quote:

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Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
Evangelicalism, because I read one of Merseymike's posts.

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Rural England, because I read All Creatures Great and Small when I was a kid.
 

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Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :
 
The Universe, because I saw this really interesting program on public television.

Allright, folks. Top that one.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
US Politics, because I once saw a Panorama program about them.

And on Sine Nomine, cos I once read one of his/her posts.


 

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Posted by IntellectByProxy (# 3185) on :
 
IAaFEo oil, cos it says so in my job description.
 

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Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
And on Sine Nomine, cos I once read one of his/her posts.

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"And you've now become an expert on the subject I like most."

(With apologies to Oscar Hammerstein II)
 

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Posted by Wood (# 7) on :
 
IAafeo:

Ancient history and religion, because I went to a couple evening classes and own the complete works of Silver Ravenwolf.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
IAafeo Celtic spirituality cos I wear this pretty cross round my neck, which I got from Glastonbury.

[And actually I do have a Celtic cross, which I did get from Glastonbury]
 

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Posted by Chapelhead (# 1143) on :
 
IAafeo:

Everything, I'm a bloke.
 

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Posted by Ormo (# 4805) on :
 
IAaFEo

The second world war, cos I've seen saving private ryan.

The vietnam war, cos i have seen good morning vietnam.

The gulf war, cos i have seen three kings.

and many, many more!
 

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Posted by mrs.stewart (# 3798) on :
 
IAafeo

Opera, because I saw The Phantom of... in the early nineties.

Sex, because I read Cosmopolitan.

Music, because I have more CD's than you...
 

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Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Your children because I'm a doctor.
 

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Posted by JimT (# 142) on :
 
Everything, because I say so in every post I make.
 

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Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :
 
We already knew that, JimT.
 

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Posted by Pyx_e (# 57) on :
 
The Bible : because I know bits of it off by heart.
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
I know everything there is to know about childcare, romance, cooking, fashion, and relationships. I must do, I'm a woman.
 

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Posted by Beenster (# 242) on :
 
IAAFEO cars because there are some parked outside on the road in different colours.

Also interior design - as my house has an inside.

Childbirth - as a friend had a child.

Jesus - because I have read his biography, have a photo of him *and* he is my best friend - as I sang the other day.
 

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Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :
 
Sarcasm, because I once...no, wait. I really am an expert on sarcasm.
 

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Posted by Divine Outlaw-Dwarf (# 2252) on :
 
IAafeo Christianity and why it is a conspiracy against free-thinking gnostics/ pagans/ humanity/ the truth that Jesus was a mushroom eating spaceman BECAUSE I once read a book from the 'Mind, body and spirit' section at waterstones/ I once saw a programme on Channel 4
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
IAafeo

International politics because I read The Sun and the Daily Star.
 

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Posted by flutterpink (# 4567) on :
 
...new age philosophy because I once took a yoga class.
 

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Posted by Boopy (# 4738) on :
 
....Children, because I used to be one.
 

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Posted by footdoc (# 4389) on :
 
IAAFEO ...... CLASSICAL MUSIC....

because I can play CHOPSTICKS on the piano .....(nearly)
 

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Posted by zephirine of the roses (# 3323) on :
 
.. being queen cuz i carry a natty purse and wore a tiara once.
 

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Posted by TheGreenT (# 3571) on :
 
God cos I am.....
 

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Posted by Chapelhead (# 1143) on :
 
IAafeo...

...nothing, but that's not going to stop me telling everyone how it should be done.
 

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Posted by Cusanus (# 692) on :
 
IAafeo...
America because I've seen Bowling for Columbine
 

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Posted by G.R.I.T.S. (# 4169) on :
 
IAAFEO... Victorian England, because I've seen "The Importance of Being Earnest" AND "Sense and Sensibility".
 

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Posted by Trevor (# 3644) on :
 
IAAFEO...

...the occult, because I read Michelle Remembers.
 

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Posted by Sine Nomine (# 3631) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by G.R.I.T.S.:
IAAFEO... Victorian England, because I've seen "The Importance of Being Earnest" AND "Sense and Sensibility".

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Erm, pedantry versus friendship & fear. Which will win?

Nah, Ruth will do the dirty work for me.
 

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Posted by G.R.I.T.S. (# 4169) on :
 
Look, I know what you're getting at, bozo. I was just trying to be colorful and using the term "Victorian" to mean non-modern. Next time I'll be SO specific and say "England during the 19th century", so you'll be in awe of my pedantry.

Hey, IAAFEO it, OK? How dare you question my absolute knowledge!!!
 

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Posted by Mousethief (# 953) on :
 
"Sense and Sensibility" is Victorian? It was published in 1811 (although written in 1795) and Vicky didn't ascend the throne until 1837 and the term "Victorian" didn't come into vogue until the 1850s.

Iaafeo "Victorian" because I can do a web search on the meaning of the term!
 

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Posted by G.R.I.T.S. (# 4169) on :
 

quote:

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"Sense and Sensibility" is Victorian? It was published in 1811 (although written in 1795) and Vicky didn't ascend the throne until 1837 and the term "Victorian" didn't come into vogue until the 1850s.

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quote:

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(with apologies to GRITS)

Regency England because I saw "Sense and Sensibility" and "Emma"

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IAAFEO... etiquette, because I know how to accept criticism graciously.
 

