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Mon Aug-15-11 07:15 PM
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| -Women gossip for five hours a day |
dipsydoodle |
Aug-15-11 04:39 PM |
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looks like a garbage "study" to me. Read the cretinous article. |
cali |
Aug-15-11 04:42 PM |
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Popcorn w/ butter and lightly salted for everyone. |
whistler162 |
Aug-15-11 04:43 PM |
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I did have a response however.... |
AsahinaKimi |
Aug-15-11 05:06 PM |
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same here. and i figured I wouldn't get a word in edgewise, anyhow. |
piratefish08 |
Aug-15-11 05:44 PM |
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Will you make sure it is more than 10 feet? |
LiberalFighter |
Aug-15-11 06:19 PM |
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Sorry, at Ace Hardware they only come in lenghts of ten foot.. |
AsahinaKimi |
Aug-16-11 12:49 AM |
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A 3 foot plunger attached with duct tape should work. |
LiberalFighter |
Aug-16-11 01:02 AM |
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Bullshit. |
ohheckyeah |
Aug-15-11 04:44 PM |
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That's where I've always learned all my work gossip! |
xmas74 |
Aug-15-11 08:56 PM |
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Utter garbage. |
Bunny |
Aug-15-11 04:44 PM |
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i know. it can't be only five |
Enrique |
Aug-15-11 07:46 PM |
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OH WE DO, DO WE? Jesus H. Christ. What a bunch of SHIT. (SORry.) |
Ship of Fools |
Aug-15-11 04:46 PM |
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don't be sorry |
dana_b |
Aug-15-11 05:44 PM |
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Nope. |
Lucinda |
Aug-15-11 04:51 PM |
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UK Onion? |
DURHAM D |
Aug-15-11 04:51 PM |
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That's actually a South African link |
dipsydoodle |
Aug-15-11 05:04 PM |
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Whatever - looks UK. |
DURHAM D |
Aug-15-11 05:31 PM |
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Let me state as a former court stenographer, I could never, ever take |
monmouth |
Aug-15-11 04:52 PM |
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Hi there! |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Aug-15-11 07:28 PM |
#51 |
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Grueling course and in Jersey you had to test at three-voice doing |
monmouth |
Aug-16-11 07:05 AM |
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LOL! "Gossiping" aka maintaining relationships. |
EFerrari |
Aug-15-11 04:52 PM |
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chattering..nattering.. soaps? Talk about time-travel |
SoCalDem |
Aug-15-11 04:53 PM |
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Bullshit study based on junk science. |
Brickbat |
Aug-15-11 04:58 PM |
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Not exactly a scientific study |
tawadi |
Aug-15-11 05:00 PM |
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B.S. All the women I know are busy at work all day. |
yardwork |
Aug-15-11 05:01 PM |
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I was thinking the same thing... |
left coaster |
Aug-15-11 06:06 PM |
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Two sentences were enough for me. What garbage. |
virgogal |
Aug-15-11 05:04 PM |
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So women discuss daily life on a daily basis? Imagine that. |
sufrommich |
Aug-15-11 05:04 PM |
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It's nice to have someone to talk with. It doesn't matter what |
alfredo |
Aug-15-11 05:06 PM |
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Are we sure the quote wasn't "Women gossip for only five hours a day" |
Kennah |
Aug-15-11 05:06 PM |
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A "study" |
LiberalAndProud |
Aug-15-11 05:10 PM |
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"Gossip" has an interesting origin as a word... |
Generic Other |
Aug-15-11 05:13 PM |
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This from the country that gave us ferret legging. - nt |
badtoworse |
Aug-15-11 05:26 PM |
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Only five hours? n/t |
doc03 |
Aug-15-11 05:29 PM |
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Nice try. |
cwydro |
Aug-15-11 07:41 PM |
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This is UK English. "Gossip" and "natter" aren't meant as insults. |
Xithras |
Aug-15-11 05:34 PM |
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deleting cause now i dont know. backing out of thread. nt |
seabeyond |
Aug-15-11 05:36 PM |
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What you describe over there |
dipsydoodle |
Aug-15-11 05:41 PM |
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sorry, it's still a nothing of a study and demeaning as hell |
cali |
Aug-15-11 05:41 PM |
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WTF? |
Xithras |
Aug-15-11 06:06 PM |
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wrong again. gossiping in the U.S. is NOT generally considered slanderous. |
cali |
Aug-15-11 06:31 PM |
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LOL |
Xithras |
Aug-15-11 06:59 PM |
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no, of course I don't agree with you. Gossip is considered small minded and petty and has |
cali |
Aug-15-11 07:03 PM |
