Viva_La_Revolution
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Tue Sep-12-06 08:36 PM
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how did I do? I've been picking up some of the lingo at work lately, they only laugh at me once or twice a day now.  |
| -Freep-ish woman on subway to french-speaking girl: "you will learn english |
KurtNYC |
Sep-12-06 03:00 PM |
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C'est ca! |
mnhtnbb |
Sep-12-06 03:02 PM |
#1 |
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tres bien |
noneofmybusiness |
Sep-12-06 03:04 PM |
#2 |
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Ha...ha...that's great....the Freeper is too lazy to learn any other |
MadMaddie |
Sep-12-06 03:04 PM |
#3 |
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actually it's cool to be ignorant |
IronLionZion |
Sep-12-06 03:12 PM |
#15 |
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You are right....but you know I have been getting that my whole |
MadMaddie |
Sep-12-06 03:45 PM |
#40 |
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History? Hell, most of them don't know what's going on right now! |
Kurovski |
Sep-12-06 06:19 PM |
#87 |
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2 languages is bilingual, 3 is trilingual, only 1 means you're an American |
SharonAnn |
Sep-13-06 08:48 PM |
#123 |
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what a nutjob... |
Bill McBlueState |
Sep-12-06 03:05 PM |
#4 |
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Tu est un Skunke des Pew! |
jpak |
Sep-12-06 03:05 PM |
#5 |
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Is that similar to that classic Monty Python line from the French guy? |
Generic Brad |
Sep-12-06 08:58 PM |
#95 |
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"How about YOU learn to speak like a decent human being?" |
Skittles |
Sep-12-06 03:06 PM |
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Bahahahaha! That's great! I would have loved to see the look |
moc |
Sep-12-06 03:06 PM |
#7 |
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When I started in in french the little girl looked at her |
KurtNYC |
Sep-12-06 03:23 PM |
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Oh, that is priceless! Thanks so much for the details! |
moc |
Sep-12-06 03:25 PM |
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Kurt, did the door blocking woman work on Wall Street? |
IMModerate |
Sep-12-06 03:43 PM |
#39 |
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I don't think so |
KurtNYC |
Sep-12-06 04:14 PM |
#56 |
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she was being kind |
pitohui |
Sep-13-06 02:09 AM |
#107 |
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That's just exquisite! |
Cassandra |
Sep-12-06 05:47 PM |
#79 |
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hee, hee, hee |
gratuitous |
Sep-12-06 03:07 PM |
#8 |
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K&R!! C'est magnifique! |
K8-EEE |
Sep-12-06 03:07 PM |
#9 |
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You done good! |
raccoon |
Sep-12-06 03:08 PM |
#10 |
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Cette femme est 'freep-iere'! |
KurtNYC |
Sep-12-06 03:27 PM |
#25 |
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And their tone implies, "I am smart and you are stupid." |
raccoon |
Sep-12-06 03:57 PM |
#45 |
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La mujer esta muy loco. |
Infomaniac |
Sep-12-06 08:12 PM |
#89 |
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you don't know her culture |
pitohui |
Sep-13-06 02:10 AM |
#108 |
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I live in NYC |
Infomaniac |
Sep-13-06 10:24 PM |
#126 |
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En Francais... |
ElboRuum |
Sep-12-06 03:42 PM |
#35 |
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Thank you! nt |
raccoon |
Sep-12-06 03:58 PM |
#46 |
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Vous etes magnifique!!! |
no_hypocrisy |
Sep-12-06 03:10 PM |
#11 |
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Touche! |
xchrom |
Sep-12-06 03:10 PM |
#12 |
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I've had a similar experience |
YOY |
Sep-12-06 03:11 PM |
#13 |
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Molotsy'! |
Fierce |
Sep-12-06 03:12 PM |
#14 |
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'Na tui pozhalysta!" |
YOY |
Sep-12-06 09:33 PM |
#98 |
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Seven? |
kgfnally |
Sep-12-06 04:06 PM |
#51 |
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best way to learn is immersion |
0rganism |
Sep-12-06 05:29 PM |
#72 |
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Well... |
YOY |
Sep-12-06 09:27 PM |
#96 |
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spanish and japanese are phonetic |
pitohui |
Sep-13-06 02:15 AM |
#109 |
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Actually, German is about a phonetic as they get |
YOY |
Sep-13-06 08:59 AM |
#117 |
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Molodets! (nt) |
Katzenjammer |
Sep-12-06 04:13 PM |
#55 |
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Spasibo |
YOY |
Sep-12-06 09:33 PM |
#99 |
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Should've mixed English and Russian. |
seawolf |
Sep-12-06 04:34 PM |
#65 |
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Or I could have told him to |
YOY |
Sep-12-06 09:31 PM |
#97 |
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Not sure of the 'spelling' |
ElboRuum |
Sep-12-06 10:31 PM |
#103 |
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A little tough in latin letters, but it's one word (idti) |
YOY |
Sep-12-06 10:55 PM |
#104 |
