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Congratulations. Shame about the lack of refs to ManU, but otherwise perfect.
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Otis Westinghouse wrote:Congratulations. Shame about the lack of refs to ManU, but otherwise perfect.
I asked everyone to "stand up if you hate United" at the end and they all rose in unison! :wink:
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http://www.arlingtonoptimist.org/images/APC.jpg

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I asked everyone to "stand up if you hate United" at the end and they all rose in unison!
It seems that even United fans hate United at the moment.
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Happy half-birthday to me
Happy half-birthday to me
Happy half-birthday, miss buenos aires
Happy half-birthday to me!
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And from me, Miss BA. Have fun.
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Nice speech WSS - I might use it myself - without changing any words and not necessarily at a wedding. Maybe tomorrow at the staff meeting.

Briefly got excited when I miss read the title of the tower of dogs thread as tower of drugs.

Happy half birthday Miss BA. I'm praying for you.
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Boy With A Problem wrote:Nice speech WSS - I might use it myself - without changing any words and not necessarily at a wedding. Maybe tomorrow at the staff meeting.
:)

Happy birthday Miss Buenos Aires.
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It's not her actual birthday, it's her half birthday.
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giant squid... GIANT SQUID... GIANT SQUID !!!! Agggggghhhhhhh!

Actually it's pretty cool isn't it?
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way cool. so much cooler than giant toad GIANT TOAD GIANT TOAD.

some video on CNN. If I needed another reason to only swim in water I can see thru, this was it.
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We were watching a program called "Search for the Giant Squid" on PBS when my wife went into labor with our first child, so the giant squid has positive associations in my mind (though maybe not so positive for her :-))

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Glad they've finally caught one on film.
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That's a lot of calamari!
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Who Shot Sam? wrote:We were watching a program called "Search for the Giant Squid" on PBS when my wife went into labor with our first child
Now THAT is hilarious! Do you now call your eldest 'Squiddy' or anything?
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selfmademug wrote:Now THAT is hilarious! Do you now call your eldest 'Squiddy' or anything?
No, I don't think she would dig that.

But every time I hear a mention of the giant squid I think back to that night - and the following day. She went into labor around 9-10PM and didn't deliver until the following afternoon. I was so happy when it was all over - but not nearly as happy as she was!
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Well I have to say that in the final weeks of my pregnancy I certainly felt like they could've done a science fiction film about me, something like THE GIANT SQUID ON MY BLADDER!
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selfmademug wrote:Well I have to say that in the final weeks of my pregnancy I certainly felt like they could've done a science fiction film about me, something like THE GIANT SQUID ON MY BLADDER!
:D

Yeah, that final month and a half of pregnancy didn't look like a helluva lot of fun. At least she didn't have to go through that during the summer in our (now formerly) un-air conditioned house.
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Who Shot Sam? wrote:....so I’d just like to say thanks Ken, both for encouraging me to do stupid things like driving up into Beverly Hills without a map on a dark night, and for teaching me how to execute a three-point turn.
I suppose I'm expected here to make some witty quip or correction about L.A. geography and culture and stuff, but I got nothing! :oops:

Nice speech, though!
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selfmademug wrote:Well I have to say that in the final weeks of my pregnancy I certainly felt like they could've done a science fiction film about me, something like THE GIANT SQUID ON MY BLADDER!
It really is an amazing thing to grow another human. I always tell my male child-bearing type friends that they're lucky their wives don't have to devour them mantis-style after conception.
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bobster wrote:
Who Shot Sam? wrote:....so I’d just like to say thanks Ken, both for encouraging me to do stupid things like driving up into Beverly Hills without a map on a dark night, and for teaching me how to execute a three-point turn.
I suppose I'm expected here to make some witty quip or correction about L.A. geography and culture and stuff, but I got nothing! :oops:

Nice speech, though!
Thanks bobster. I actually haven't been back to LA since 1988, so it's quite possible that seismic activity has moved Beverly Hills a lot closer to the ocean. :wink:
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Not as far as I know. Properties values, however, have moved closer to alpha centauri.
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That's just ridiculous. Everyone knows squid don't have shells.
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You ain't seen the photos yet!
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Says who?

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That tentacle that broke off is 18 feet long.
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