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								by Kvetch  Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:31 am 
			
			
			
			
			do you want to?
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:34 am 
			
			
			
			
			What would I get out of it?
			
			
									
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								by Kvetch  Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:14 am 
			
			
			
			
			what do you want out of it?
			
			
									
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								by Aunflin  Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:21 am 
			
			
			
			
			Would I even know?
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:09 am 
			
			
			
			
			Are you that kind of guy?
			
			
									
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								by ChoChiyo  Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:55 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Do I look like a guy to you?
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:57 pm 
			
			
			
			
			What the! where'd you come from?
			
			
									
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								by ChoChiyo  Mon Oct 04, 2004 4:09 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Did you think the vicious (and unprovoked) beating I recently received would keep me out of action for very long?
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Mon Oct 04, 2004 4:12 pm 
			
			
			
			
			What do you mean "unprovoked"?
			
			
									
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								by ChoChiyo  Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:52 am 
			
			
			
			
			Do you really think I deserved 37 whacks with the guitar?  Ouch.
 
I required serious first aid!
And some painkilling beverages. 
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								by Hunter B  Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:57 am 
			
			
			
			
			You don't  think you deserved them after nearly scrambling my brains and giving me the most painful experience of my life?
			
			
									
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								by ChoChiyo  Tue Oct 05, 2004 2:22 am 
			
			
			
			
			Did you not grasp that I needed  my oven mitt for surgery?  Where was your sense of altruism?  Didn't you feel a little pain was the least you could endure for science ?
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:01 am 
			
			
			
			
			Why didn't you just buy a new pair?
			
			
									
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								by ChoChiyo  Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:53 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Why would I buy a new pair when a perfectly good pair was stored in your noggin?  (And you gotta admit, though extreme, the pain was of brief duration, don't you?)
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:03 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Aren't these ones stained now?
			
			
									
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								by ChoChiyo  Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:08 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Aren't all surgical oven mitts somewhat stained?  And isn't the surgical patient always well sedated so he/she won't notice the staining?
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:12 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Why didn't you sedate me? And why is my cat playng with a phone cord to the beat of the song (I'm listening to the Pillows right now, what a suprise)?
			
			
									
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								by ChoChiyo  Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:12 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Is it wrong for me to enjoy the expression on a nonsedated person's face as a rusty hanger is inserted in their nostril to hook an oven mitt and pull it out?  Do you think that yowl would have been as amusing if you had been sedated?
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:20 pm 
			
			
			
			
			What do you think?
			
			
									
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								by ChoChiyo  Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:53 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Do you think I think?
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:02 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Aren't you thinking right now?
			
			
									
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								by ChoChiyo  Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:11 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Am I able to think on four hours of sleep or less?
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:12 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Am I?
			
			
									
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								by ChoChiyo  Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:22 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Is anyone?
			
			
									
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								by Hunter B  Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:25 pm 
			
			
			
			
			A monkey?
			
			
									
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