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| Author: | StrongCanada [ Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:07 pm ] |
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InterruptorJones wrote: Acekirby wrote: Okay, bad choice of words. I just prefer the brand names because of one simple fact. THEY TASTE BETTER. The "same" products are obviously not the same. There is a major difference in taste. I think you're wrong. Obviously some generic products will be worse, (just like some brand-name products are worse) but that's the exception to the rule*. Maybe they taste different, but they're really, truly just as good 90% of the time. I'ma have to side with IJ on this one. Besides, on an actor's budget, even if they aren't quite as good, I can usually make up for it with imagination, considering store brands are CONSIDERABLY cheaper. There are some products I WON'T cheap out on...but I shouldn't get into that here... |
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| Author: | StrongRad [ Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:34 am ] |
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StrongCanada wrote: InterruptorJones wrote: Acekirby wrote: Okay, bad choice of words. I just prefer the brand names because of one simple fact. THEY TASTE BETTER. The "same" products are obviously not the same. There is a major difference in taste. I think you're wrong. Obviously some generic products will be worse, (just like some brand-name products are worse) but that's the exception to the rule*. Maybe they taste different, but they're really, truly just as good 90% of the time. I'ma have to side with IJ on this one. Besides, on an actor's budget, even if they aren't quite as good, I can usually make up for it with imagination, considering store brands are CONSIDERABLY cheaper. There are some products I WON'T cheap out on...but I shouldn't get into that here... So TOTALLY right, my friends.. You people ever try the WalMart brand "Seasoned Fries"? Those things are awesome! Ditto for their Ravioli and Spaghetti O's.. Kroger's store brand Ravioli are actually BETTER than the other brands.. Like SC, there are some things I won't cheap on, and those things are also not things I really feel like putting here but, yeah. I'll usually try the store brand once. Sometimes, it's better, some times, it's not. You don't know til you try. The only "store brand" food items I don't buy are pop (There are no substitutes for Dr Pepper, Mountain Dew, and Pepsi) and bread (it's not that I have anything against it, it's just that I've never seen Kroger or WalMart brand Honey Wheat bread, they make some, I'll try it).. |
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| Author: | DanBo [ Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:33 am ] |
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StrongRad wrote: StrongCanada wrote: InterruptorJones wrote: Acekirby wrote: Okay, bad choice of words. I just prefer the brand names because of one simple fact. THEY TASTE BETTER. The "same" products are obviously not the same. There is a major difference in taste. I think you're wrong. Obviously some generic products will be worse, (just like some brand-name products are worse) but that's the exception to the rule*. Maybe they taste different, but they're really, truly just as good 90% of the time. I'ma have to side with IJ on this one. Besides, on an actor's budget, even if they aren't quite as good, I can usually make up for it with imagination, considering store brands are CONSIDERABLY cheaper. There are some products I WON'T cheap out on...but I shouldn't get into that here... So TOTALLY right, my friends.. You people ever try the WalMart brand "Seasoned Fries"? Those things are awesome! Ditto for their Ravioli and Spaghetti O's.. Kroger's store brand Ravioli are actually BETTER than the other brands.. Like SC, there are some things I won't cheap on, and those things are also not things I really feel like putting here but, yeah. I'll usually try the store brand once. Sometimes, it's better, some times, it's not. You don't know til you try. The only "store brand" food items I don't buy are pop (There are no substitutes for Dr Pepper, Mountain Dew, and Pepsi) and bread (it's not that I have anything against it, it's