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By wiredog (Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 10:28:54 AM EST) (all tags)
A new meme in the blogosphere: List six unimportant things|quirks|habits|observations about yourself.


1. I think Tarzan, (the first two books by ERB anyway), is very underrated. Burroughs was not a particularly good writer, but he was a wonderful storyteller.

2. My standard weekday lunch is a PB&J sandwich.

3. My cell phone account has text messaging disabled.

4. I keep the cash in my wallet up,facing forward, and sorted from smallest in the front to largest in the back.

5. I prefer analog watches. Always have. Now that I'm old enough to need reading glasses, I know why.

6. The digital clock in my bedroom is too bright. So I cover the display with a piece of paper.


So post your unimportant observations|quirks|habits below. Or not.
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Here you go by joh3n (4.00 / 1) #1 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:00:27 AM EST
1.  I have a key wallet.
2.  I change my underwear, shirt, and socks daily, but I wear the same pair of jeans for three days in a row.
3.  Black licorice makes me violently ill.
4.  I have never once laughed at anything Jay Leno has ever said
5.  I have seen theantix wear a Mexican wrestler mask.  In Mexico.
6.  I have not worn a pair of shorts since losing a bet in 1996, and aside from that, not since some unknown time in the 80s

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I just ate about 7 pounds of meat
-theantix


Only 3? by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #2 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:23:12 AM EST
I change shirts every day, but I tend to wear the same pair of pants for the entire week.

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Has anybody seen my clue? I know I had it when I came in here.
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Shhhh by joh3n (4.00 / 1) #11 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:59:44 AM EST
Don't make me tell the truth and admit it goes for a week with me on frequent occasion.

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I just ate about 7 pounds of meat
-theantix
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Think think think by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #3 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:28:50 AM EST
  1. I'm left handed.
  2. As Hulver can attest, this gives me the ability to print backwards.
  3. I prefer Diet Dr. Pepper to any other diet soda.
  4. I used to read 4000 wpm, but glasses and declining brain function have pretty much taken care of that.
  5. When given the option of naming my character in a video game, if it's male, I name him "Shield", if female, "Razor". If I have to name two characters, they will be named Shield and Razor. Ideally, Shield is a paladin and Razor is a rogue. Duh.
  6. I'm far more fond of my daughter's hamster than I am of our cats.


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Has anybody seen my clue? I know I had it when I came in here.


Is there one too many zeroes there? by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #4 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:36:44 AM EST
I recall in elementary school I could read/skim at 400 words per minutes, and everyone thought that was amazing.


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Nope. 4000 wpm for newspaper level material. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #6 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:44:00 AM EST
The fundamental trick is that people are taught to read one...word...at...a...time. And they mentally say each word to themselves as they read them - because that's how they were taught to read.

Thus, people tend to read at the speed they speak. Break these two habits and, for basic material, you can read three or four words at a time and read a several pages per minute. If the book is in question is college physics, however, reading speed drops back down.

I used to read an entire book each lunch hour.

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Has anybody seen my clue? I know I had it when I came in here.
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Hmmm. by wiredog (4.00 / 1) #5 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:38:04 AM EST
I, too, am left-handed. Prefer Diet Dr Pepper to other diet sodas (that said, Regular Coke from a can is The Best.) I also used to read really fast, but have slowed down with age.

OTOH, I don't play video games, and regard hamsters as cat toys.

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The bifocals are driving me nuts. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #7 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:46:56 AM EST
(Actually, they're "progressives" but you get the point.)

The way that words on either side of my focal point get steadily blurrier have been a big adjustment for me - particularly since my normal working environment is 10-12 xterms all open at the same time.


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Has anybody seen my clue? I know I had it when I came in here.
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I just went with reading glasses by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #9 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:55:09 AM EST
B ut in the summer it'll be bifocal sunglasses so I can read on the beach.

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I've got to register a major error here by MohammedNiyalSayeed (2.00 / 0) #30 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 06:58:56 PM EST

Regular Coke from a can pales in comparison to regular Coke in a glass bottle, imported from Mexico, where they still use sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup.


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You can build the most elegant fountain in the world, but eventually a winged rat will be using it as a drinking bowl.
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CANSE SUGAR FTW by ammoniacal (4.00 / 1) #31 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 08:28:29 PM EST
Uh, yeah. by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #32 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 08:28:53 PM EST
Well, yeah, but I live in NoVa by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #41 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 08:22:08 AM EST
Not the SW.

