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    #31
    Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View Post
    Sorry but names of phobias, and collective nouns, are not interesting to adults.

    There should be a name for that fact.
    No need to apologise Fatty.
    Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
    +5 Xeno Cool Points

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      #32
      Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View Post
      Sorry but names of phobias, and collective nouns, are not interesting to adults.

      There should be a name for that fact.
      There is; pedantry.
      The vegetarian option.

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        #33
        Originally posted by wobbegong View Post
        There is; pedantry.

        Isn't that something to do with shagging kids ?
        When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....

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          #34
          And as a bigger moon will clearly have more gravitational pull, they should schedule trips to the the moon when it's full and come back when it's fully waned.
          bloggoth

          If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
          John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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            #35
            Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
            Did you even read what I wrote?
            But since we're discussing gravity, probably the physical definition of weight should be used. Just to nit-pick your nit-picking.
            Originally posted by MaryPoppins
            I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
            Originally posted by vetran
            Urine is quite nourishing

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              #36
              Originally posted by TestMangler View Post
              Isn't that something to do with shagging kids ?
              You are thinking of Pederasty.

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                #37
                God didn't make the little green apples, and it don't rain in indianapolis in the summer time


                FACT





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                ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                  But since we're discussing gravity, probably the physical definition of weight should be used. Just to nit-pick your nit-picking.
                  In newtons, a unit of force, yes. But a person's weight in kg (or pounds) as is usually specified is the same on the moon and earth, because kilograms and pounds are a unit of mass. Pounds were always a measure of mass, as I believe all English weights were. Confusion abounds though, I see that the Wiki on grains (of which many or all of our weights derive) it's described as a unit of mass, but in the same sentence it says it is 'lighter' than a troy grain

                  The grain is the only unit of mass measure common to the three traditional English mass and weight systems (avoirdupois, Apothecaries', troy); the obsolete Tower grain was lighter than the troy grain.
                  Grain (unit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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                    #39
                    M A R I L L I O N F A N is amazingly, NOT an anagram of [mod] S.I.L.L.Y B.O.Y [/mod]

                    Has anone else noticed a coincedental non-anagram ?
                    Last edited by cojak; 28 October 2010, 21:15. Reason: Getting potty-mouthed now.
                    When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by GreenLabel View Post
                      You disagree? Why?
                      Because I believe what you propose to be utter baloney.

                      Give me an example that shows any benefit to increasing the worlds population several fold.
                      Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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