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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 12:32 AM
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I usually plant my tomatoes around RFK's assasination and harvest my potaotoes around 9/11
What? Thats how I keep dates in my head. Like Ted Bundy and Hillary Clinton.
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msallied Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 12:36 AM
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1. Yeah, and when I'm talking about historical events involving A, I like to invoke
Edited on Sat May-24-08 12:37 AM by msallied
completely unrelated events B, just for the hell of it. I mean, when someone is trying to drum up reasons to keep their campaign going, why NOT mention assassination? I'm sure everyone would do the same, even if they are too scared to admit it.

:sarcasm:
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Mooney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 12:37 AM
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2. LOL
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 06:22 AM
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3. kick - Extremely perspicacious comment! nt
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 07:29 AM
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4. I'll know it's next week because of the Johnstown Flood


Kinda looks like the remains of a certain someone's campaign
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 07:32 AM
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5. I was born on April 15, the day Lincoln died and the Titanic sank.
I can barely blow out the candles through the tears.
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 07:57 AM
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6. and you should use that in conversations ferquently
im sure it will seem totally normal.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 10:43 AM
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11. I do.
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:08 PM
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14. im sure no one ever thinks anything odd of it.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:14 PM
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18. If you spend all your time in this cesspool you will find everthing outside it odd.
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:25 PM
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21. or everthing in it perfectly normal
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:32 PM
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24. Yes, everything here is perfectly normal.
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 09:37 PM
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25. or perhaps acting like this is?
such as your choice of polite conversational rhetoric.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 10:05 PM
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26. No, polite conversational rhetoric is abnormal here.
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 09:11 AM
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29. as, i would think, would discussion of death
but perhaps not. Regardless, your standard mentioned above is far from what she presented as presidential.
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 07:58 AM
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7. On Pearl Harbor Day, I'm always reminded that it's time to change batteries in my smoke alarms.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 08:08 AM
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8. This should put it into PERSPECTIVE for anyone still trying to excuse it.
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geiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 08:10 AM
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9. too bad she cant even remember when her husband "won" in 1992.
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moondust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 08:30 AM
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10. Hey, facts is facts.
Edited on Sat May-24-08 08:52 AM by Xap
:sarcasm:
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Pisces Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 10:54 AM
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12. great analogy!
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 11:11 AM
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13. And in the future, don't forget to "fund your IRA on Bhutto day!"
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:13 PM
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17. lol!
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:16 PM
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19. !!!!
:spray: :yourock:
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:09 PM
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15. ..
:rofl:

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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:12 PM
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16. k&r for a hilarious thread!
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:17 PM
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20. I remember when WWII started it was my birthday
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redwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:27 PM
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22. What a coincidence! The first time I went to jail?
VE Day. Life sure is funny.
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DrZeeLit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:28 PM
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23. When Nov 22nd rolls around, I always pick up a freshly slaughtered turkey.
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apocalypsehow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 11:02 PM
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27. Heh.
:thumbsup:
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 11:02 PM
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28. yep, that's how primary dates are ordered.
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JBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 09:19 AM
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30. Kicked. Great!
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Robyn66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 09:48 AM
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31. I begin my Christmas shopping
on John Lennon Assassination day. Hey! I have an idea, lets make a calendar so we know when the Holidays are based on tragedies! -I'm not sure whether I really find this funny or not. :think:
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