# butterflies engaging in civil war in my tummy

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 28, 2000, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butterflies-engaging-in-civil-war-in-my-tummy/14107 "2000-02-28T06:14:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butterflies-engaging-in-civil-war-in-my-tummy/14107/1 "2000-02-28T06:14:00Z")

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The audition for the Opera Academy is this weekend…THREE DAYS OF IT!!! Please, everybody send me good-luck-vibes this Friday at 10:30 am California time (That’s 5:30 pm Continental, for those of us speaking funny languages). This is my chance to be a professional opera singer…I’ll check back in when it’s all over.

iiiiii…aaaaaa…iiiiii…ooooooo…  
nnnnnnnnnnnnnn…  
_Scarlet wanders off vocalizing and trying to get un-nervous enough to breathe from her diaphragm_

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**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butterflies-engaging-in-civil-war-in-my-tummy/14107/2 "2000-02-28T06:18:00Z")

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I’ll wish you luck over and over until then, and even afterwards

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_I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._

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**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butterflies-engaging-in-civil-war-in-my-tummy/14107/3 "2000-02-28T06:24:00Z")

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You’ve got all my best wishes, Scarlet. Break a leg!

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_When someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles to frown. But it takes only 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head._