just that I've never seen Kroger or WalMart brand Honey Wheat bread, they make some, I'll try it).. First off, WALMART? You support eviltude? That's wrong. Second, no substitue for Pepsi? I have one: Sprite. The elixir of soft drinks, the nectar of soda. Anyway, my rant has to do with those prescription drug ads. They're everywhere! I feel like that when I'm going to have old I'll be popping pills like Skittles (but I do love Skittles). It's not that it's bad there are a lot of drugs...just the amount of ads that are thrown at us. Some I hear EVERYDAY. Starting from the feet up, there are toenail fungus meds, athlete's foot meds, jibbly-legs meds (I don't know the technical terms), impotency meds, menstrual meds, prostate meds, knee arthritis meds, cartiledge meds, muscle ache meds, heartburn meds, osteoperosis meds, cholesterol meds, chest pain meds, respiritory meds, allergy meds, eye meds, head-ache meds, sinus meds, cold meds, flu meds, migraine meds, and yes, balding meds. This...in one day. |
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| Author: | InvaderTK [ Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:38 pm ] |
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I know i've posted it before but guess what. Here I go again. My Own Little Video Game Lawsuit Rant: At least twice a year, a brutal murder, or murders, is commited, and the crime it is blamed on video games. Not too long ago, in the UK, a 17 year old boy killed his friend, and it was blamed on Rockstar's (the same people who made Grand Theft Auto) Manhunt, which, I admit, is one of the most violent, albeit undersold, games I've ever seen. Really, every time I look at a picture of the game or a video, I just get the feeling that the player must have felt like he just drop-kicked a baby. It's not like the casual violence of GTA, it's like a sweat-on-your-forehead-24/7 experience. The teen's parents describe the game as, and I quote, "a video instruction on how to murder somebody". It's a game. Final Fantasy isn't a tutorial on saving the world while having blonde hair and ridiculous clothes, Super Mario Bros. isn't a lecture about jumping on tutles half the size of you and using plumbing for teleportation, and I certainly know Tetris isn't a big infomercial about having perfect construction, otherwise the work will be destroyed. The teen also says the game, "made him do it". What? That doesn't even make sense! What is the game going to do if you don't "obey it's commands"? Pee on your bed? Hack the IRS database files to focus all audits on you? Show all your friends footage of you enjoying Pee Wee's Playhouse? Wait, that is a good thing. For someone to claim that a game forced them to commit a crime, it is pretty obvious that the person was mentally ill, if not insane, before playing it, so why does America's courts go along with blaming the companies? It is not Rockstar's fault someone is not right in the head, it is just plain common sense. The teen's parents said the kid was addicted to it, which brings up another point. If mum and dad (partly) knew about the game's content, knew he was addicted to it, saw how he played it, why didn't they do something about it? Are they trying to get their kid in jail? Are they just trying to get rich quick? The game has an M rating for a reason. They knew it was aimed towards a mature audience, who know it is wrong to murder. The M isn't just a decoration, it means if you're a deranged person, stay the everloving whatsit away from it. This is just another case of deplorable self-control. Because some madmen ventilated a school in Colorado, not only are their friends and a lot of innocent students are dead and blamed it on Doom, almost everybody is trying to milk money out of the lucrative video game industry, and a lot less people are given a chance to play wonderous games that happened to get an M rating, like Fable, Metal Gear Solid and Halo 2. Which, in turn, made the world a less happier place. |
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| Author: | IantheGecko [ Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:41 am ] |
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AgentSeethroo wrote: Yeah, we do have survivor and big brother...in fact I think those originated in the states...
