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Old 06-25-2003, 05:24 PM
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Why so bitter?
Yes, I'm talking to you.
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Old 06-25-2003, 05:27 PM
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Because I like my life like I like my coffee. Bitter. And served in a plastic cup.
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Old 06-25-2003, 05:28 PM
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My coffee talks to me, too. If I don't add sugar or cream to it, it screams in my ear "You've left me a cold and bitter shell of an caffeinated liguid being!", for hours after I've drank it. Quite bothersome. Just add some sweet n' low, man.
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Old 06-25-2003, 05:31 PM
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Anyone thinking of that beer ad Dennis Leary was doing in the UK that took the piss out of those "I'm not bitter" Caffreys' ads? The one where he said "He's not bitter...he's not even conscious!"

Didn't think so.
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Old 06-25-2003, 06:13 PM
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More hops in the brewing process.
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Old 06-25-2003, 09:09 PM
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Because Alfredo sauce is ok plain, but with a bit of pepper it sings!
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Old 06-25-2003, 09:53 PM
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Why not?
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Old 06-26-2003, 08:55 AM
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Well, it IS quinine, after all........
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Old 06-26-2003, 09:49 AM
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I prefer milk cholocate actually
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Old 06-26-2003, 12:22 PM
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I understand it's because of all the meat and alcohol in my diet.
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Old 06-26-2003, 12:48 PM
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Because whoever the guys were in the Netherlands who wrote this esoteric piece of shit programming language I’m stuck using must have done way too many bong hits when they were brainstorming.

Nothing meant against the Dutch. Or bongs. Or bong hits.
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Old 06-26-2003, 01:36 PM
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An alkaline pH.
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Old 06-26-2003, 01:46 PM
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It's the butter in the batter that makes me bitter. Better?
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Old 06-26-2003, 02:14 PM
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I'm bitter because I LIKE being this way.
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Old 06-26-2003, 02:17 PM
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I'm not bitter.

I'll tell you when I'm bitter.
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Old 06-26-2003, 02:27 PM
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Who the fuck said I was?
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Old 06-27-2003, 05:04 AM
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I'm not bitter.

I'm just emotionally exhausted and morally bankrupt



"Bitter?"

"Yup, bit him too"
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Old 06-27-2003, 05:09 AM
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I prefer milk cholocate actually
"cholocate" v. tr. - To determine or specify the position of a piece of chocolate.

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Old 06-27-2003, 07:00 AM
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...Well, it all started when I was a little kid...

*pulls up a chair*
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Old 06-27-2003, 11:21 AM
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"cholocate" v. tr. - To determine or specify the position of a piece of chocolate.

Oh I DO like that one
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Old 06-27-2003, 12:47 PM
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So, "echolocate": to determine or specify the position of a piece of chocolate using the interntet.

Bats are smarter than they look.
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Old 07-04-2003, 08:42 AM
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Bats are smarter than they look.
Now there's a sig...
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Old 07-04-2003, 08:51 AM
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I used to be acidic, but I'm becoming increasingly base.
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Old 07-04-2003, 10:06 AM
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Because, dammit!
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Old 07-04-2003, 10:38 AM
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what she said
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Old 07-04-2003, 11:02 AM
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My tricycle died.
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Old 07-04-2003, 12:15 PM
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... Bats are smarter than they look.
So, what you're saying is that not all bats are bats? (In the belfry, that is.)
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Old 07-04-2003, 12:57 PM
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Because I didn’t take a shower today. But keep going - I’ll taste better in a minute.
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Old 07-04-2003, 01:42 PM
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Because life sucks, and then you die.

Which isn't so bad, except the last part seems to be taking an extremely long time to come around. Which sucks.
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Old 07-04-2003, 02:50 PM
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Why the hell not?!
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Old 07-04-2003, 07:39 PM
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Because no matter how hard I try, I just can't get my socks to mach the color of my eyes and the shape of my earlobes at the same time. I mean, is it really too much to ask for?
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Old 07-04-2003, 08:25 PM
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I prefer jaded and cynical myself.
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Old 07-05-2003, 10:44 PM
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Absolutely nothing in this world or any other can make up for it. So there.
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Old 07-05-2003, 11:45 PM
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I'm little Mary Sunshine myself. Full of the joys of spring and the deep abiding love of little fluffy things.

Except when they shit in the sugar bowl. Then I'm bitter.
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Old 07-05-2003, 11:56 PM
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I'm bitter because I haven't gotten kiddy time in a while! So there!

(and it's not THAT kind of kiddy time, either!)

Actually, I'm also bitter coz of the way life and my parents are treating me right now.

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Old 07-06-2003, 05:03 PM
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"Bitter, party of one, your table is now available."
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Old 07-09-2003, 08:05 AM
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When life hands you lemons..........







Aw, fuck it - we're screwed
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Old 07-09-2003, 08:06 AM
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"echolocate": to determine or specify the position of a piece of chocolate using the interntet.
Interntet: A bitter, young Vietnamese man forced to work for free cataloging deaths from the Tet Offensive.
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Old 07-09-2003, 01:21 PM
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Why?... because my employer values diversity and manic and clueless were already taken.
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Old 07-09-2003, 02:55 PM
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I'm becoming increasingly base.
Give in to your Id. It is an amoral imperitive that you do so.
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Old 07-09-2003, 02:57 PM
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I used to be acidic, but I'm becoming increasingly base.
All your base are belong to us.
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Old 07-09-2003, 04:06 PM
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When life hands you lemons...
You clone those lemons and make SUPERlemons!!
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Old 07-10-2003, 12:52 AM
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Don't make me bitter. You won't like me when I'm bitter.
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Old 07-10-2003, 04:48 AM
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Well you've left out the gin, silly. It's all tonic and lime.
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Old 07-10-2003, 05:10 AM
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All your base are belong to us.
Because I ALMOST made it one full day without hearing that.

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Old 07-10-2003, 06:00 AM
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Battle: bitter coffee or stale bagel. What better?
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Old 07-10-2003, 10:58 AM
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I'm not bitter. I'm just consumed by a gnawing hatred that eats away at my vitals until I can taste the black bile at the back of my throat. But I'm not bitter.
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Old 07-10-2003, 12:53 PM
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I prefer to think of it as "naivete-challenged."
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Old 07-10-2003, 02:15 PM
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Because you forgot to say "With sugar on it."
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Old 07-10-2003, 09:47 PM
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Like I always say, "When life hands you lemons...kill yourself."

I'm bitter because my gangreneous arm fell off and I was just learning how to play ping pong with it.
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