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cliffw
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MAY 25, 08:52 AM
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"behind the eight ball"
I would rather be behind it instead of in front of it.
"egg it on"
How did that get created.
Post your examples.
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maryjane
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MAY 25, 10:59 AM
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Just need a little elbow grease. Elbow grease was originally a kinda derogatory word substitute for sweat. (there were lots of terms that were considered 'coarse' in pre Victorian times that are very common today)
Easy as pie... Bullsheit, there's nothing easy about making a pie if you also make the crust from scratch.
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Cliff Pennock
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MAY 25, 11:41 AM
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Just take clichés with a grain of salt.
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Valkrie9
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MAY 25, 01:32 PM
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.. del dup. [This message has been edited by Valkrie9 (edited 05-25-2025).]
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Valkrie9
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MAY 25, 01:39 PM
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Simply, a cheap form of plagiarism, taking as your own, someone else's work, in the hope to appear more intelligent, capable of wit.
A valid example is our resident revolutionary, Rabid, he of the caps lock compulsion, obsession. ~ What a dork !
' It's all so tiring, his repetition of the Dempartie_Nazi_Hamas_Communist_Zombie_Kult, Counter Constitutional Bolshevik's Marxist theology,
the same motivation, taking as their own, another's labor, theft, really, far easier to repeat something heard than to think independently, the characteristic that all demppartie zombies share. '
' Koom Bi Aahh ! '
' Biden_Joe is so not a molester ! '
ffs !
Imagine, Rabid performs in the travelling circus, an entertainer !
' I could be a Hollywood star, if I could act ! ' ~ It's a pretend world, after all, right ?
Rabid's Achilles tendon, not what you think !
[This message has been edited by Valkrie9 (edited 05-25-2025).]
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cliffw
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MAY 26, 09:34 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
Just need a little elbow grease. Elbow grease was originally a kinda derogatory word substitute for sweat. (there were lots of terms that were considered 'coarse' in pre Victorian times that are very common today)
Easy as pie... Bullsheit, there's nothing easy about making a pie if you also make the crust from scratch.
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Heh, easy as making biscuits. Just ask your Wife.
Elbow grease. Roll up your sleaves.
"Throw the baby out with the bath water".
Giving up an idea and abandoning a good thought ?
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cliffw
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MAY 26, 04:36 PM
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steve308
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MAY 27, 01:39 PM
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You can lead a horse to water but you can't grow moss on it. 
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maryjane
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MAY 27, 02:14 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by steve308:
You can lead a horse to water but you can't grow moss on it.
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I did not know that but When I type WTF but it autocorrects to "Verily I hath witnessed a spectacle so witless, mine very soul hath packed it's belongings and fled mine body as tho reason itself hath tripped over a turnip and forever perished.
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cliffw
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MAY 27, 02:15 PM
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Gas Lighting ... gas lit ?
What does that even mean ?
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