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surely by Merekat (4.00 / 1) #8 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:52:40 AM EST
the point of a non-specialist blog is that everything is unimportant?
  1. I only bite the nails on my little fingers.
  2. I hate trousers that have no pockets.
  3. My toes are very small.
  4. I don't like to toast wholemeal bread.
  5. I like to look at cranes (not the birds)
  6. Any adaptation of the Robin Hood myth since  ITV's Robin of Sherwood series has failed to meet my expectations.




The best Robin Hood by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #10 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 11:58:06 AM EST
Was the Errol Flynn one back in the 30's. Also, the Bugs Bunny one that excerpted a bit of the Errol Flynn one.

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Arise... by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #15 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 02:25:54 PM EST
Sir Loin of Beef!


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Has anybody seen my clue? I know I had it when I came in here.
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Don't you worry, don't you fear by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #16 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 03:04:27 PM EST
Robin Hood will soon be here.

Can't believe I remembered that. I spent way too much of my youth watching cartoons.

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It was educational by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #17 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 03:11:25 PM EST
Eleven year old has no idea how to say Albuquerque.


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Alba-koi-kee by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #18 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 03:12:42 PM EST


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Here: by muchagecko (4.00 / 1) #12 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 12:42:41 PM EST
  1. I have a very small Dooney & Bourke purse.
  2. My feet are small for my height.
  3. I eat grilled peppers, onions, and squash for dinner most nights.
  4. My drink order is always "Chai w/ soy"
  5. I shower at night.
  6. I watch the song names on my radio while driving.


"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin


Logical paradox (-ish) by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #13 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 01:20:33 PM EST

Out of the thousands of unimportant things about a person, how are they to determine which six to choose?


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Done.


Randomly by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #44 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 08:28:22 AM EST


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Six utterly unimportant things about me. by Billy Goat (4.00 / 3) #14 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 01:31:37 PM EST
  1. I'm distantly related to the actor Farris Taylor.
  2. Sometimes, when I'm making love to a woman, I like to imagine Rogerborg is standing at the foot of the bad, touching himself and watching me work.
  3. I only brush my teeth if I know I'm going out that day – despite this fact, I've never had a cavity.
  4. It's not gay or anything – he just stands there touching himself and he doesn’t touch me or anything.
  5. The only contest I've ever won is a science fair prize I got in 5th grade for a project on electromagnets.
  6. I've never seen Rogerborg, but that doesn't matter as I'm always concentrating on the woman and I'm only aware of him there as a sort of presence – and I imagine I can sort of hear him grunt a little.




I can do six... i think by greyshade (4.00 / 1) #19 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 03:34:59 PM EST
  1. I keep two key chains.  One with my car key fob, car, apartment, and mailbox key in my pocket.  The other with all the other keys (work, parents, shed, etc) I keep in the center console of my car.
  2. I drink a full glass of water when my first alarm goes off, then go back to sleep and wait for the second alarm before I get out of bed.
  3. I do not have an internet connection in my apartment.  I leech off the wireless next door when I have to do work on-call.
  4. I only sit in my rocking chair when reading or making jewelry.
  5. Three separate women turned me down on marriage proposals this past weekend.
  6. I check the voice mail on my cell phone approximately once per month.


"The other part of the fun is nibbling on them when they get off work." -vorheesleatherface


I can relate by Bob Abooey (4.00 / 2) #22 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 03:59:25 PM EST
Three separate women turned me down on marriage proposals this past weekend.

Back in the day I used to propose to strippers at the clubs all the time.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob

How's my blogging: Call me at 209.867.5309 to complain.
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actually, i didn't propose to the strippers. by greyshade (2.00 / 0) #23 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 04:08:57 PM EST
Just looking to cash in on that free second honeymoon at Tahiti Village.

I figured fly in, get married for the "complimentary" honeymoon, divorce on the way out of town.  Just a little trick I learned from your own favorite... entertainer.

"The other part of the fun is nibbling on them when they get off work." -vorheesleatherface
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Alright sir by Bob Abooey (2.00 / 0) #20 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 03:35:16 PM EST
  1. Real cheese gives me gas
  2. I have to wear insole cushions in my shoes or my feets hurt.
  3. I had a major crush on my 6th grade English Lit teacher.
  4. Sometimes when I write (analog) I mix cursive and printing in the same sentence.
  5. I like old Fleetwood Mac songs
  6. I make todo lists with little boxes on them so I can check off each item when it's completed.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob

How's my blogging: Call me at 209.867.5309 to complain.