"Survivor" started in Sweden as "Expedition Robinson". "Big Brother" originanted in the Nether-hollands. |
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| Author: | DESTROY US ALL! [ Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:53 am ] |
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InvaderTK wrote: Rockstar's (the same people who made Grand Theft Auto) Manhunt
AHHH! I love Manhunt! Ugh but one thing I CANNOT stand is pre-ripped jeans. If you are even going into a store that sells pre-ripped clothing or "Vintaged" crap of anykind without a picket sign or a match and some kerosene you should well be, picketed or lit a-flame. (ohoho rich kid flambe!) If you are going to spend $75 on a pair of pants don't buy them damaged! You could get the same or better pants at a thrist store or a dumpster and rip them your selves with falling and/or scissors and/or a razor. Don't pay extra for something that should mark down the price. Thats like paying 60 grand for a geo metro with a broken windshield! GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! |
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| Author: | Funkstar [ Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:13 pm ] |
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Heres some rants: 1. Diet coke lime=It tastes like chlorine, and because of that I love it. 2. Macs: Macs suck. Microsoft rules. Boyah. 3. Pot noodles: Should not be classified as "food" 4. Games consoles: Even when there really small, there never small enough. Well thats me. |
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| Author: | The Noid [ Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:19 pm ] |
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funkstar wrote: Heres some rants:
1. Diet coke lime=It tastes like chlorine, and because of that I love it. 2. Macs: Macs suck. Microsoft rules. Boyah. 3. Pot noodles: Should not be classified as "food" 4. Games consoles: Even when there really small, there never small enough. Well thats me. 1.Actually, its ripped from that Mountain Dew Grape thing,. They stole it. 2.I guess i agree. 3 Yup. 4. Actually,*gets hit by a brick*....Owww.... |
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| Author: | woddfellow2 [ Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:39 pm ] |
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funkstar wrote: Heres some rants:
1. Diet coke lime=It tastes like chlorine, and because of that I love it. 2. Macs: Macs suck. Microsoft rules. Boyah. 3. Pot noodles: Should not be classified as "food" 4. Games consoles: Even when there really small, there never small enough. Well thats me. 1) I haven't tried lime cola, therefore I have no opinion. 2) WHAT?! Micro$oft do not "rule". See What's So Bad About Microsoft? for more information. 3) As I do not live in the UK, I have no opinion on Pot Noodles. 4) Yes, my GCN fits under the TV, but the disc drive cannot be opened completely. Nexium: I saw a Nexium advert once, and in that advert was an old woman saying that her doctor said that ASA could cause damage to one's stomach, and that he prescribed her Nexium to help heal the damage. Later in the advert, it said that headaches were among the side effects! WTF?! I thought ASA was supposed to cure headaches! |
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| Author: | DESTROY US ALL! [ Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:00 pm ] |
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Hot Topic: Just as bad as Abercrombie still has 18 dollar shirts One-Fit Hats: So we have to paymore for a hat thst only fits 30% of the poeple? You'd think that a one size fits all would cost more. iPods: it's all a giant cult..go with a Dell Dj cheaper and works with Musicmatch Jukebox (the best of ALL jukeboxes) Plasma Screen TV's: Who throw away a grand for better picture? Who NEEDS picute like that? I'm watcing a 1992 Magnavox and I'm content! Nintendo DS: I'm sorry but it just plain sucks. About 3 good games for it, and the stylus is more of a hassle then a gaming innovation. |
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| Author: | Einoo T. Spork [ Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:42 pm ] |
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destroy_us_all wrote: iPods: it's all a giant cult..go with a Dell Dj cheaper and works with Musicmatch Jukebox (the best of ALL jukeboxes)
*sigh* Some people just don't understand. Right iKi? |
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| Author: | Didymus [ Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:42 pm ] |
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Music Match! That memory hog?? Try WinAmp! It Pwns! (whatever that means). |
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| Author: | Beyond the Grave [ Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:18 am ] |
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Red Bull. I'm glad they don't market it's taste because they would be bankrupt. Red Bull is horrible, it is one of the worst things I have tasted, but it does give you wings. |
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| Author: | Black Metal [ Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:32 am ] |
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destroy_us_all wrote: Hot Topic: Just as bad as Abercrombie still has 18 dollar shirts
