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  • Jarid in Cedar
    CS Institutional Memory
    • Jun 2009
    • 13234

    #16
    Water is one of the few substances that becomes less dense when moving from the liquid to solid phase.
    "The first thing I learned upon becoming a head coach after fifteen years as an assistant was the enormous difference between making a suggestion and making a decision."

    "They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression."

    "I like to bike. I could beat Lance Armstrong, only because he couldn't pass me if he was behind me."

    -Rick Majerus

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    • Borderline Divine
      Junior Member
      • Jul 2010
      • 598

      #17
      Left over Grape nuts left in a bowl overnight congeal into the hardest substance known to man.
      The Holy War is over, and Utah won - Federal Ute

      Think of how stupid the average American is. Then remember that half are even dumber than that. - George Carlin

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      • SoCalCoug
        Ragnar Lodbrok Descendant
        • Nov 2008
        • 5214

        #18
        A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut.
        If we disagree on something, it's because you're wrong.

        "Somebody needs to kill my trial attorney." — Last words of George Harris, executed in Missouri on Sept. 13, 2000.

        "Nothing is too good to be true, nothing is too good to last, nothing is too wonderful to happen." - Florence Scoville Shinn

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        • SoCalCoug
          Ragnar Lodbrok Descendant
          • Nov 2008
          • 5214

          #19
          In Old English, "tit" meant small.
          If we disagree on something, it's because you're wrong.

          "Somebody needs to kill my trial attorney." — Last words of George Harris, executed in Missouri on Sept. 13, 2000.

          "Nothing is too good to be true, nothing is too good to last, nothing is too wonderful to happen." - Florence Scoville Shinn

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          • wuapinmon
            Soul Plumber
            • Dec 2008
            • 30711

            #20
            Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist, was named after Benito Juárez, Mexican freedom fighter.
            "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
            The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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            • RobinFinderson
              Banned
              • Nov 2008
              • 10548

              #21
              Originally posted by Katy Lied View Post
              Friction is a strange and complex force.
              That isn't a fact! That is just, like, your opinion, man.

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              • Jeff Lebowski
                Corporate lackey for Jesus
                • Nov 2008
                • 69799

                #22
                Goatnapper has been to my home, but he and I have never met.
                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                • SteelBlue
                  Senior Member
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 8192

                  #23
                  The first American to receive a monthly social security check was Ida May Fuller. She paid in only $24.75 and got out $22,888.92 living to 100 years of age.

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