The Green Manalishi by hulver (2.00 / 0) #21 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 03:49:26 PM EST
(With the Two-Prong Crown)
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smart, pretty, sane. pick two - georgeha
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But you eat cheese anyway by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #45 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 08:30:16 AM EST
Now we know the real reason the Y kicked you out. 4 and 5 apply to me as well.

Earth First!
(We can strip mine the rest later.)

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lame me by alprazolam (2.00 / 0) #24 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 04:15:40 PM EST
1 i play utopia (at swirve.com)
2 i eat lunch from the cafeteria at my desk by myself everyday
3 i read at least one and up to 4 fantasy novels every month
4 i fart a lot. a LOT.
5 i don't answer my door when people knock. ever.
6 i eat sprouted flaxseed bread, at least one slice every morning (toasted).



I am komet by komet (2.00 / 0) #25 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 04:38:08 PM EST
If I wrote down six unimportant things now, in 2000 years when I have taken over from Jesus as that guy who died for everyone's sins, my followers will learn these 6 things by heart in school and recite them in their rituals, and they would no longer be unimportant, if they ever were.

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<ni> komet: You are functionally illiterate as regards trashy erotica.


reincarnate me in 2000 years by greyshade (2.00 / 0) #26 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 04:52:01 PM EST
and I will act as your prophet.

"The other part of the fun is nibbling on them when they get off work." -vorheesleatherface
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Interesting by me0w (2.00 / 0) #27 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 05:53:04 PM EST

  1. I have to fold towels a specific way. I will refold an entire stack of towels if they aren't folded right.

  2. My feet are really small.

  3. I don't like chicken cooked in an oven.

  4. My auditory processing disorder makes me mishear words and phrases.

  5. I can't fall asleep unless I rock myself.

  6. I don't like my ears being touched or kissed.


"There's really only one sexually related thing I'm good at: Producing incredibly volumous amounts of spooge on a regular basis." - ni


1, 5, 6 by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #28 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 06:28:11 PM EST
I've seen that behaviour before. That's all I'm allowed to say here.

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The rocking thing. by Christopher Robin was Murdered (2.00 / 0) #33 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 08:31:13 PM EST
Is it "I can't fall asleep unless I rock myself" or "I can't fall asleep unless I'm rocked and, in a pinch, I can do that myself"?

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Six Unimportant Things About Me by ammoniacal (4.00 / 1) #29 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 06:36:08 PM EST
1. I prefer freckled women to non-freckled ones.
2. I wear glasses, but I really don't need to.
3. I don't really believe that women are attracted to funny men, despite the conventional wisdom.
4. Blonde hair does nothing for me.
5. I have considered gender-reassignment surgery.
6. I've had a vasectomy.

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Hey! by me0w (4.00 / 1) #35 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 09:51:08 PM EST
We have number 4 in common.


"There's really only one sexually related thing I'm good at: Producing incredibly volumous amounts of spooge on a regular basis." - ni
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ORLY?? by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #36 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 10:01:32 PM EST
That is where we must differ by me0w (4.00 / 1) #38 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 10:19:05 PM EST
I don't like the freckled folk.


"There's really only one sexually related thing I'm good at: Producing incredibly volumous amounts of spooge on a regular basis." - ni
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Then you're missing out! by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #39 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 01:26:03 AM EST
If you catch one, they'll grant you three wishes!

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Wishes never come true! by me0w (4.00 / 1) #47 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 09:39:34 AM EST
I'd rather have a bunny that pooped chocolate eggs.


"There's really only one sexually related thing I'm good at: Producing incredibly volumous amounts of spooge on a regular basis." - ni
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Six things before breakfast. by Christopher Robin was Murdered (2.00 / 0) #34 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 08:44:07 PM EST
Thing the one, when I was in grade school, there was this test I took to tell me what I would be good at when I grew up and it was determined that I should be a priest or a private eye.

Thing the two, when I read paperback books, I crease the spine every 100 pages.

Thing the three, I can't whistle.

Thing the four, I hate the taste of scotch.

Thing the five, I wake up early in the mornings so I can have a few minutes to just be quiet and sit in silence. I don't meditate or anything. I just bes quiet a bit.

Thing the six, my favorite ingredient in the kitchen is red pepper flakes - man, I add that shit into anything I can - love it. 



I used to do 2 by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #40 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 07:28:36 AM EST

I got quite geeky with it too, experimenting in increments from 50 to 150 pages. It depends on the size, thickness and paper weight as to which works best (load vs. mount points vs. introduced weakness). Unfortunately, somewhere around '97 paperback binding went to hell in a rollercoaster and several of the books I did it to fell apart fairly soon afterward -- only a small percentage -- but enough that I stopped.


