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Being the Hummer fan I am How was the GM HUMMER H2 up close & personal? I think that AM General should not have sold the Hummer to GM (I own a Chevy Truck) because they will fit it in an SUV class (where it does not belong) The best thing about the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ^^^^^ I suppose you should change your signature, then. <ducks, runs> :) -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Something non IBMish. Perhaps, just perhaps, I wasn't talking to you(1), and wasn't talking about newsgroups(2). Forums are a peculiar, IBM specific thing that significantly predate the widespread adoption of newsgroups. They were dying out, (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yeah, too bad he lost in that first-round matchup against Chris Mason.. Wait, you're not talking about The Dutch Darting Postman[1], are you? In that case, you really, _really_ need to read the "Day of the Barney" series. Don't seek it out if (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Larry? Look around this virtual space. What is it you see? Exactly. Jasper (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Gimme a demon any day! (Teletubbies are REAL - aigh!) K.M. (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I actually prefer Teletubbies to the insipidness of the dread demon B'harne. best LFB (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Or else, it's the odour produced by a Dodge Omni, which is rather distinctive by all accounts. It's right up there with Pinto smell (the car, not the beans, that's a *different* word) and Vega smell. All three are on the opposite side of the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) [.....] Ding! -Good Morning! -What? -That's it. Good Morning! -I was just getting interested. -Sorry. Five minutes is up. -That was never five minutes. -I'm afraid it was. -It wasn't... -I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to argue anymore. (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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X-FUp-to: .fun (...) Look, if you want a proper answer from my omniscientness, you'll need to do a proper grovel. Something like "Oh, Great Internet Oracle, I throw myself upon your mercy, for you are the only one who can hear my plea" would be (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Erm, this IS .fun, right? So I can nitpick?? Yes? thanks. Well, then... I think "off of" is incorrect usage in this context. RWRATP(1), but I think it is just "is off maternity leave". Me, I get confused, so I would have written it as "has (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Now there IS an Idea. Teletubbies Duplo? with figures. Im sure that an excellent playset could be produced. Alex (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Indeed.. but directly after the teletubbies lose their appeal, the Beelzebub Broadcasting Commission (BBC) have the.. Tweenies. For those curious, or those wishing to express solidarity (as I had to endure my nephew's entire Tweenies video on (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Time for Teletubbies! Time for Teletubbies! Time for Teletubbies! Gaaaaaah! (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Such attributes are often used when referring to the "All-Sniffer", the Dog- Man deity of the agnostic, insomniac dyslexics. -Tom McD. when replying, originally Dickens' had written in 'spamcake' as to the object of young Twist's further (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Is this the five-minute session, or the full half-hour? LFB (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I've heard the above double-negative form used quite often--but it's usually combined with a modulation or inflection, where the NOT is stressed to set it in opposition to an assertion made immediately prior, such as: Person A: "I wouldn't (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Polyolfactory? Ya know, I think we have one of these out at Dow...<grin> James (URL) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3888BDAD.7AAE@m...ing.com... (...) I have never heard anyone use a double negative like that. Almost always, a double negative takes form where the don't is in front of the verb, followed by (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Omniescent -adj. 1) having the ability to smell all things at once 2) the ability to smell like all things - Synonyms: polyolfactory, multifragrant ;-D heh heh heh. -Adam (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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