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Started by Sheilbh, November 29, 2014, 05:25:05 PM

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mongers

Quote from: Jacob on December 01, 2014, 04:49:12 PM
Quote from: Norgy on December 01, 2014, 04:30:04 PM
The punishment should fit the crime.

Cry me a river.

Hey, shouldn't these belong in my other thread ?  :P
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Siege

Quote from: Brazen on December 01, 2014, 08:06:12 AM
Apparently 10 popular puns were put to the board to see if any would pass muster. But no pun in ten did.

Whoa, this is definitively a leading candidate for the post of the year!


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"


grumbler

Quote from: Siege on December 01, 2014, 05:38:39 PM
Quote from: Brazen on December 01, 2014, 08:06:12 AM
Apparently 10 popular puns were put to the board to see if any would pass muster. But no pun in ten did.

Whoa, this is definitively a leading candidate for the post of the year!
What year?  1994?
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

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