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Old 01-14-2007, 09:13 AM
twickster twickster is offline
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Tapioca Dextrin!

I was sitting in the theater waiting for "Miss Potter" to start and the woman in back of me started talking about Tapioca Dextrin.

Luckily, before I turned around and said "Whoa, are you guys Dopers?," it became clear she was just reading the list of ingredients on her movie snax out loud.

Imagine my disappointment.
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Old 01-14-2007, 12:19 PM
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Imagine their terror as they thought someone was trying to sell them drugs or something.
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Old 01-14-2007, 03:49 PM
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Nah, didn't actually do it.

This is why we need a verbal "secret handshake," though. Has everyone agreed on "Hi, Opal!" for those times when you think you might have encountered a random Doper IRL?
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