One-Fit Hats: So we have to paymore for a hat thst only fits 30% of the poeple? You'd think that a one size fits all would cost more. iPods: it's all a giant cult..go with a Dell Dj cheaper and works with Musicmatch Jukebox (the best of ALL jukeboxes) Plasma Screen TV's: Who throw away a grand for better picture? Who NEEDS picute like that? I'm watcing a 1992 Magnavox and I'm content! Nintendo DS: I'm sorry but it just plain sucks. About 3 good games for it, and the stylus is more of a hassle then a gaming innovation. 1. Hot Topic is where every video game shirt I've ever worn in my life came from. Don't Make Fun Of It. 1.5. I think I agree with you. I prefer adjustable hats to fitted hats. 2. Does Dell Dj let you play .mid s? Do you want me to convert my precious video game music into bad sounding mp3s? 3. Some people like the extra quality and size, It adds to a movie watching experience (My dad has a "52 DLP) 4.The touch screen is awesome, but I guess there aren't that many good games. 5. I do agree with you on ripped jeans. I don't understand people who throw away money to get their jeans Professionally ripped. Macs are awesome. They don't give me errors every five seconds like windows does. Wow my off-brand reply turned up a lot of interest. I was actually speaking out of a science fair project I did concerning plastic bags. The off-brands kicked the name-brands butts. I still get regular Trix, though. I believe in supporting gimmicks, and letting quality of advertisements affect what you buy, and that anyone who doesn't agree with me wants TV to die/ wants them to put even more product placements on TV. |
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| Author: | iKipapa [ Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:36 am ] |
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destroy_us_all wrote: iPods: it's all a giant cult..go with a Dell Dj cheaper and works with Musicmatch Jukebox (the best of ALL jukeboxes)
Let's face it. People would like to have an iPod more. Probably because all of their friends have one, and they want to be "in" with their friends. Plus, people know that iPods are successful since so many people buy them. In the last quarter of 2004, to the first quarter of 2005, iPod sales increased by more than 15%. More people just want iPods. Everyone knows they work. If mine ever broke, I'd go right back to raising money to get another one. Definitely. |
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| Author: | Funkstar [ Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:23 pm ] |
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I better make fun of the PSP for no reason. Well the game range is... Excellent. And the style is... Beautiful. Darn it! This thing is so darn perfect! I'll give a virtual nickel to who ever can figure out what cartoon I was making a refference to during this whole post. |
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| Author: | AgentSeethroo [ Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:27 pm ] |
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iKipapa wrote: destroy_us_all wrote: iPods: it's all a giant cult..go with a Dell Dj cheaper and works with Musicmatch Jukebox (the best of ALL jukeboxes) Let's face it. People would like to have an iPod more. Probably because all of their friends have one, and they want to be "in" with their friends. Plus, people know that iPods are successful since so many people buy them. In the last quarter of 2004, to the first quarter of 2005, iPod sales increased by more than 15%. More people just want iPods. Everyone knows they work. If mine ever broke, I'd go right back to raising money to get another one. Definitely. I agree. My iPod is like one of my childrens. And the shuffles are definitely affordable. Oh, and PSP hater... Don't. PSPs own j00. So do DS's, though... |
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| Author: | DESTROY US ALL! [ Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:50 pm ] |
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Halo Games: I played these both and they seem liek average run-of-the-mill shooters, plus the online is filled with annoying hackers and such. I don't understand why this gaem gto so much publicity for being amazing online yet, Armoured Core: Nexus (the best game for PS2 mind you) wasn't hardly a footnote on video games epic hind-quaters. music Videos: not really a product, but come on! videos made music about image, and NOT about music anymore. these words are immortal "video killed the radio star" |
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| Author: | Funkstar [ Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:02 pm ] |
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AgentSeethroo wrote: Oh, and PSP hater...
Don't. PSPs own j00. So do DS's, though... I don't hate them. I called them perfect and beautiful for goodness sake! |
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| Author: | Einoo T. Spork [ Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:12 am ] |
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Funkstar wrote: AgentSeethroo wrote: Oh, and PSP hater... Don't. PSPs own j00. So do DS's, though... I don't hate them. I called them perfect and beautiful for goodness sake! It's time, Funkstar, that you were introduced to that fabulous thing called... *******SARCASM!******* Dump dudda DUMMM!!!! |
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| Author: | Funkstar [ Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:01 pm ] |
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Einoo T. Spork wrote: *******SARCASM!******* Dump dudda DUMMM!!!! Oh, and your a super genious too. It's amazing how you out smarted and 11 year old and boast about it! ( :p ) |
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| Author: | Queenie-C [ Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:35 am ] |
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StrongCanada wrote: Besides, on an actor's budget, even if they aren't quite as good, I can usually make up for it with imagination, considering store brands are CONSIDERABLY cheaper.
