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~Infer Monkeys for Parrots! (My Gawd, we’re the same person?) {see comments within…} (URL) see comments below..} (...) What kinda sick *monkey fetish* do we share? Is it the feces throwin’ thing… cause I'm not into that! And another thing, why are (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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But as I assume the Patent and Trademark office have yet to grant registration of Stubbies then they cannot use the ® symbol, and as they do not manufacture the product themselves they cannot claim tm on it either. However seeing as it is a creative (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Galidor Online game
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(...) They're in Toys R Us, and they are Barbie dolls with Technic peg connectors. (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Both sides!
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(...) Ummm, coypright is for creative works, not trademarks or service marks. Trademarks would get (TM) or (R). But I bet you new that and you were just following the rule that all corrections must themselves contain an error... --Bill. (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Galidor Online game
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Hello, I haven't seen the Galidor sets yet, so I have no idea how good they are, but I've been enjoying the online RPG game at www.galidor.com. I am stuck in a few places, however, and have been trying in vain to find some hints for the game. Would (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) *Ahem, Ahem, Ahum!* Gerber/Noeckel. Matt 8?P (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) *Ahem, Ahem!* Co-operative, joint, ownership of the Trade Marked “Stubbies” © is mutually shared by the Noeckel/Gerber Conglomerate! --==RïçhårÐ==-- ;) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Is it worth it?
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(...) Thank you Lar, I appreciate you giving me the benefit of the doubt. Enough so that I will forgive you for cross-posting my little faux pas to the group in which it is the most likely to be seen by all the hard core grammar cops! Maggie (22 years ago, 21-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) um, I think this is supposed to say "Your welcome in .castle will be worn out if you do not go buy this. :-) " I can believe that Maggie may have hit send too soon, but NOT that she would make a grammatical mistake. FUT .fun ++Lar (22 years ago, 21-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) This must be an exclusive of the germanic languages... :-P In 4 Latin languages this fish is referred to as: Atum (Portuguese) Thon (French) Atún (Spanish) Tonno (Italian) So, my guess is the "Barbarian Invaders" used the Latin name of the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Let's not forget the startup screen of every Windows 2000 out there[1]: "Built on NT Technology" NT = New Technology [1] Except those who have it customized of course *falls back into the background noise once more* /Tobbe (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) German, too. "Thunfisch," IIRC. (...) Apparently in England there is a hill called "Torpenhow Hill." Quoth Patricia C. Wrede (noted fantasy novelist) in rec.arts.sf.composition: First set of invaders: What's that? Natives: The Tor. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | The Mother Tongue (WAS: Re: Another one for Maggie:)
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(...) Dave, If you're truly interested in such things, I would strongly suggest picking up a copy of a book called "The Mother Tongue: English and how it got that way." by Bill Bryson. (URL) Bryson is perhaps best known as a travel writer, he (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm not an expert in language issues, but it seems to me there is a very slight differnce in the two, like the dictionary says. If I were to read "flammable", I'd think it pointed to the possibility of spontaneous ignition (like phosphorus (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Everyone should please forgive Dave, who is usually a level headed person, but has appanretly been abducted by aliens. The Real Dave would have never posted something like this without considering the number of heart attacks the post would cause... (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Another one for Maggie:
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Breaking news alert! In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes: (with just a LITTLE snipping...) (...) Psychosis admitted by Dave! There you have it! You heard it here first! Film at 11! (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Canceled Lego Theme...?
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(...) Well, I did mention that she was short. Should have read "only a single X chromosome." In any case, you didn't address the salient point that under the too-broad law you seem to support, the woman's rights to expression would be curtailed (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm actually okay with that one, but I'm still a little disturbed that "father," "lather," and "bather" don't rhyme. Dave! (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Indeed! Here's some info found at dictionary.com: "Historically, flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. However, the presence of the prefix in- has misled many people into assuming that inflammable means “not flammable” or (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) While I'm sure that the importance of "tuna fish" will soon be made clear to Dave, I'm just worried about how he'll react when he finds out that flammable and inflammable actually mean the same thing! ;) All the best, Allan B. (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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