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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36DF1196.434E01DB@v...er.net>... (...) Wouldn't be the same witout (cue) you Larry :) (...) my (...) Thanks for the generous contribution to my TLA legend. (...) par.a.site - any organism that grows, feeds and is (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Interesting. I'm glad you posted the dictionary definition, it warms this old pedant's heart to see argument from authority. :-) I see your reasoning, I think. In your view, either you're the organism (and an appendage of the organism is the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Always willing to oblige. (...) Agreed. (...) I don't think so. Actually, everything but the parasite comment was ok im my (admittedly hardened by a few years of Usenet) view. A bit piqued, yes, but parasite is going too far, not in the least (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) From Merriam-Webster at (URL) Entry: par·a·site Pronunciation: 'par-&-"sIt Function: noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin parasitus, from Greek parasitos, from para- + sitos grain, food Date: 1539 1 : a person who exploits the hospitality (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) word on the Lego (...) Ok, I think I'm missing something here. Would someone care to explain why the "P" word is so loaded on the Lego groups. I'm curious to know how it can attract more flak than a pornographic binary. If I was to nip down to (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Have you read the recent Star Wars scalper discussions? To me personally, being called something that has been defined as the antithesis of everything AFOL stands for, hurts me more than a random guy calling me dickhead, fuckbrain, or (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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