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Mon Dec-03-07 06:26 PM
Response to Reply #98 |
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I'm pretty good at guessing what's going on with my PCs when something is wrong, but I've never had anything with that kind of clarity. It's a shame it only happened that once...
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| -What's the most interesting unexplained phenomenon you personally experienced? |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 11:04 AM |
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I dialed the first three digits of a 10 digit number, and it connected to the number I wanted. |
mainegreen |
Dec-03-07 11:16 AM |
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Ooo, that is weird. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 12:44 PM |
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My then girlfriend said "yes" when I popped the question |
Orrex |
Dec-03-07 11:31 AM |
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Pheromones. Believe it. -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 12:42 PM |
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I was alone in my home during the day, |
Z_I_Peevey |
Dec-03-07 11:32 AM |
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Creepy. Some of those things really freak me out. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 12:41 PM |
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Check out Reverse Speech. |
Perragrande |
Dec-03-07 04:45 PM |
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Mine was a dream. Maybe brought on by EMF or sleep paralysis. Maybe real |
GreenPartyVoter |
Dec-03-07 11:33 AM |
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That is awesome. |
zingaro |
Dec-03-07 11:57 AM |
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I wish it was one of those stories where |
GreenPartyVoter |
Dec-03-07 12:28 PM |
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No psychedelics involved? |
Flabbergasted |
Dec-03-07 12:10 PM |
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Nope. But I did read a lot of Richard Bach books back then. :^P |
GreenPartyVoter |
Dec-03-07 12:20 PM |
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Whoa, good story. And, yes, I am familiar with realistic dreams and lucid dreaming. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 12:38 PM |
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Thanks. :^) I really doo too |
GreenPartyVoter |
Dec-03-07 01:37 PM |
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this: |
anarch |
Dec-03-07 11:37 AM |
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Cool! I may have seen a UFO when I was about 6 or 7. But I don't trust the |
GreenPartyVoter |
Dec-03-07 12:29 PM |
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Whoa, cool. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 12:31 PM |
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I've seen that happen |
XemaSab |
Dec-03-07 01:50 PM |
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Heh, that's probably for the best. -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 01:51 PM |
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marriage |
GTRMAN |
Dec-03-07 11:44 AM |
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booya nt. |
IndianaJones |
Dec-03-07 11:45 AM |
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Damn, you're right. It even happened to me for a short time. -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 12:28 PM |
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Sex with an alien. |
bif |
Dec-03-07 12:02 PM |
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Was that someone at Dragon Con or someone from Colorado? -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 12:27 PM |
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Library pooping |
dropkickpa |
Dec-03-07 12:05 PM |
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That is indeed strange, and I'm not sure I want to explain it. -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 12:25 PM |
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lmao. nt. |
IndianaJones |
Dec-03-07 12:32 PM |
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Lol...that's funny, but I bet I can explain it |
Der Blaue Engel |
Dec-03-07 02:58 PM |
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Nope, I think they put laxatives in the air system |
dropkickpa |
Dec-04-07 08:13 AM |
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OMG that used to happen to me at Barnes and Noble!! |
WildEyedLiberal |
Dec-03-07 04:46 PM |
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See!! It happens to many, I'm not alone! n/t |
dropkickpa |
Dec-04-07 08:12 AM |
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I saw Bigfoot in the North Cascades in 1996 |
Squatch |
Dec-03-07 12:34 PM |
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Wicked. I just saw something on the History Channel about Bigfoot... |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 12:50 PM |
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Whoa! How cool is that?! |
GreenPartyVoter |
Dec-03-07 01:38 PM |
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Seriously, although I think the credibility of the History Channel is somewhat in question nowadays. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 01:53 PM |
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LOL, that was funny. |
dotcosm |
Dec-04-07 10:47 PM |
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I swear, it was real! |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 03:00 PM |
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I heard a banshee the night my mother died |
AngryAmish |
Dec-03-07 12:53 PM |
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Wow, for real? |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 12:59 PM |
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For real |
AngryAmish |
Dec-03-07 02:01 PM |
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This summer I was sitting outside talking on the phone |
lost-in-nj |
Dec-03-07 01:06 PM |
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Wow, that's so cool. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 01:11 PM |
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Dolly Parton's boobs. I didn't actually "experience" them but just seeing them |
yellowcanine |
Dec-03-07 01:10 PM |
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Her boobs will likely end up in the Smithsonian. -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 01:15 PM |
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Not me, but an ex of mine... used to experience what seemed to be some kind of spirit echoes when |
DarkTirade |
Dec-03-07 01:15 PM |
