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Offline Tante Shvester

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Re: You keep on using that word
« Reply #200 on: February 04, 2022, 11:43:29 AM »
sick

<edited out the emoticon>

It was in response to Jonathon's story about the microwave chicken.
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Re: You keep on using that word
« Reply #201 on: February 04, 2022, 12:06:02 PM »
No nauseated emoticons at me, please. I would hide it if I could.

I removed my post. Your emoticon is now irrelevant. ;)


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Re: You keep on using that word
« Reply #202 on: December 26, 2023, 10:49:52 PM »
There were a number of issues with the ad I just attempted to read. But "comfortability with [specific task]" was probably the most egregious. >_<
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Re: You keep on using that word
« Reply #203 on: January 29, 2025, 10:40:29 AM »
Just heard in a webinar "thanks to our crackpot team".

Um.
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Re: You keep on using that word
« Reply #204 on: January 29, 2025, 10:51:48 AM »
 :D
You underestimate my ability to take things seriously!

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Re: You keep on using that word
« Reply #205 on: January 29, 2025, 10:57:56 AM »
And the presenters are all part of a law firm that specializes in education-related law.

In her defense, she was talking about things triggered by recent actions of the Crackpot-In-Chief. So maybe that's where it came from. ;)
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Re: You keep on using that word
« Reply #206 on: January 30, 2025, 03:12:37 AM »
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Fighting thread drift with guilt, reverse psychology, and chicken soup.
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I love Bones.  -- Sweet Clementine
She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room-temperature Canadian beef. -- anonymous