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How many is several?

Several = A Few (So then what's a few?)
0 (0%)
3
1 (7.1%)
3-5
9 (64.3%)
Other (please specify)
4 (28.6%)
Several = A Few (So then what's a few?)
0 (0%)

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« Reply #25 on: November 15, 2005, 09:12:32 AM »
No.  Having shark teeth isn't impressive.  Sharks shed their teeth for anybody to pick up.

 
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« Reply #26 on: November 15, 2005, 09:14:59 AM »
yeah they shed their teeth -- In your surfboard!!!
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« Reply #27 on: November 15, 2005, 09:18:06 AM »
Or your leg!
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« Reply #28 on: November 15, 2005, 09:19:06 AM »
Or your nose!
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« Reply #29 on: November 15, 2005, 09:21:48 AM »
Well, by cat claws I was thinking a big cat.  Like a tiger.  Tigers tend to be bigger than Lions.
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« Reply #30 on: November 15, 2005, 09:43:15 AM »
Or the beach.
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« Reply #31 on: November 15, 2005, 09:49:51 AM »
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No.  Having shark teeth isn't impressive.  Sharks shed their teeth for anybody to pick up.
What if she ripped the teeth out of its mouth with while killing it with her bare hands?
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« Reply #32 on: November 15, 2005, 09:50:50 AM »
I'd still assume she picked them up off the beach.
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« Reply #33 on: November 15, 2005, 01:10:11 PM »
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I'd still assume she picked them up off the beach.
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« Reply #34 on: November 15, 2005, 01:11:53 PM »
Pshaw.  You look like that far-too-pretty actress* that they chose to play Hermione.  I fear you not at all.

*not too pretty to exist, but she's too pretty to play Hermione
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« Reply #35 on: November 15, 2005, 02:06:27 PM »
Now that the game is over, I can revert to my previous avatar.

Take that spikey hair now!

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« Reply #36 on: November 15, 2005, 02:08:54 PM »
I tremble with lack of fear.
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« Reply #37 on: November 15, 2005, 02:09:18 PM »
You best be shaking in your boots.  

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« Reply #38 on: November 15, 2005, 02:09:57 PM »
Well, I guess this is yet another thing that I do incorrectly.
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« Reply #39 on: November 15, 2005, 02:11:17 PM »
Socks then?

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« Reply #40 on: November 15, 2005, 04:06:59 PM »
so long as they're in sandals...:puke:
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« Reply #41 on: November 15, 2005, 04:15:25 PM »
Maybe socks.
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« Reply #42 on: November 15, 2005, 06:57:21 PM »
Good, glad to hear it.  

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« Reply #43 on: November 15, 2005, 07:32:29 PM »
I said MAYBE!!! :pirate:
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« Reply #44 on: November 15, 2005, 09:42:21 PM »
Hm, maybe means yes in this circumstance. The :fear: says so.
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« Reply #45 on: November 15, 2005, 09:46:56 PM »
In that case, NO, never. :P
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« Reply #46 on: November 16, 2005, 06:55:04 AM »
"It seems to me that maybe pretty much always means no."
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« Reply #47 on: November 16, 2005, 07:03:04 AM »
I thought "I'm disinclined to accept your proposal" means no. :pirate:

And my daughter just made me read the article on bird flu and it said several people had died and I asked her how many was several, and she said "seven".  though later it referred to several asian countries, and there were nine listed.
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« Reply #48 on: November 16, 2005, 09:15:18 AM »
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"It seems to me that maybe pretty much always means no."
It's true.  I think back on my childhood whenever I asked my parents for something and they'd say, "maybe later."  Whatever I asked for never happened. :(
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« Reply #49 on: November 16, 2005, 10:06:24 AM »
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"It seems to me that maybe pretty much always means no."
It's true.  I think back on my childhood whenever I asked my parents for something and they'd say, "maybe later."  Whatever I asked for never happened. :(
My dad told me the following:

"Whenever your mother asks you to do something that you don't want to do, say maybe so she'll be happy."

And then I say maybe and proceed to forget about whatever it was she asked me to do.