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(URL) few of us here have previously debated the value and promise of vat-grown meat--maybe it's not as far off as we'd thought... Dave! (25 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Grammar Police again (was: Alpha Team :)
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Im glad its not just me. you cant use squiggly brackets either or people will think you are sad usenet script kiddie using 'if' statements in his postings (and saying thinks like k3wl and 133t. :) ) I find a bit of spacing helps, or shall we make it (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: While I've got you here... (Was Re: FOTY: What a find!)
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(...) Billy Connolly did an excellent routine where he described people who do the <wiggle fingers> quote thing, and then went on to advocate the mimed addition of all punction to conversation. Cheers Richie (25 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: What are your other hobbies and passions?
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(...) I'm taking a class right now at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and the instructor *wants* us to use a ballpoint pen. I've gotten quite a bit better at drawing with a pen because of it. However, drawing sure does drain the ink, especially when (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: While I've got you here... (Was Re: FOTY: What a find!)
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(...) Dunno about universal, but it's common here in Aus, too. I think you can (at least partly) blame the inventors of the game of "Charades", where one uses the insect impersonation to indicate one's phrase is a quotation. ROSCO (25 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | While I've got you here... (Was Re: FOTY: What a find!)
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(...) Say, Dave! I just heard an example another thing that makes no sense to me. It's when people who orally quote others say, "Quote, unquote" *before* launching into the actual quote. I'm only glad I heard it on the radio this time because when (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Alpha Team .
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(...) Adam, If he is from the Great White North, he should already be wearin' a touque. If not, he is a hoser, eh? Jude Somebody pass me the backbacon while I XFUT .off-topic.fun (25 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Grammar Police again (was: Alpha Team ).
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(...) I've grappled with that one, too [I've tried square brackets, but then the comment ends up looking like an editorial comment, rather than a parenthetical one ;-)]. Maybe squiggly brackets ({}) would help? Cheers Richie (and that full stop (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Grammar Police again (was: Alpha Team ).
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I loved the bit about needing another bracket to close off after the smiley, this is something I grapple with all the time! Usually my smileys are within the "()", and being a pedantic sort of person I always want to put the closing ")" on after the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ho-ho-ho! Another grammar cop! *You'd* better stand in line! ROSCO FUT: .o-t.fun (25 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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