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(...) My sons little league coach this year would tell the kids to "take a blow" when they sitting out the inning. I never heard that one before, and thought it odd. Julie (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) LOL! I never thought of it that way. Hmm, what other "take a ..." idioms does English have...? Take a bath Take a break/breather Take a guess Take a shot/stab [at it] Take a [various euphamisms for expulsion of liquid waste] Take a [various (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Weeks Box - round two (...no, really!)
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(...) Are you sure, you might have missed such a small thing... :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) FUT: lugnet.off-topic.fun Frank (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Want my car? I want your LEGO
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(...) Chris (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Are we all too nice?
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(...) Me likes it. :-D Jude (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Are we all too nice?
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes: <major, indiscriminate snippage> (...) Well, having thought about this long and hard (and having been digging around in the dusty back halls of Lugnet today), I think that an off-site solution already (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Footnote: My Hindi-speaking friends tell me that kaddu is used as a derogatory term like 'dummy'. Just think of it: "You pumpkin-for-brains! You stinky hollow gourd with seeds rattling inside!" And in America it is a cute term for chubby babies... (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) I'd relish the thought, but not tonight. Maybe tomato. -Tim (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Just give me one good raisin to stop. (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I carrot stop, I tell ya! (oh gosh its late) (...) Um..yeah...just keep on thinkin that ;-) (...) Here we go again. -Tim (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Pease, no more puns! "Bring your kiddies, bring your wife; Guaranteed to have the time of your life because the Mets are really sockin' the ball; knockin' those home runs over the wall!" Sigh... (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Beantown..I'm a lentil bit unfamiliar with that term... :, -Tim (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I dunno.. is anybody debating in Beantown? That was decided a few weeks ago. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G32M66.Bvw@lugnet.com... (...) Is that a debatable sigh? ;-) -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance ICQ: 23951114 - AIM: TimCourtne (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: What is with the Technic C-3PO?
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(...) Nice pun!!! --Todd (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) "You leave little notes on my pillow! 'We're out of Corn Flakes- FU' It took me fifteen minutes to figure out that 'FU' meant Felix Unger!" -Oscar Maddison, "The Odd Couple", by Neil Simon. eric (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I doubt it's an error; C-3PO has one silver shin. This model accurately reflects that. eric (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: What is with the Technic C-3PO?
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(...) I think it is quite good. The Gold chrome parts will be useful. Hopefully the circular parts are not just stickers. The new small ball hinge on the hand will be very useful. The really odd thing is one the leg is silver/grey. A panel piece (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: "Is he seriously thinking it's going to work?"
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Aren't lobsters black *before* you boil[1] them? That would explain a lot... Johnny Thunder has a lobster towing his raft! The only problem is... Lobsters do not live in fresh water. Maybe it is a really big freshwater shrimp? (...) [1] We can have (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | What is with the Technic C-3PO?
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The first thing that came to mind: (URL) it'll be a warm day on Hoth that I buy one. --DaveL (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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