is a difference though, between a cigarette trying to light a
puddle of gas and a lighter setting off gas vapors. So technically, you are right but there is still some risk there if one were to light up at the pump, as documented by the occasional news story about people accidentally setting their cars on fire.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:19 PM
Response to Reply #42
47. I'm not sure that I know what you mean.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:32 PM
Response to Reply #47
56. I mean that it's still possible to set off gas and gas fumes with a cig, although
Edited on Tue Dec-09-08 01:34 PM by GreenPartyVoter
it's more likely if you light up with a lighter as you pump, as the gas fumes in the air could very well could ignite because the temp of the lighter is hot enough to set off them off.

"Gas thieves use cigarette lighter at the wrong time"
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=91078

"Gas in water bottle ignites, kills driver"
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3737/is_/ai_n13602012

"Woman Smoking While Pumping Gas Ignites Fire, Burns Self And Car"
http://www.local6.com/news/9979636/detail.html

The physics of smoking around gasoline:
http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae1.cfm
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:37 PM
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57. I think I understand what you are saying, but the gas we put in our cars...
is the liquid kind, not the vapor kind. Now that would be a problem if it were the vapor kind of gas.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:42 PM
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59. There are still some vapors whenever you fill your car. Evaporation and all that.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:42 PM
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60. That's like saying that water gives off a vapor.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:48 PM
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64. Yes, but if it's enough that there's a even a chance of ignition? I think that's
why they play it safe and say don't smoke at the gas station.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:49 PM
Response to Reply #64
65. Here in New York, up until 1987, they had ashtrays on top of the pumps...
That was before everyone got all uptight about everything.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:56 PM
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52. LIQUID gasoline is difficult to ignite
Fixed that for you.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:57 PM
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53. I know. That's what I'm saying.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 02:03 PM
Response to Reply #39
71. Really?
That is one of the reasons they are thinking of switching all cars in the US to natural gas by the end of 2009. It ignites much easier than gasoline.

They're thinking about changing all cars to LNG next year because there aren't enough fuel station fires? :shrug:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 07:02 PM
Response to Reply #71
82. No, don't be silly.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:12 PM
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44. Great chain-yanking.
Some might call it trolling, but not I.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:23 PM
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50. I'm not sure I understand the "chain- yanking" part.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:21 PM
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55. You stick a chain into the gas tank, drop in a lit cigarette, ...
and see how many people you can get to go fishing for it.

See?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:37 PM
Response to Reply #55
58. Yes, I think I see what you are saying now.
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:16 PM
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45. And anti-social behavior is so en vogue now! n/t
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:21 PM
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48. I know!
I was minding my own business...he should have left me alone.
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:43 PM
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61. I wonder why?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:45 PM
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62. I know...I still can't figure it out...
I think it has to do with the general "uptightness" of society today.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:51 PM
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66. You must have missed the sign...
"If your life isn't worth anything, gasoline is"



:D
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:54 PM
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68. I might have missed it...
My eyesight is really bad...I can't see 2 feet in front of my face. If they ever find out I don't have a driver's license, I'm screwed.
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 02:09 PM
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72. You're a prime target for the...
You're a prime target for the "Nanny Staters" now, you know... :)
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 02:11 PM
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73. What are they?
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Hangingon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 02:52 PM
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74. It is illegal here to smoke while pumping gas.
We have become a nation of careless people?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 06:58 PM
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79. Illegal?
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Hangingon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 09:33 PM
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96. Yes - illegal
as in not legal or contrary to law. Can cause an explosion and/or fire that would be dangerous to other people. Looks like you ran into somebody with a brain.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 09:37 PM
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97. Like I said...
I've been doing this all of my life. I am 50 years old, and I've never had a problem.
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S n o w b a l l Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 03:03 PM
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75. ....



:spank: :spank: :spank:

:silly:

:rofl:
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 08:17 PM
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84. There was a guy here just a few days ago
smoking while filling his car. Anyway the tank filled up and some gas splashed out and caught his shirt sleeve on fire, luckily another quick thinking customer put the flames out with the windshield squeegee water. Everything turned out Ok for the victim he wasn't burn seriously but the Police did charge him for carrying an illegal firearm.:hide:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 08:37 PM
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88. Now that got me laughing...
:rofl:
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:54 AM
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118. That's odd
In school they always claimed that if you threw water at a gas fire, all it did was spread the fire. And squeegee waster? That stuff is so nasty I wouldn't be surprised if it blowed up itself.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 08:54 PM
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89. I like it when people throw their butts out at night and the
glowing ember narrowly misses dropping in through my sun roof. :argh:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 08:57 PM
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90. I always throw mine out the window....
Saves me from having to clean out the ashtray.

I've never heard of a lit cigarette actually falling through an open sunroof. I think that is another urban legend.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 09:01 PM
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91. That's the Republican spirit!
LOL
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 09:02 PM
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92. Nothing wrong with keeping a clean ashtray.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 09:07 PM
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93. Nope. Nothing wrong with being a Republican either.
:thumbsup:

HA
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 09:14 PM
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95. I am a Democrat.
I just like to keep the interior of my SUV tidy.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 12:02 AM
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100. Oh you're right. Litterers are renown for their concern about
cleanliness.

What was I thinking?
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 12:04 AM
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101. Cigarettes biodegrade.
They pose absolutely no hazard to the environment. They are made of all natural materials.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 12:13 AM
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102. I know. I say they same thing when I throw my banana peels
out my sunroof on the freeway during the evening commute.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 12:14 AM
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103. Now that is just wrong...those things are slippery.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 12:20 AM
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104. Not my problem.
lol
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 08:18 AM
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110. Sorry about that
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sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:38 PM
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98. It's not the smartest thing to do.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:40 PM
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99. How come?
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 02:07 AM
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105. "Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours."
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 07:55 AM
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106. Nice photoshop.
:hug: :hi:
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 08:03 AM
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107. Mornin',
Queens. :rofl:

Happy Wednesday, philboy, and thanks for this thread. It cracks me up! :hug:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 08:09 AM
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108. Good morning Heidi...
and Happy Wednesday to you.

I'm glad you like the thread...it went places I never imagined. :rofl: :hug:
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 02:39 AM
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112. Kick.
:7
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:33 AM
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116. Thanks. These are my RIGHTS we are talking about here.
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:03 AM
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119. That's EXACTLY what I was thinkin' when I kicked it.
Kinda. }(
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 02:46 AM
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114. Was he on his way to dinner at Olive Garden and was his dog on a leash?
a-holes.
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