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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?
			
			
									
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								by Kilgore Trout  Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:13 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Wasn't it something to do with pluralism?
			
			
									
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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?
			
			
									
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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?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
																			
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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?