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Not quite the same but similar, I often use exasperate instead of exacerbate and always mispronounce exacerbate. Every time I do it AMP says "Exacerbate - rhymes with masturbate." You'd think I'd be able to remember that but I still stumble over it.
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Something that has been causing me inordinate amounts of grr over the past couple of days is the insistence by all my project colleagues to use de minimus when they mean de minimis. Do none of the buffoons have the benefit of a decent education involving the classics? Grr, I say again.
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an example. much to my regret and shame, minigree seems to worry about death also
i think (know) this is because when she was three she managed to open her childproof prescrption of antihistimines and eat them...the entire pack of 30 what did i do in panic? scream 'oh my god, you're going to die!' while grabbing and rushing her to the hospital
we arrived at the ER in time to have her stomach pumped and she was on coma watch for two days (coma watch? sit around and wait for a coma? i still don't know) but other than that she was fine, thankfully
now everytime she is sick she asks 'mommy, am i going to die?'
yet another reason not to take parenting tips from me!
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quote:Originally posted by Grianagh: yet another reason not to take parenting tips from me!
Sounds like you did ok to me. I've not been faced with that sort of situation as a parent yet. I often wonder how I'll react in an emergency situation.
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I am being attacked with madness and it's frightening.
Ok Pop Tarts hotshot, let's test your emergency skills ralph. I'll give you an emergency style question and you have to type your response as quickly as you possibly can.
LOL: A lady just told me she was being controlled in her mind by science (not the funny bit), then Gnarls Barkley came on the radio with the line 'I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind' and she went 'hah' like Ally Sheedy in the Breakfast Club, as if she was like 'you think you're fucking bonkers eh?' (funny bit)
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quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: Gnarls Barkley
Gnarls Barkley lol. I'll admit that when it comes to pop culture I'm a bit of a cave dweller. I'd never heard of Gnarls Barkley before. I'll assume the name is a take off of former NBA star Charles Barkley.
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: Ralph, what's the number of the local authorities in your area?
911. But my town doesn't have a police force. Our calls go to a dispatch center several towns away. The last time we called them was because my wife spotted two dudes wandering through our woods and she got spooked (I was at work at the time). The police never did respond. Posts: 7436
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You reached over with your hand and knocked my Jap over
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By dudes you mean bears and by wife you mean sister and by work you mean toilet right?
quote:Originally posted by not...: By dudes you mean bears and by wife you mean sister and by work you mean toilet right?
By dudes I mean men. Big men. By wife I mean wife. You were right about the toilet part though.
Speaking of work, I've been offered full-time employment by the company I've been consulting at for the last two years! My manager told me I was an amazing programmer, and they'd like me to stay on. This is a good thing in that I'll get benefits and paid time off, but a bad thing in that I have to sell my soul to satan himself and accept a job in a very conservative, corporate environment.
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You reached over with your hand and knocked my Jap over
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congrats and commiserations good luck and have a good weekend ralphy!
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thanks not, but this isn't really a good thing. I mean on one hand it is, being a responsible adult and parent and all that crap, but it's not really what I want to do for the rest of my life. I'd like to do something outdoors for a living, like a forrest ranger or something but being a programmer makes me the most money. And with five mouths to feed, I need the money.
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I was at this kind of wake thing last night, I mean, it wasn't really a wake, but a gathering of people who wanted to meet the fiance of an old friend who died a few months ago. It was peculiar - everyone told stories about her and stuff. There wasn't too much crying though, until someone’s bag was stolen. Then 10 minutes after I had called up to cancel her cards etc and bought her a drink my wallet and phone were stolen from my bag! lol!
Getting replacement stuff is complicated by having just moved house and apparently "agreeing" that I would not have insurance for my phone - despite having taken out insurance when I started the contract.
My first day back at work for a month is great! I’m so glad I have a big old hangover as well!
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Abby I'll talk to you. You said on another thread that you live at the Dalston end of Englefield Road. That's where I used to live! On De Beauvoir Square! (The council estate, not the lovely million pound houses). I still pine for the Talbot and the Vietnamese Canteen. And Faulkeners, the best fish and chip shop in Lahndahn.
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oh oh! I was wondering if that Vietnamese place did food, you mean the one that looks like a derelict shed? I shall have to investigate...
And now I want fish an chips, although today is supposed to be the end of my holiday/break-up/house-move pie-fest, due to trouser closing issues. I think having all my stuff stolen is a good enough excuse though...diet failed on day 1! hurrah!
I live on Mortimer road in one of the big houses, but I have to share with mentals. Mere meters away from the former Herbs-palace! I hope the junkies don't come and shit on my doorstep as well.
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It may look like a derelict shed, but it does the most delicious food in the known universe ever. It's been majorly discovered by the observer, time out, etc, and gets madly busy, with lots of middle-class families giving Onin and Hepsibah a taste of the orient. But it does take-aways too. And the staff are poppets.
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In a day filled with misery, pain and hungoverness that has brought a little joy to my heart!
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Carved TMO on her clit just to make you feel bad
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Someone nicked my purse the other week and I am still remebering totally vital things what were in it. It's rather frustrating, actually.
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That's quite a boring story, Louche. Here's my boring story: Yesterday I was eating a packet of crisps on the tube, and my coat managed to kind of turn upside down on my lap so all my change fell out! I managed to pick up most of it, but as I left, I spotted a pound coin on the floor. The lady who was sitting opposite me was already moving to get it before I moved to the train door, but the buzzer was going and Louise was already off, so I had no choice but to get off myself.
It was all very dramatic.
After that we went home and watched TV.
I wonder, can any readers beat that story for its banality?
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