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What about Safire's famous phrase "Nattering Nabobs of Negativism" |
Arugula Latte |
Aug-15-11 05:44 PM |
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Safire was an etymologist who wrote language columns. |
Xithras |
Aug-15-11 06:12 PM |
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lol. no, you only said that the term nattering largely doesn't exist in this country and |
cali |
Aug-15-11 06:33 PM |
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Remember "Nattering nabobs of negativity" as we war |
Greybnk48 |
Aug-16-11 09:49 AM |
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Bull. |
Mimosa |
Aug-15-11 05:46 PM |
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Does that include talking to my dog because that's about |
Zoigal |
Aug-15-11 05:57 PM |
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Stupid, useless statement, even if "true" |
saras |
Aug-15-11 06:06 PM |
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This seems like something from 50 years ago. |
Arugula Latte |
Aug-15-11 06:27 PM |
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I don't discuss my weight because I don't have a weight problem |
Aerows |
Aug-15-11 06:35 PM |
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I am assuming this is satire. |
cwydro |
Aug-15-11 06:35 PM |
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Not this woman. |
undeterred |
Aug-15-11 06:36 PM |
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I wish. My regular activities keep too busy. nt |
Ilsa |
Aug-15-11 07:00 PM |
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What a dumb thread. |
Texasgal |
Aug-15-11 07:15 PM |
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Total bullshit thread. |
cwydro |
Aug-15-11 07:33 PM |
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I must not be a women then. |
ElsewheresDaughter |
Aug-15-11 07:16 PM |
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We do? That's news to me |
supernova |
Aug-15-11 07:19 PM |
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Lighten up everyone-- it's just some bullshit poll. |
TreasonousBastard |
Aug-15-11 07:30 PM |
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Lighten up? |
Texasgal |
Aug-15-11 07:35 PM |
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Lol. I just read your post |
cwydro |
Aug-15-11 07:45 PM |
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:) |
Texasgal |
Aug-15-11 08:32 PM |
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Well... |
TreasonousBastard |
Aug-15-11 11:38 PM |
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Lighten up? |
cwydro |
Aug-15-11 07:44 PM |
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What, we don't? |
Odin2005 |
Aug-15-11 07:52 PM |
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Well played! |
cwydro |
Aug-15-11 07:54 PM |
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insult women, then tell them to liten up. hey... lets do a poll about that. nt |
seabeyond |
Aug-15-11 08:50 PM |
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ffffffffff |
Solly Mack |
Aug-15-11 07:32 PM |
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Now this is news that matters! |
devilgrrl |
Aug-15-11 07:38 PM |
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keep in mind, this study was done in England |
Enrique |
Aug-15-11 07:47 PM |
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Mrs. Sommers must have had some kind of mongolian throat singing thing going on, in which... |
JVS |
Aug-15-11 07:48 PM |
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I can believe that. My mom gossips on the phone constantly. |
Odin2005 |
Aug-15-11 07:48 PM |
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Wow. That's quite the huge sample. |
WinkyDink |
Aug-15-11 08:15 PM |
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eh BULLSHIT. OK I do like gossip but |
Raine |
Aug-15-11 08:02 PM |
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I don't even TALK five hours a day. nt |
woo me with science |
Aug-15-11 08:08 PM |
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"Chat" and "gossip" are not synonymous. And WTH cares? It's not like women's work-load is somehow |
WinkyDink |
Aug-15-11 08:14 PM |
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And men spend the same amount of time scratching their balls... |
Canuckistanian |
Aug-15-11 08:58 PM |
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Wow. What a dour and humorless collection of responses. |
Nye Bevan |
Aug-15-11 11:47 PM |
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Well .... The three biggest gossips in the small town I live in, happen |
polly7 |
Aug-16-11 12:13 AM |
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There is absolutely no evidence cited in the gossip article. |
ZombieHorde |
Aug-16-11 07:11 AM |
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Was this study done by men????? I have noticed that if |
Little Star |
Aug-16-11 07:41 AM |
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I call bullshit. Neither I nor another other woman I know does that. |
catbyte |
Aug-16-11 07:46 AM |
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I bailed out at "natter". |
Richardo |
Aug-16-11 09:38 AM |
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My husband and his buddy at work are on the phone |
Greybnk48 |
Aug-16-11 09:45 AM |
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I would like to know |
bigwillq |
Aug-16-11 09:46 AM |
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Well this female isn't "typical" then. |
hamsterjill |
Aug-16-11 09:53 AM |
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this post will stay open |
CreekDog |
Aug-17-11 02:35 PM |
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