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Old 08-22-1999, 02:21 AM
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Conservation Tip:


Do not use the full truth when a half-truth will do. A half-truth requires 50% of the effort of a full truth, yet it results in twice the ire, twice the fire.
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Old 08-22-1999, 07:20 AM
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I thought you were supposed to give an aye for an aye, and a truth for a truth?
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Old 08-22-1999, 09:58 PM
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It's puns like that which make me think that maybe Hell is not a bad idea after all.
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Old 08-22-1999, 10:34 PM
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Truth? I'm supposed to be telling the TRUTH out here? Oh shit howdy! I thought I was just supposed to repeat things I've heard! Damn! No WAG? Please? Just a tad? Bummer!

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Old 08-22-1999, 10:37 PM
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Slap my ass and call me Cheeky, but I have to break down and ask. What does WAG stand for? Please? Pretty please?

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Old 08-22-1999, 11:23 PM
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WAG = Wild Assed Guess.
SWAG = Strictly Wild Assed Guess.

Over in the "About this Message Board" forum they have a whole thread devoted to this stuff. (It maybe pretty old.) There was talk of putting acronyms in the FAQ, but I haven't checked lately.

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Old 08-27-1999, 10:02 PM
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Is "what's a FAQ?" a FAQ?
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Old 08-28-1999, 12:09 AM
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FAQ? I thought y'all wuz bein' mean to them homersekshulls.
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Old 08-30-1999, 02:06 AM
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Homersexual? I don't know whether to make jokes about baseball or the Simpsons.
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Old 09-01-1999, 08:47 PM
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Bart (on phone): "I need to speak to Homer."

Moe (the Bartender): "Homer who?"

Bart: "Homer ... Sexual!"

Moe (to the bar): "Homer Sexual? Is there a Homer Sexual here? Come one, one of you guys has gotta be a Homer Sexual!"
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Old 09-03-1999, 02:04 AM
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I still don't know if it's called a Flaming Homer or a Flaming Moe ...
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Old 09-03-1999, 08:30 AM
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The (completely non-PC) name "flaming HoMoe" popped into my head. Though they probably couldn't say that on the Simpsons; it's on more of a South Park level.
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Old 09-04-1999, 12:25 AM
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Aura...remembering a character (in a satirical story I once read) named "Fleming Ayniss"

(and he was!)
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Old 09-16-1999, 04:45 PM
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Oh, yeah, I remember that episode. That was the one where Marge had this really tall blue hairdo and Homer said "D'OH!". It was great!
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Old 09-17-1999, 12:50 AM
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Homer made this drink by accident at his house and he called it the Flaming Homer,

Homer asked moe to make that drink for him later and then Moe called it the Flaming Moe. It became a popular drink...
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Old 09-18-1999, 01:33 PM
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Homersexual?

Yeah, but in Alabama it's homosex-y'all

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