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Sean Whitton
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by Sean Whitton » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:40 pm
Are you my grandparents?
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by Hunter B » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:38 pm
How can I be a plural?
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by laurie » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:04 pm
Don't you live in a pluralistic society? Wouldn't that make you plural?
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by Hunter B » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:09 pm
How can a singular object be plural?
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by Kilgore Trout » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:10 pm
Wouldn't that be singularly ridiculous?
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by Sean Whitton » Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:54 am
Was that amusing?
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by Hunter B » Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:54 pm
Do you know what we were talking about?
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by laurie » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:09 pm
Wasn't it something to do with pluralism?
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
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by Kilgore Trout » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:13 pm
Wasn't it something to do with pluralism?
"Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters; united with her, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of their marvels." -- Francisco Goya: Epigraph to Los Caprichos , 1970
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by laurie » Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:50 am
Is KT's real name Echo?
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by Sean Whitton » Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:02 pm
Would you like to be called Echo?
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by Hunter B » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:45 pm
Why's that so bad?
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by Sean Whitton » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:02 pm
Was I suggesting that?
I like it.
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by Hunter B » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:13 pm
What's up with that?
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by Sean Whitton » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:05 pm
Did you get what I meant?
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by Hunter B » Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:48 pm
Was I supposed to?
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by Kilgore Trout » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:06 am
Why would anyone want to be called Echo?
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by Sean Whitton » Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:36 am
Would you?
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by mccormack44 » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:50 pm
"Doesn't Echo belong on the Tom Swiftys Thread?
(she asked, repeatedly.)
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by Sean Whitton » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:24 am
Was that a foul?
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by mccormack44 » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:10 pm
What could be unfair about an added statement?
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by Sean Whitton » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:45 am
Was it done illicitely?
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by mccormack44 » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:31 am
Wasn't it done openly and above board?
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by Sean Whitton » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:57 am
Was it done in open court?
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by mccormack44 » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:33 pm
Did you think it was sub rosa?