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  Meat Isn't Murder (well, not anymore)
 
(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)
 
  Re: Grammar Police again (was: Alpha Team :)
 
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)
 
  Re: While I've got you here... (Was Re: FOTY: What a find!)
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: What are your other hobbies and passions?
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: While I've got you here... (Was Re: FOTY: What a find!)
 
(...) 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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