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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 05:28 PM
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What's with the "Is _____ offensive" Threads?
They're weird, and we're wondering what happened to make all the copycatting begin.
Duckie
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 05:31 PM
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1. Someone asked whether chinese firedrills and mexican standoffs
were offensive. :shrug:
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 05:47 PM
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3. Thanks.
That explains a lot.
Duckie
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 05:37 PM
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2. Somebody's playing "push the envelope"
(for lack of anything better to say, I suppose) and others are copying.

I responded to one or two before I realized what game was up.
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 05:47 PM
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4. See message #3
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 05:51 PM
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5. Those are the threads I was replying to
Edited on Sat Mar-12-05 05:51 PM by mcscajun
Guess I should have clarified that.

I'm staying out of it now.

nice sig image. :)
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 05:54 PM
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6. Oh, I knew what you were saying...
I was just saying thanks, and didn't want to have to do the same message twice! All misunderstandings were MY fault!! :hi:
Duckie
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 07:22 PM
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7. And my confusion didn't help.
:)

No Problema.
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