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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 12:33 AM
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Three words I never want to hear again:
Pristine.

Unspoiled.

Alternative.

:banghead:
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 01:13 AM
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1. Shouldn't be a problem
Just register as a Republican.
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 01:46 AM
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2. Don't forget virgin.
Untouched by man.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 01:48 AM
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3. .
:thumbsup:
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NoFederales Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 08:37 AM
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4. Agreed: pristine and unspoiled are extinctions. Alternative is such
a misleading, dismissive expletive--I go for renewable, sustainable..........

NoFederales
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 11:54 PM
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10. I made a HUGH mistake on the OP
by leaving out "sustainable." :banghead:
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 01:07 PM
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5. I'd have to choose a phrase, rather than single words. So . . .
"Making America energy independent."

Not. Going. To. Happen.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 12:00 AM
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14. That's far more likely
than making a "sustainable" toaster oven.

Or preserving "pristene" second-growth in California.

:P
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Viking12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 09:16 AM
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6. My nomination:
"Clean coal"
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 11:40 AM
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7. I found a pristine spot on an unspoiled piece of land for my alternative power. nt
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 11:55 PM
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11. I laughed WAY longer and WAY harder than I should have for this
:D
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:23 AM
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15. I found a pristine spot on an unspoiled piece of land for my love shack.
Bring me new interns! These are getting all crusty and cynical. Write me some new grants! Now, damn it! Don't you see I have a world to save!

:yoiks:
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GliderGuider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 11:47 AM
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8. "Sustainable green development"
Edited on Mon Sep-08-08 11:48 AM by GliderGuider
:nuke:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 11:57 PM
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13. You KNOW what I'm saying
:thumbsup:
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 11:57 AM
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9. "Faster than expected"
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 11:57 PM
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12. Shut the hell up
My conversational ability would be GROSSLY IMPAIRED without that phrase.

GROSSLY IMPAIRED I TELLS YA.
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 10:12 AM
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17. Oh, we can still say it. I just wish we wouldn't need to.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 01:50 AM
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16. A really cool person who travelled the west wrote something
redlecting those sentiments.

Her country, it's a bit dryer than ours- she said in essense:

We thought there were a few things there we'd never seen, but imagine our surpise when we came across this:

http://www.wollemipine.com/
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