Heh, SC. Your pointing-out of the actor's budget reminds me of a vingette that the head of my old regional theater troupe used to tell. He told us that, in his youth, he once wandered into a diner with a bottle of ketchup in his jacket, ordered up a bowl of HOT WATER, and poured some ketchup into it, all for the thin hope of making it taste somewhat like soup. So I hope you're not that badly off, woman! I know professional actors are poor and pressured to be toothpicks and all, but don't do that. No ketchup soup for SC. Then she'll REALLY turn to the side and disappear. Also, a brandless product rant: Curses upon ANY darn shoes that hurt your feet. Doesn't matter if they're cheap or expensive, either -- it seems you can never tell whether or not they're going to rub against your soles until you WEAR them, and then after that, you can't RETURN them. Bargle. |
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| Author: | StrongCanada [ Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:41 am ] |
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Queenie-C wrote: Heh, SC. Your pointing-out of the actor's budget reminds me of a vingette that the head of my old regional theater troupe used to tell. He told us that, in his youth, he once wandered into a diner with a bottle of ketchup in his jacket, ordered up a bowl of HOT WATER, and poured some ketchup into it, all for the thin hope of making it taste somewhat like soup.
Your professor totally ripped off Lucy. As in "I Love...". Totally. 
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| Author: | Beyond the Grave [ Sat Aug 27, 2005 1:26 pm ] |
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Queenie-C wrote: Heh, SC. Your pointing-out of the actor's budget reminds me of a vingette that the head of my old regional theater troupe used to tell. He told us that, in his youth, he once wandered into a diner with a bottle of ketchup in his jacket, ordered up a bowl of HOT WATER, and poured some ketchup into it, all for the thin hope of making it taste somewhat like soup. MMMMM.......Ketchup Soup.
In the new Madden game they said they were going to improve the graphics, all they did was improve the stats of the players. |
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| Author: | Didymus [ Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:50 pm ] |
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I actually remember some sit-com show from a long time ago where some guy did just that--make ketchup-salt-and-pepper soup. And everyone kept telling him to throw it out. |
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| Author: | StrongCanada [ Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:14 pm ] |
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Didymus wrote: I actually remember some sit-com show from a long time ago where some guy did just that--make ketchup-salt-and-pepper soup. And everyone kept telling him to throw it out. Arg! Did anyone read my reply to her Majesty M'Lady? The Lucious SC wrote: The Babelicious Queenie-C wrote: Heh, SC. Your pointing-out of the actor's budget reminds me of a vingette that the head of my old regional theater troupe used to tell. He told us that, in his youth, he once wandered into a diner with a bottle of ketchup in his jacket, ordered up a bowl of HOT WATER, and poured some ketchup into it, all for the thin hope of making it taste somewhat like soup. Your professor totally ripped off Lucy. As in "I Love...". Totally. |
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| Author: | Didymus [ Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:35 pm ] |
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Yeah, but the one I remember seeing was a black guy. |
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| Author: | Funkstar [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:46 am ] |
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Umm... CD cases suck. CDs should all be in those little pocket things instead of easily broken cases. |
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| Author: | Queenie-C [ Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:32 am ] |
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SC: That's probably where he got the idea. He was a rather old fellow, after all. Not a old professor fellow, but an old actor-producer-director fellow. Mmmyes. *liked I Love Lucy too ... and always wanted stupid old Ricky to just let the poor woman BE in his show already* |
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| Author: | Didymus [ Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:35 am ] |
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New Fancy Salt and Pepper Shakers. WHO in the Freaking Crap came up with the idea of putting the opening on the BOTTOM of them?? Take a look sometime! Notice those holes on top? Well, that's where the Salt and Pepper come out, right? Well, if you put the opening on bottom, guess what! When you go to fill them, the salt and pepper are going to spill out and make a Freaking Mess All Over My Freaking FLOOR!! Why couldn't you just make the opening very discreet on the top? It would make my life a whole freaking lot easier!! |
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