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Done.
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I do 5 by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #43 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 08:27:19 AM EST
Hate scotch? What are you doing on this website?

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(We can strip mine the rest later.)

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6 useless facts about me by MostlyHarmless (2.00 / 0) #37 Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 10:06:02 PM EST
  1. I was born on a Sunday
  2. My wife says I have hobbit feet
  3. I have had the same ATM password since I was 8
  4. I note the odometer and trip meter on every gas receipt, but never track the mileage
  5. I broke my finger playing volleyball, but never had it set properly. Now it's permanently crooked.
  6. I have seen Theantix refuse cheese.

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[Mostly Harmless]


What's with all the tiny feet here? by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #42 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 08:26:40 AM EST
Or are yours exceptionally hairy (the other aspect of hobbit footedness)?

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Hairy. Definitely Hairy (n/t) by MostlyHarmless (4.00 / 1) #50 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 05:23:11 PM EST

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[Mostly Harmless]
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Hmm... by CountSpatula (4.00 / 1) #46 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 09:37:27 AM EST
1.  Even though I might have a lot of other things that are more important on my reading schedule, I still take the time to pick up a random Robert Heinlein novel.

2.  I used to hate beards, but now that I have one I really love them.

3.  The first woman I made love with was actually my junior year (high-school, that is) English teacher.

4.  I still sometimes choose 'favourite' music based solely on the fact that the populace either ignores it or hates it.

5.  Being raised in Scotland, I have a tendency still to this day to spell (mostly) in British English.  Hence: colour, labour, etc.

6.  I will have a cell phone only under duress, as I cannot stand them, or the access to me it gives everyone else.

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Organics.
"I've never been more afraid of a diary comment EVAR." - RapidHamster


Oh, my. by ammoniacal (4.00 / 1) #51 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 09:06:09 PM EST
I must ask, then, by CountSpatula (2.00 / 0) #53 Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:25:05 PM EST
Which one?  I mean, hell, if you really think about it, nearly anyone's 'top 6' on here could be potential Diary Fodder.

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Organics.
"I've never been more afraid of a diary comment EVAR." - RapidHamster
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The sexual-escapades one. by ammoniacal (2.00 / 1) #54 Sat Feb 02, 2008 at 03:00:11 AM EST
Hey! by CountSpatula (2.00 / 0) #55 Sat Feb 02, 2008 at 10:32:57 AM EST
Seriously, you have to think about it.  I mean, how many Americans were raised in 'northern hemisphere'?  I mean, shit, that's loads of diaries.

Also, are diaries more for those who kiss and tell than for any other?  Are the diaries places where one talks about shit that happened 19 years ago, was enjoyable, and could not be repeated?  Damn, man, I figured diaries were for current things, mostly, and also for interesting things that have a point.  Banging your junior year English teacher really doesn't have a point.  It just shows that you were lucky/stupid enough to have an English teacher that liked her guys young.  Nothing more.

Sheesh.  Don't 'duh' me.

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Organics.
"I've never been more afraid of a diary comment EVAR." - RapidHamster
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Well... by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #56 Sat Feb 02, 2008 at 01:05:37 PM EST
You can get all Masters & Johnson on it, or you can go Nabokov. The choice is yours and it should be an obvious one!

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six by 256 (4.00 / 1) #48 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 10:33:23 AM EST
  1. at 28 years old, i have a bad knee and a bad hip (different sides). they both ache when the atmosphieric pressure drops.
  2. i loathe wall-to-wall carpeting.
  3. i prefer to eat food cold rather than use a microwave
  4. i have terrible vision, but managed to avoid being diagnosed as such for ten years by gaming eye tests and pretending i could see things that i couldn't. because of this i missed haley's comet and doubt i'll be around next time it comes through
  5. as a child, i became irrationally convinced that i would die when i was 25 years old. despite being well-aware that this was nothing but ungrounded superstition, i was tangibly relieved on my 26th birthday

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I don't think anyone's ever really died from smoking. --ni


6. i can't count by 256 (4.00 / 2) #49 Thu Jan 31, 2008 at 10:39:37 AM EST
-nt-
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I don't think anyone's ever really died from smoking. --ni
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Halley's Comet wasn't much by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #52 Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 01:23:19 PM EST
So you didn't miss much. Hale-Bopp was a great comet.

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