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Yeah, that's the problem with things like this. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 01:19 PM |
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Just something she told me. |
DarkTirade |
Dec-03-07 01:19 PM |
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Right. I mean, it could be real, but it also sounds like the plot of some recent movies... |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 01:28 PM |
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last 2 presidential elections |
dembotoz |
Dec-03-07 01:29 PM |
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You are not alone. -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 01:32 PM |
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Lots, actually |
MorningGlow |
Dec-03-07 01:35 PM |
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Freaky. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 01:45 PM |
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Belief = magic |
MorningGlow |
Dec-03-07 01:53 PM |
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Gallbladder problems are often genetic, so you should probably get it looked at. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 02:14 PM |
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My doc recently gave me an order for an ultrasound |
MorningGlow |
Dec-03-07 02:17 PM |
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Good luck on that. It's funny how everything is political (weird-funny, not haha-funny). -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 02:25 PM |
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"I don't know how much I believe in magic, but I do believe in belief" |
unpossibles |
Dec-03-07 03:53 PM |
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I think it's how curses work, for example. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 04:39 PM |
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I once saw a UFO over my apartment. |
Fox Mulder |
Dec-03-07 01:36 PM |
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OKAY--I am Christian and I don't want any nay sayers bugging me about this! |
Liberal Lassie |
Dec-03-07 01:43 PM |
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That's another one of those situations where it doesn't matter... |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 01:50 PM |
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Cool. Did anyone else see it, too, or were you alone? -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 01:46 PM |
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I was alone. |
Fox Mulder |
Dec-03-07 01:50 PM |
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I'm kind of torn on the whole subject. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 01:59 PM |
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I was walking across my living room |
Mojorabbit |
Dec-03-07 01:43 PM |
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I bet it freaked your husband out, too. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 02:05 PM |
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It did freak him out |
Mojorabbit |
Dec-04-07 10:14 PM |
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I think more scientific investigation into what constitutes intuition needs to be done. |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 02:02 PM |
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Lately, all of my DU threads have dropped like a stone |
ashling |
Dec-03-07 01:52 PM |
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Lately, all of my DU threads have dropped like a stone |
ashling |
Dec-03-07 01:52 PM |
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Well, if you didn't repeat yourself so much... |
MorningGlow |
Dec-03-07 01:54 PM |
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But how else is I gonna' draw attention to mysef?? |
ashling |
Dec-03-07 02:01 PM |
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LOL cats are always a good start |
MorningGlow |
Dec-03-07 02:15 PM |
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Whoa, deja vu... -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 02:08 PM |
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Well, I don't have any stories, |
crispini |
Dec-03-07 02:12 PM |
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I think that would reduce me to a gibbering heap... |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 02:18 PM |
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Sometimes I feel like I'm having precognition. |
Uncle Joe |
Dec-03-07 02:12 PM |
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I've had something like that with expecting someone to call who does shortly after. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 02:23 PM |
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I've had similar experiences to what you're describing regarding |
Uncle Joe |
Dec-03-07 02:32 PM |
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I call that my "copdar" |
unpossibles |
Dec-03-07 04:01 PM |
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We have things in common. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 04:49 PM |
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I have had several ESP-ish moments, a few "out of body experiences" and maybe saw a ghost |
unpossibles |
Dec-03-07 03:45 PM |
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It sounds like you and I are in a similar place with certain beliefs. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 04:14 PM |
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I used to live just a few miles from a phenomenon called the |
Arkansas Granny |
Dec-03-07 04:11 PM |
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Very strange. I wonder what it is. -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 04:26 PM |
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I certainly couldn't tell you, but it's really interesting to watch. |
Arkansas Granny |
Dec-03-07 05:19 PM |
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a Ouija board story |
momophile |
Dec-03-07 04:23 PM |
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My father |
lost-in-nj |
Dec-03-07 04:40 PM |
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I think I agree with your father |
momophile |
Dec-03-07 04:42 PM |
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Ooo, that's really creepy. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 05:07 PM |
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How do they get the Tabasco into the bottle? |
trof |
Dec-03-07 04:24 PM |
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Miniature anthropomorphic turtles. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 05:11 PM |
