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(...) Sorry, I couldn't let you do that. Killing is morally wrong! Except when yur personal safety is at risk. Don't kill anyone, Maggie!! (...) I wonder if they actually tried it - and how many times was the cat found dead? And how many posts (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree--I'd be especially interested to learn if some sort of inter-office memo had circulated, because the spelling of "Toyota" in such a document would seem a clear implication of the nature of the prize. (...) In addition, I flatly (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But you cannot know whether you've killed it until someone opens the box, which I suppose I've just done. So you didn't kill it, but now maybe I will (not the cat, the thread). (And why a cat rather than a dog?? I suppose a dog might upset the (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) IANAL, so what do I know, but I think you're right. It seems clear a car was implied (especially since they took her to the parking lot to receive it). (...) Sure, I agree here too, but I still think the "McDonald's hot coffee spilled on lap" (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I heard of one where the winner of a contest was promised the keys to a brand new Porshe...and got just that. (...) Who was the fellow? Was he an orderly or some maintenance fellow? james (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, but WWI only tore up the ground in the immediate vicinity of, say, Passchendaele, and that was over four years of intense, repeated bombardment. Beyond the first 30 miles or so of the "front," levels of destruction dropped dramatically. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Metaphysical rumination: If a thread is redirected, but the thread dies before any posts can be "redirected," has the thread actually been redirected? (Is the cat in the box alive or dead? Is that why Schulz picked "Schroeder" and not (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think in that second case, the plaintiff is in the right-- if the implication was that the prize was a car, then using trickery to get the motivational results pursuant to offering a car as a performance incentive is completely dishonest. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, in some ways that's perhaps true. What were the total casualties in Iraq compared to other wars of comparable scope? While Iraq certainly reminded us of what "precision" means with respect to tossing bombs hundreds of miles, we certainly (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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