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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
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Was he mentally ill?
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The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
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Perfect ending, didn't have to admit he was wrong, died a happy man in his little cocoon of celebrity-ism... celebrity-ness... delusion.
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I love it when a plan comes together.
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 9,793
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Embiggen.
Parachute deploys prematurely and rips away. He separates from the rocket at altitude, then falls to his death. It's not the fall; but, the sudden stop that kills you. PLF! PLF! |
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I think this line's mostly filler.
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: DC
Posts: 13,575
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I wonder what will become of the Discovery Channel show they were filming.
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I think this line's mostly filler.
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: DC
Posts: 13,575
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Chances are, he was just grifting flat-earthers to pay for his hobby.
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Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Southern California
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The Gloucestershire Constabulary posted the following on Facebook sometime last March or so:
"Officers in Gloucestershire are asking residents to come forward if they recognise items recovered following burglaries in the Tredworth and Chequers area of the city last week. Two gold watches and a ring were found by officers following at least six break-ins . . . sometime on Monday 18 March or in the early hours of Tuesday 19 March. Local officers are urging residents to check if they are missing the items pictured and contact police if they believe the items belong to them. Anyone with information should call 101 and ask for PC Joanne Cryer or PC Al Johnson from the Gloucester local policing team." The Facebook thread helpfully includes a picture of both the watches and the ring, noting its "distinctive markings" and that surely the owner would want it back. The thousands of Facebook replies are an absolute scream, and even Gloucestershire Constabulary found it all pretty funny and made graceful reply -- suffice it to say apparently the Constabulary do not number many Tolkien readers on the force... (look for 'Well Done, Gloucester, Well Done' on Facebook -- this borrowed computer won't copy URLs) bbc.com adds "The ring's owner has still not been traced." Purportedly straight-faced. Ian Rankin, ring your office (SWIDT?). At least one paragraph in your next police novel has already written itself.
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Southern California
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You will not understand the truth of this until you carry a gun. Even if just onto a firing range to become skillful at keeping your shots inside the ten-ring. That's the middle of the big round black spot. I meantersay, it's remarkable how benevolent and courteous you become throughout your time on the firing line. Allow me to posit that our society does not have enough gun violence -- not properly directed, against the evildoers. Not yet.
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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Location: Southern California
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There's your best argument for *you* carrying concealed. For everything other than sex (hell, where do you conceal?) and bathing (want stainless for that trick). The above guy is not the guy you ever want to be. And that's why I've done a little carrying myself.
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Weaponized Funk
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Arizona
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Naw, just juvenile and a terrible writer. Seriously. Farnham's Freehold was an assault on the very idea of writing.
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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Not to mention super sexist. His female characters are written as if he'd never met a real one.
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#4181 |
Weaponized Funk
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Arizona
Posts: 446
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Not to mention racist as hell.
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#4182 |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
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It's almost as if you two don't know what it means to not mention something.
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#4183 |
Weaponized Funk
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Arizona
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You don't say...
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still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
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He didn't...
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The Un-Tuckian
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: South Central...KY that is
Posts: 39,517
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Yuh-huh!!
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