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| | | (...) Weren't there bumper stickers advertising Wisconsin tourism awhile ago? "Escape from Wisconsin", or something like that... I've always thought of Wisconsonites as being more hippy-dippy, or total granola. Steve (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Jesse R. Long
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| | | | | Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37304812.423576...net.com... (...) total (...) That's only in Madison, where the primary UW campus is. Once you get out of the capital, we're pretty plain. Jesse -- ___...___ Jesse The (...) (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) Oh, that's right. All the left-over hippies headed for the UP. Steve (26 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Richard Dee
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| | | | | | TRU kudos... A teller rang up two 97 cent polybags at 5 dollars each.... but they did have all the SW sets except Naboo swamp, and loads of silver buckets..... (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) I saw someone once who'd taken one of these and removed the WISCON letters. :) (...) That may be endemic to State Street and Mifflin Street in Madison...? --Todd (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | Actually the bumper stickers said Escape TO Wisconsin... and they took off wiscon and made Escape to sin needless to say they weren't printed much longer after that :) Others made Escape Wisconsin from them too. As far as Madtown... I don't get (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | (...) You're right! It was TO, not FROM. I've seen it so many millions of times, I didn't even notice. BTW, the person I saw who had "ESCAPE TO SIN" was someone wearing a leather jacket on State Street, with the signage on the back, and a plastic (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | | | | (...) ROLF!!! Sounds more like what we call the rubber knife gang's around here :) wanna look tough yet just can't quite pull it off :) (...) I'm gonna have to play with this to figure it out :) Just for the fun of it! (...) Blah... I know they used (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) <snip> (...) Yeah, cuz if they were *real* bikers, the back of their leather jackets would say, "If you can read this, the b**ch fell off." And if a women is a real biker chick, her t-shirt will say, "The B**ch who fell off" Seen them both on (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | | | | | | | ROFL!!! Hmmm maybe I can get someone to wear that shirt :) though I don't want her falling off the back of my bike either! that hurts!!! Of course I don't ride around in a leather jacket either.. though someday I'll get myself a pair of leather (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Chris Moseley
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Mookie <Mookie1@worldnet.att.net> wrote (...) Get the leathers while you're still a biker. Over here we call your sort "temporary bikers" because we bury so many of them. Moz (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) lol I used to work in a hospital. There we used to call the bikes themselves "Donorcycles"-- would see lots of head injuries with the rest of the organs fairly well intact-- perfect for harvesting. -John "bikers, sign those donor cards" Neal (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Well I do wear a helmet... gotta protect what brain I have left ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Well.. I have to admit, I've had some close calls.. I've still after about 8 years have a lump in my leg from the bike going down on it.. the rear tire hit some gravel in a turn.. though that bike NEVER touched the ground.. it was only a couple days (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) At least you don't have a cavalier attitude about it; cuz if you did you'd be driving a Chevy. <ouch, look both ways, run> -John (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | | | | | | | HEY!!! I drive a Chevy, and I happen to like my Blazer!!!! you better run :) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Well, as Confucius used to say, "He who run in front of Chevy get tired, but he who run behind Chevy get exhausted" <doesn't bother to look, ducks wiffleball bat, runs faster> ;John (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | FWIW John blazed a pun there with "Cavalier" actually. Besides I like your blazer too, it looks like it goes with the rest of your outfit. -Tom McD. when replying, when wild spamcake gets cold, its skin looks startlingly similar to corduroy. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Not if I get her with my Suburban first!! GWA HA HA HA HA HA HA! :) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Sorry, Not if I get HIM with my Suburban first!! GWA HA HA HA HA HA HA! :) Scott "Still Friday the 13th" Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | hmmm I know some people say I'm a little confused... though if I were to pull my shirt forward and look down.. I get a pretty good idea of what sex I am :) Of course unless you're talking about taking out John, then I'll even help ya :) we'll see (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | "A well I'm runnin down the road, tryin' to loosen my load, gotta world of AFOLers on my tail, one he's in-a 'Burban, two she's on-a Honda, three Spamcake's in my internet mail. Take it easy, ......" -*no* apologizes to The Eagles (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Mookie, Sorry, I thought it was you, not John. I did not read it properly. It has been a confusing day for me, my brain is dead. I have been fighting with a Novell TCP/IP -HP JetAdmin printer error all day, and I had to get back onto the project I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | No problem, Where's John now? did you get him yet???? I've about used up a tank of gas looking for that boy, I think he went into hiding.. I might be time to put on the big boy tires and start running over everything :) what ya think eh??? :-) (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Yes, we can have our own Monster Truck Madness thing going, a Blazer and a Suburban after poor John, running over Yugos, Geos, and Civics everywhere! HA! We will get him yet! Scott Sanburn (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Oh, heaven forbid we make Calvin upset! Not my cup of tea, however! :) Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | | | | | | | don't forget... we gotta take out all those Fords too... I gotta make Calvin on my back window happy :) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | ESCAPE TO WISCONSIN (was: TRU Kudos!) —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Hint: There were three words, and the middle word (the one starting with W) was an animal. --Todd (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) Wow. I figured people had noticed the deliberate mis-write, and ignored it. That troll had some serious hang-time. Steve (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Jesse Long
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| | | | | | | | Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37b735f0.900243...net.com... (...) times, (...) I ignored it, having seen it enough--usually from east or west coasters who couldn't place Wisconsin on a map to save their lives, and who (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | (...) Wow, if I lived in Wisconsin, I don't think there's any place I would prefer to live *but* in Madison. --Todd (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | Well, don't tell the two engineers from our headquarters in Madison, because they came from small towns in Wisconsin, and they swear every other day that Wisconsin is about 1,000,000% better than Michigan is (I work in the Ann Arbor, Michigan office (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) I didn't know anyone said FIB except my cheesehead college roommate. Who happened to be a dead ringer for Greg Ham. But that's not important now. I still remember the FIB's, everytime I drive through Illinois. Steve (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Frank Filz
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| | | | Todd Lehman (...) At first I didn't notice the 2nd bumper sticker quote, and saw a raunchy/disgusting interpretation of the 1st one (think about a word which sounds similar to the last two words). (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: TRU Kudos! —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | (...) That's exactly how it's supposed to be taken Frank! you were the first to actually mention it :) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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