Bakers Dozen

[astorian]

19th Century Authors You Love

1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2. Christian Doppler
3. Edgar Allan Poe
4. Mark Twain
5. Charles Dickens
6. Herman Melville
7. Henry James
8. H. G. Wells
9. Oscar Wilde
10. Anthony Trollope

[Elendil_s_Heir]

19th Century Authors You Love

1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2. Christian Doppler
3. Edgar Allan Poe
4. Mark Twain
5. Charles Dickens
6. Herman Melville
7. Henry James
8. H. G. Wells
9. Oscar Wilde
10. Anthony Trollope
11. Rudyard Kipling

Down on the banks of the great, gray, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fevre-trees, where the bi-coloured python rock-snake dwells…!

[Sampiro]

19th Century Authors You Love

1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2. Christian Doppler
3. Edgar Allan Poe
4. Mark Twain
5. Charles Dickens
6. Herman Melville
7. Henry James
8. H. G. Wells
9. Oscar Wilde
10. Anthony Trollope
11. Rudyard Kipling
12. Ambrose Bierce

Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge* actually made 9th grade boys in an Alabama public school go “Whoa!” almost a century after it was written. I can think of a few more impressive demonstrations of good writing.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

19th Century Authors You Love

1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2. Christian Doppler
3. Edgar Allan Poe
4. Mark Twain
5. Charles Dickens
6. Herman Melville
7. Henry James
8. H. G. Wells
9. Oscar Wilde
10. Anthony Trollope
11. Rudyard Kipling
12. Ambrose Bierce
13. Winston Churchill

His first book, The Story of the Malakand Field Force, was published in 1897.

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Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day

[Leaffan]

Elendil’s Heir

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Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day
2. Not living in the USA and not having a clue when MLK day is, or even caring a tiny bit about it.

[Sampiro]

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Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day
2. Not living in the USA and not having a clue when MLK day is, or even caring a tiny bit about it.
3. Having a “Buy one/Get one Free at Last” sale

[Sparky812]

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Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day
2. Not living in the USA and not having a clue when MLK day is, or even caring a tiny bit about it.
3. Having a “Buy one/Get one Free at Last” sale
4. Attending a KKK rally.

[anyrose]

Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day
2. Not living in the USA and not having a clue when MLK day is, or even caring a tiny bit about it.
3. Having a “Buy one/Get one Free at Last” sale
4. Attending a KKK rally.
5. Play his speech backwards and listen for Satanic messages

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day
2. Not living in the USA and not having a clue when MLK day is, or even caring a tiny bit about it.
3. Having a “Buy one/Get one Free at Last” sale
4. Attending a KKK rally.
5. Play his speech backwards and listen for Satanic messages
6. Venerating James Earl Ray

[Infovore]

Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day
2. Not living in the USA and not having a clue when MLK day is, or even caring a tiny bit about it.
3. Having a “Buy one/Get one Free at Last” sale
4. Attending a KKK rally.
5. Play his speech backwards and listen for Satanic messages
6. Venerating James Earl Ray
7. Ordering a MLK shake to go with your lunch.

[astorian]

Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day
2. Not living in the USA and not having a clue when MLK day is, or even caring a tiny bit about it.
3. Having a “Buy one/Get one Free at Last” sale
4. Attending a KKK rally.
5. Play his speech backwards and listen for Satanic messages
6. Venerating James Earl Ray
7. Ordering a MLK shake to go with your lunch.
8. Sponsor a free all-you-can eat fried chicken and watermelon picnic lunch

[JohnT]

Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day
2. Not living in the USA and not having a clue when MLK day is, or even caring a tiny bit about it.
3. Having a “Buy one/Get one Free at Last” sale
4. Attending a KKK rally.
5. Play his speech backwards and listen for Satanic messages
6. Venerating James Earl Ray
7. Ordering a MLK shake to go with your lunch.
8. Sponsor a free all-you-can eat fried chicken and watermelon picnic lunch
9. Making sweet, sweet love to Coretta

[Bullitt]

Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day
2. Not living in the USA and not having a clue when MLK day is, or even caring a tiny bit about it.
3. Having a “Buy one/Get one Free at Last” sale
4. Attending a KKK rally.
5. Play his speech backwards and listen for Satanic messages
6. Venerating James Earl Ray
7. Ordering a MLK shake to go with your lunch.
8. Sponsor a free all-you-can eat fried chicken and watermelon picnic lunch
9. Making sweet, sweet love to Coretta
10. Sitting in the back of the bus

[Bellhorn]

Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day
2. Not living in the USA and not having a clue when MLK day is, or even caring a tiny bit about it.
3. Having a “Buy one/Get one Free at Last” sale
4. Attending a KKK rally.
5. Play his speech backwards and listen for Satanic messages
6. Venerating James Earl Ray
7. Ordering a MLK shake to go with your lunch.
8. Sponsor a free all-you-can eat fried chicken and watermelon picnic lunch
9. Making sweet, sweet love to Coretta
10. Sitting in the back of the bus
11. Whistling Dixie

[Little_Nemo]

Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day
2. Not living in the USA and not having a clue when MLK day is, or even caring a tiny bit about it.
3. Having a “Buy one/Get one Free at Last” sale
4. Attending a KKK rally.
5. Play his speech backwards and listen for Satanic messages
6. Venerating James Earl Ray
7. Ordering a MLK shake to go with your lunch.
8. Sponsor a free all-you-can eat fried chicken and watermelon picnic lunch
9. Making sweet, sweet love to Coretta
10. Sitting in the back of the bus
11. Whistling Dixie
12. Stepin Fetchit film festival

[notfrommensa]

Inappropriate ways to mark MLK Day

1. Sleeping in and lazing about all day
2. Not living in the USA and not having a clue when MLK day is, or even caring a tiny bit about it.
3. Having a “Buy one/Get one Free at Last” sale
4. Attending a KKK rally.
5. Play his speech backwards and listen for Satanic messages
6. Venerating James Earl Ray
7. Ordering a MLK shake to go with your lunch.
8. Sponsor a free all-you-can eat fried chicken and watermelon picnic lunch
9. Making sweet, sweet love to Coretta
10. Sitting in the back of the bus
11. Whistling Dixie
12. Stepin Fetchit film festival
13. Celebrate Robert E. Lee day (his birthday is Jan 19th, 1807)

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Ironic ways a fictional character might die

1. Fox Mulder - Dying of lung cancer from 2nd Hand Smoke

[Bellhorn]

Ironic ways a fictional character might die

1. Fox Mulder - Dying of lung cancer from 2nd Hand Smoke
2. Sookie Stackhouse - hemophilia

[Sampiro]

Ironic ways a fictional character might die

1. Fox Mulder - Dying of lung cancer from 2nd Hand Smoke
2. Sookie Stackhouse - hemophilia
3. Hannibal Lecter - food poisoning

[Infovore]

Ironic ways a fictional character might die

1. Fox Mulder - Dying of lung cancer from 2nd Hand Smoke
2. Sookie Stackhouse - hemophilia
3. Hannibal Lecter - food poisoning
4. The Doctor - allergic reaction to thyme

[notfrommensa]

Ironic ways a fictional character might die

1. Fox Mulder - Dying of lung cancer from 2nd Hand Smoke
2. Sookie Stackhouse - hemophilia
3. Hannibal Lecter - food poisoning
4. The Doctor - allergic reaction to thyme
5. Robert Ironside - Staph Infection from a Boil on his butt