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"Cette femme est une grande cochon." n/t |
fudge stripe cookays |
Sep-12-06 03:13 PM |
#16 |
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ROTFLMAO (not sure how I'd translate that anagram into francais) |
coalition_unwilling |
Sep-12-06 03:42 PM |
#37 |
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Ha ha ha ha |
DesertedRose |
Sep-12-06 03:55 PM |
#43 |
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I despise language bigots like that bitch |
CarlVK |
Sep-12-06 03:14 PM |
#17 |
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"Sad, yes?" Muy triste, ciertamente. |
StraightDope |
Sep-12-06 03:19 PM |
#18 |
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Every nation has its |
edwardlindy |
Sep-12-06 03:24 PM |
#20 |
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A bas les FReepeurs! |
KamaAina |
Sep-12-06 03:25 PM |
#21 |
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A little help for the French impaired? |
hootinholler |
Sep-12-06 03:25 PM |
#23 |
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Translation: |
Book Lover |
Sep-12-06 03:28 PM |
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My last line was "that woman doesn't speak any french - sad yes?" |
KurtNYC |
Sep-12-06 03:34 PM |
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But of course... |
hootinholler |
Sep-12-06 03:53 PM |
#42 |
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HER lack of manners? |
pitohui |
Sep-13-06 02:21 AM |
#110 |
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Hmm...no.... |
huskerlaw |
Sep-13-06 01:44 PM |
#119 |
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and the response: "oui" |
kgfnally |
Sep-12-06 04:01 PM |
#49 |
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Formidable! |
dmesg |
Sep-12-06 03:26 PM |
#24 |
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Jesu! A new York? |
Book Lover |
Sep-12-06 03:27 PM |
#26 |
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Si, davvero! |
CTyankee |
Sep-12-06 03:43 PM |
#38 |
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This is my friend, Libby. |
troubleinwinter |
Sep-12-06 03:29 PM |
#28 |
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Well then she should just go back to whatever country she came from! |
KurtNYC |
Sep-12-06 03:37 PM |
#31 |
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The land bridge is under water, though! |
Oregonian |
Sep-12-06 04:25 PM |
#62 |
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See? That's why she missed a thriving career on Wall Street! |
mcscajun |
Sep-12-06 04:00 PM |
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I would *love* to have a nice long talk with her. |
kgfnally |
Sep-12-06 04:09 PM |
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"really lucky to have such a person to call a friend." |
troubleinwinter |
Sep-12-06 05:23 PM |
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I hate to see some of these small-minded small towns passing |
VaYallaDawg |
Sep-12-06 03:32 PM |
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No, we should pass an English-only law.; |
Ilsa |
Sep-12-06 08:46 PM |
#93 |
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I had a friend ask me what the Spanish word for "patio" is. I laughed |
SharonAnn |
Sep-13-06 08:57 PM |
#124 |
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I love interesting words with fun origins too. |
VaYallaDawg |
Sep-14-06 11:49 AM |
#134 |
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Zut Alors! |
ElboRuum |
Sep-12-06 03:40 PM |
#32 |
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Well. sorta french related. |
cyclezealot |
Sep-12-06 03:40 PM |
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I don't speak French but I do speak a little Spanish. |
racaulk |
Sep-12-06 03:40 PM |
#34 |
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To hear french as spoken by a small child is just about as beautiful |
KurtNYC |
Sep-12-06 04:10 PM |
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Ca, c'est drole, c'est magnifique. Merci bien (n/t) |
coalition_unwilling |
Sep-12-06 03:42 PM |
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By the time she's ten |
shadowknows69 |
Sep-12-06 03:47 PM |
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What am I in a foreign country? |
dapper |
Sep-12-06 04:24 PM |
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One of the best things to tell these people is |
RGBolen |
Sep-12-06 03:55 PM |
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RG, you have just earned my chuckling respect. |
fudge stripe cookays |
Sep-12-06 04:16 PM |
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there was no "poking" at anything |
RGBolen |
Sep-12-06 04:21 PM |
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I was speaking directly to you. |
fudge stripe cookays |
Sep-12-06 05:38 PM |
#74 |
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L. O. L. |
kgfnally |
Sep-12-06 04:01 PM |
#48 |
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There may have been 40 to 50 people in that car |
KurtNYC |
Sep-12-06 04:31 PM |
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Cela a été bien fait! |
mcscajun |
Sep-12-06 04:03 PM |
#50 |
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How rude! |
Blue State Native |
Sep-12-06 04:12 PM |
#54 |
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That woman must have been visiting from the South |
Truth Hurts A Lot |
Sep-12-06 04:20 PM |
#58 |
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Being a bossy bigot is the norm in the South? |
sadiesworld |
Sep-12-06 04:26 PM |
#63 |
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Yes, for a generation of white women born in the 30s 40s and 50s ... |
kilgore65 |
Sep-12-06 10:15 PM |
