A home for our "Off-Topic" Chats. Like to play games? Tell jokes? Shoot the breeze about nothing at all ? Here is the place where you can hang out with the IBDoF Peanut Gallery and have some fun.
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Hunter B
Buster
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Location: Cypress, CA
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by Hunter B » Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:06 pm
Same reason you can't fast-forward through the pre-views (especially on Disney DVDs
)
How is a squid like the Pope?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
- Gravity Dreams, L.E. Modesitt Jr.
voralfred
Carpal Tunnel Victim
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by voralfred » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:44 am
Since english-speaking people cannot seem to find the answer, here is one in French only
Tous les deux font des bulles avec de l'encre.
untranslatable pun on: using ink to make bubbles/bulls (as in:papal bulls)
Why do yo say "Violets are blue" when they really are violet?
Human is as human does....Animals don't weep, Nine
[i]LMB, The Labyrinth [/i]
CodeBlower
Shakespearean Groupie
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by CodeBlower » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:34 pm
Cuz the author was color-blind.
What time is it?
"Budge up, yeh great lump." -- Hagrid, HP:SS
-=-
The gelding is what the gelding is, unlike people who change in response to their perceptions of events that may benefit or threaten their power. -- Lorn, Chapter LXXXII, Magi'i of Cyador
mccormack44
Grande Dame
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Location: Columbia, Missouri
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by mccormack44 » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:26 am
Time enough.
Why am I still awake?
tollbaby
anything but this ...
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by tollbaby » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:45 am
I wondered that myself when I saw you still posting as I logged off for the night.
Why am I having junk food for breakfast?
And what manner of jackassery must we put up with today? ~ Danae, Non Sequitur
mccormack44
Grande Dame
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by mccormack44 » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:52 am
Because it tastes good and is easy to get.
Why do I write long posts?
tollbaby
anything but this ...
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by tollbaby » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:54 am
Because you have much knowledge to share.
Why are burritos so damn good?
And what manner of jackassery must we put up with today? ~ Danae, Non Sequitur
mccormack44
Grande Dame
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Location: Columbia, Missouri
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by mccormack44 » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:29 am
Because they are loaded with fat.
Why does it LOOK warm when the thermometer says otherwise?
tollbaby
anything but this ...
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by tollbaby » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:55 am
Because Mother Nature lies. While smiling and stabbing you in the back. Seriously.
How the heck could I manage to leave the house without my glasses on???
And what manner of jackassery must we put up with today? ~ Danae, Non Sequitur
PolarisDiB
Scholar
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Location: Anywhere, USA
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by PolarisDiB » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:25 pm
'Cause you did have them on, you just need another prescription.
Why am I still school though its cancelled due to snow?
--PolarisDiB
My house is dilapidated with my thoughts
My friends say I think too much
CodeBlower
Shakespearean Groupie
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by CodeBlower » Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:32 pm
Because somebody forgot to tell you.
Why do the people at the store look at me funny when I'm wearing shorts during a blizzard?
"Budge up, yeh great lump." -- Hagrid, HP:SS
-=-
The gelding is what the gelding is, unlike people who change in response to their perceptions of events that may benefit or threaten their power. -- Lorn, Chapter LXXXII, Magi'i of Cyador
tollbaby
anything but this ...
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by tollbaby » Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:45 pm
Maybe because they're not accustomed to seeing a blue-skinned man
Why didn't I think ahead to buy myself a diet coke while I was at the store???
And what manner of jackassery must we put up with today? ~ Danae, Non Sequitur
gollum
Coveter of the Ring
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by gollum » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:14 pm
Because you secretly lusted after the full sugar/caffeine variety (such restraint
)
Why am I at the computer instead of enjoying the outdoors on my day-off?
tollbaby
anything but this ...
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by tollbaby » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:08 pm
because you're addicted
(regular coke? Gross, dude, seriously. ICK.)
Why do I keep falling for guys who live over 500 (or in this case 3,000) miles away from me? *le sigh*
And what manner of jackassery must we put up with today? ~ Danae, Non Sequitur
mccormack44
Grande Dame
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by mccormack44 » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:30 pm
Because "Distance makes the heart grow fonder."
Why didn't I get enough done today?
CodeBlower
Shakespearean Groupie
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by CodeBlower » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:11 pm
Because the you have too much fun reading what everybody's doing on here ...
What's the opposite of duck?
"Budge up, yeh great lump." -- Hagrid, HP:SS
-=-
The gelding is what the gelding is, unlike people who change in response to their perceptions of events that may benefit or threaten their power. -- Lorn, Chapter LXXXII, Magi'i of Cyador
wolfspirit
MST3K
Posts: 3048 Joined: Sat Nov 08, 2003 12:39 pm
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by wolfspirit » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:34 pm
Goose. (Duck, Duck, Goose, obviously a combination of opposites)
Why can't I seem to get more than 5 hours of sleep a night?
Scott
mccormack44
Grande Dame
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Location: Columbia, Missouri
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by mccormack44 » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:43 pm
Because your brain is too busy.
Why is it so COLD out?
gollum
Coveter of the Ring
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by gollum » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:35 pm
Because outside is really, really big...and sometimes I forget, and turn my heater off - sorry about that
Why do 'bent penny's' always turn up, not down?
EDIT: fixed grammar errors (I hope)
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Greabo Girl
Methuselah's Child
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by Greabo Girl » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:38 pm
Because the mole people turn their penny magnets off at that exact moment.
What's that weird purple thing on my armpit?
When the fox hears the rabbit scream, he comes a-runnin'.
But not to help.
laurie
Spelling Mistress
Posts: 8164 Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:52 am
Location: The part of New York where "flurries" means 2 feet of snow to shovel
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by laurie » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:52 pm
Biscuit Eater's bubblegum
Why won't it stop snowing?
"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
wolfspirit
MST3K
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by wolfspirit » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:59 pm
Because your location says you live where flurries is where you get two feet of snow. And they keep predicting flurries.
Why are all of the classes I need to take scheduled early in the morning?
Scott
laurie
Spelling Mistress
Posts: 8164 Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:52 am
Location: The part of New York where "flurries" means 2 feet of snow to shovel
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by laurie » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:05 pm
Because your college channels Ben Franklin ("Early to bed....")
Did you see that dog?
"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
mccormack44
Grande Dame
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Location: Columbia, Missouri
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by mccormack44 » Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:10 am
No, I was watching the cat chase something.
Was it chasing the dog?
KeE
Scholar
Posts: 688 Joined: Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:31 pm
Location: Skien, Norway
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by KeE » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:32 pm
No, it was dogging something else.
What's beyond the final frontier?
It is written.