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Mine..... |
citizen_jane |
Dec-03-07 04:34 PM |
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Crazy. We must be networked together in some way we have yet to define. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 05:14 PM |
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I actually made love to a bull. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Dec-03-07 04:37 PM |
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Was he of the golden Sumerian type or the tall Chicago kind? -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 05:16 PM |
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The Jovian type. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Dec-03-07 06:34 PM |
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Avoid her when she's walking softly. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 06:54 PM |
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Among many, here's one: |
Drum |
Dec-03-07 04:54 PM |
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Coincidence or a clever trick, if he had been able to observe your Hardee's transaction... |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 05:22 PM |
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Nothing that specific/tangible ever happened to me. |
otherlander |
Dec-03-07 05:19 PM |
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If some places can feel calming or majestic, why can't others feel frightening and empty? |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 05:29 PM |
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But the place didn't look disturbing in any way. |
otherlander |
Dec-03-07 05:53 PM |
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That's one hypothesis, that places can somehow store "feelings." |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 06:17 PM |
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How about this... |
oregonjen |
Dec-03-07 05:46 PM |
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I wonder if there's anything to the number of driving-related incidents. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 05:56 PM |
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An Incubus/Sucubus Nightmare |
Southpawkicker |
Dec-03-07 05:50 PM |
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Ah, I haven't heard much of those. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 06:23 PM |
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A broken electrical controller |
Turbineguy |
Dec-03-07 05:58 PM |
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Yeah, that's weird. |
porphyrian |
Dec-03-07 06:26 PM |
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When I was 17, I got to go inside the stone circle at Stonehenge |
Cabcere |
Dec-04-07 10:30 PM |
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That is strange, although I'm inclined to think it has something to do with the rock's composition. |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 12:24 AM |
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Yeah, I did a little research and that would appear to be the case. |
Cabcere |
Dec-05-07 12:10 PM |
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Phoenix Lights |
enigmatic |
Dec-05-07 12:28 AM |
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Wow. What do you think they were from what you saw? |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 02:08 PM |
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I once saw St. Elmo's fire. I know it's not unexplained, |
mycritters2 |
Dec-05-07 12:30 AM |
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It's pretty rare, so it would be cool to actually witness it. -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 02:10 PM |
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I saw a ghost in a Biloxi casino last December. |
Shakespeare |
Dec-05-07 12:37 AM |
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That would be creepy. |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 02:14 PM |
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This is pretty prosaic compared to the other stories... |
GaYellowDawg |
Dec-05-07 03:36 AM |
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It was one of those reddish balls that sting, wasn't it? |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 02:24 PM |
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Yes it was! |
GaYellowDawg |
Dec-05-07 06:52 PM |
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Heh, heh, I heard ergot was a likely culprit. |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 09:01 PM |
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The fact that my wife still loves me after 29 years... |
adsosletter |
Dec-05-07 03:40 AM |
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You two are indeed in a steadily shrinking club. Congratulations, lucky. |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 02:25 PM |
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Walking past a Bank of America |
China_cat |
Dec-05-07 05:13 AM |
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I think I'd have to go change my pants. |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 02:29 PM |
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Nope. Never found any reason for it. |
China_cat |
Dec-05-07 03:42 PM |
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a prophetic dream |
tomeboy |
Dec-05-07 06:35 AM |
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That would freak me out twice. |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 02:35 PM |
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I have two incidents... |
redqueen |
Dec-05-07 12:20 PM |
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Ugh, one of my oldest fears is seeing something in a window or mirror that shouldn't be there. |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 02:46 PM |
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The Thread |
MrCoffee |
Dec-05-07 02:26 PM |
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Ha! I don't know if that's good or not. -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 02:47 PM |
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UFO |
sakabatou |
Dec-05-07 02:49 PM |
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Were you alone, or were others with you? -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 02:59 PM |
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Alone, in my bedroom |
sakabatou |
Dec-05-07 03:03 PM |
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Yeah, that would freak me out. -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-05-07 03:18 PM |
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