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Uh, I am one of those white women born in the time frame you mentioned |
CTyankee |
Sep-13-06 08:07 PM |
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Like Ann Richards? |
Bridget Burke |
Sep-14-06 07:43 AM |
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Oh. Thanks for generalizing. |
lildreamer316 |
Sep-12-06 04:36 PM |
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no harm intended. I live in the South |
Truth Hurts A Lot |
Sep-12-06 04:51 PM |
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"Had to be"? |
skygazer |
Sep-12-06 05:42 PM |
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What, we don't have our share of bigoted idiots? Who elected Rudy? |
JHB |
Sep-12-06 05:00 PM |
#68 |
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yes i do think she was from the south |
pitohui |
Sep-13-06 02:29 AM |
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This autism/Asperger's excuse is REALLY REALLY REALLY worn out. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Sep-13-06 08:40 AM |
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Hey, I'm probably one of those undiagnosed "Aspies".... |
Bridget Burke |
Sep-13-06 01:56 PM |
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Pssssst! |
fudge stripe cookays |
Sep-13-06 07:24 PM |
#121 |
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Gawd! |
cat_girl25 |
Sep-12-06 04:24 PM |
#60 |
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Sounds great, please translate. |
gully |
Sep-12-06 05:24 PM |
#70 |
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Furansu-go wakaranai |
sakabatou |
Sep-12-06 05:27 PM |
#71 |
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"sono onna no hito wa furansugo de hanasemasen. zannen desu ne." to iu |
NuttyFluffers |
Sep-13-06 03:54 AM |
#113 |
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Anata no nihon-go wa mama desu |
sakabatou |
Sep-13-06 05:50 AM |
#115 |
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:D watashi no nihongo wa maa maa da ka? shizuka da yo! |
NuttyFluffers |
Sep-14-06 01:46 AM |
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Damn |
sakabatou |
Sep-14-06 04:14 AM |
#131 |
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Very good |
Jack Rabbit |
Sep-12-06 05:33 PM |
#73 |
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Too bad no one could teach the French girl to reply,"Fuck You" |
bliss_eternal |
Sep-12-06 05:40 PM |
#75 |
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Merde is a handy word. |
Cassandra |
Sep-12-06 05:53 PM |
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LOL! |
bliss_eternal |
Sep-12-06 06:00 PM |
#82 |
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A supplementary text or two for you...and for all who took H.S. French |
mcscajun |
Sep-12-06 06:08 PM |
#84 |
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This is wonderful! |
bliss_eternal |
Sep-12-06 06:15 PM |
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They've combined |
GoneOffShore |
Sep-12-06 08:27 PM |
#90 |
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What an idea |
bumblebee1 |
Sep-14-06 01:43 AM |
#128 |
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Hahahahaha! |
Selatius |
Sep-12-06 05:43 PM |
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Poor woman, she thinks working on Wall Street means something! |
Rex |
Sep-12-06 05:45 PM |
#78 |
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Mario Lemeiux |
sarcasmo |
Sep-12-06 05:48 PM |
#80 |
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Typo!! ;-) |
Amonester |
Sep-13-06 09:02 PM |
#125 |
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La femme est simplement fâchée |
Ioo |
Sep-12-06 06:06 PM |
#83 |
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Merci n/t |
tocqueville |
Sep-12-06 06:13 PM |
#85 |
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OK, without sounding bigoted, I just want to say that when |
RebelOne |
Sep-12-06 06:37 PM |
#88 |
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Learning another language gives you another map |
GoneOffShore |
Sep-12-06 08:29 PM |
#91 |
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my car is very sick? |
Viva_La_Revolution |
Sep-12-06 08:36 PM |
#92 |
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You know that Florida was a Spanish territory before it became... |
Solon |
Sep-13-06 09:26 AM |
#118 |
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"My expensive one is very infermo"? |
Bridget Burke |
Sep-14-06 07:52 AM |
#133 |
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I bet if they'd been signing in ASL, that nasty woman would have |
Ilsa |
Sep-12-06 08:47 PM |
#94 |
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tres bitchin'. I love this. |
roguevalley |
Sep-12-06 10:06 PM |
#100 |
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Jesus Christ - in New York? |
Writer |
Sep-12-06 10:14 PM |
#101 |
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Wait a minute...did you call the woman a Triscuit? |
tomreedtoon |
Sep-13-06 01:58 AM |
#105 |
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you blue meanie but that is funny |
pitohui |
Sep-13-06 02:07 AM |
#106 |
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Haha!! thats great!!! |
and-justice-for-all |
Sep-13-06 03:18 AM |
#112 |
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And aren't there one or two tourists in New York? |
lostnfound |
Sep-13-06 04:15 AM |
#114 |
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If you live in NY State and can't speak one of the Iroquoian languages... |
DivinBreuvage |
Sep-13-06 11:44 PM |
#127 |
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Ok, hypothetical for you: |
Random_Australian |
Sep-14-06 02:02 AM |
#130 |
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