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Posted by Qlib (# 43) on :
 
IAAFEO Special Education, because I've done the two-day OFSTED conversion course.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
IAAFEO Software design and coding, because I've done a two-day course on writing VBA, even though I was too drunk both afternoons to grasp much ...
 

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Posted by Apothecary (# 3886) on :
 
IAaFEo side-effects of all medicines cos I threw up after taking a painkiller for a hangover once...
 

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Posted by Curious (# 93) on :
 
....Finance, because I watch Declan on the Money Minute.

....Electricity, because I know how to plug things in.

....Deprivation, because I've had to drink supermarket gin this month



Curious
 

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Posted by rachel (# 249) on :
 
IAAFEO... all the intricacies of web design, because a friend gave me an old copy of Front Page that he downloaded from some pirated software site and I have since figured out how to make the text really big and bright pink. Don't you like my animated dancing Jesus pictures?
 

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Posted by Lyda Rose of Sharon (# 4544) on :
 
...WWJD because I wear a bracelet.
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 
English Politics since I read Right-Wing Papers done in the USA and therefore I know what liars everyone else is!

On the otherhand, I am an EXPERT on the Voter 2000 Florida experience since I read the a bunch of Left-Wing UK based papers and they knew everything that was going on...and how the USA electoral system is so unfair/biased.
 

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Posted by Chapelhead (# 1143) on :
 
...management, because someone made me a manager.
 

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Posted by Freddy (# 365) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Captain Caveman:
IAafeo
How much harm and how little good Christianity has done because I had to go to a christening service once and it was boring and also I once saw part of a documentary about the crusades.

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This is the best one so far.
 

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Posted by Huia (# 3473) on :
 
G.R.I.T.S, you're a star. Not only do you know how to be gracious, you didn't pull me up for mistyping your name (for which I apologise )


Huia
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 
I am an expert on cars cuz I drive one.
 

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Posted by Kenwritez (# 3238) on :
 
IAAFEO women because I married one. Five weeks ago.

Go on, ask me something, then!
 

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Posted by jlg (# 98) on :
 
IAAFEO GOD because my understanding of Him/Her/It is superior to yours.
 

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Posted by Magnum Mysterium (# 3418) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by jlg:
IAAFEO GOD because my understanding of Him/Her/It is superior to yours.

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quote:

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G.R.I.T.S, you're a star. Not only do you know how to be gracious, you didn't pull me up for mistyping your name (for which I apologise )

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No problem with the name. I am not particular about it, and I will answer to anything that remotely resembles it. Thank you for the lovely sentiments, though. You must be AFEO apologies!
 

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Posted by Joyfulsoul (# 4652) on :
 
IAAFEO...tolerance because I tolerate everyone. Except for those who disagree with me. ( )
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Spike:
IAafeo

International politics because I read The Sun and the Daily Star.

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Wouldn't that be astronomy?

IAafeo Weird things because I am ...

Oh, wait, this isn't a serious discussion. Never mind.
 

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Posted by Katie L (# 1996) on :
 
IAaFEO on everything

...'cause I'm a librarian

Katie
 

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Posted by Flounder (# 3859) on :
 
IAaFEO on power grids because I watched the '03 blackout at home on TV from an unaffected city. And because I sent out a whole mess of silly posts and emails about it today.

Also, IAaFEO on weather systems because I've seen a few interesting storms in my lifetime.
 

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Posted by Kyralessa (# 4568) on :
 
IAaFEO...

...programming, because I know Visual Basic.

...childbirth, because I work in a Maternal-Fetal Medicine department (making databases). (Wanna hear all the nasty things that can go wrong while you're pregnant? Ask me! )

...Orthodoxy, because I've read the same fifteen or twenty books as every convert does. Some of them twice! (You even come to recognize certain phrases that get lifted off the pages into convert mouths. )

...Protestantism, because I used to be Church of Christ so obviously I also understand Lutherans, Presbyterians, Baptists, Anglicans, Disciples of Christ, Holiness, Pentecostals, Moravians, Mennonites, Quakers, Brethren...

...languages, because I've studied two modern ones and four ancient ones and currently spend zero time working on any of them (except Romanian, which my wife speaks).
 

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Posted by ChrisT (# 62) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Kenwritez:
IAAFEO women because I married one. Five weeks ago.

Go on, ask me something, then!

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You set a challenge; why do women never remember the good stuff, but always remember the bad?

IAafeo ... the internet because I once filled in a form on a web page.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
IAAFEO all things cold and frosty 'cause I apply a lot of ice in this heat.

Never mind that I don't drink anything interesting. It's the ice, silly.
 

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Posted by Pax Romana (# 4653) on :
 
... the whole spiritual universe, because I watched "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth" once or twice.

... India, because my allergist is from there and he goes back once a year to visit his family.

... Korea, because someone once gave me a wallet that was made there.

... every Protestant religious group, because they're all the same anyway!
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Janine:
IAAFEO all things cold and frosty 'cause I apply a lot of ice in this heat.

Never mind that I don't drink anything interesting. It's the ice, silly.

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quote:

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Originally posted by ChrisT:

quote:

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Originally posted by Kenwritez:
IAAFEO women because I married one. Five weeks ago.

Go on, ask me something, then!

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You set a challenge; why do women never remember the good stuff, but always remember the bad?

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quote:

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Originally posted by RuthW:
C'mon Mad Geo, as a married man yourself, you know very well that Mr. Writez's "pair" are now the property of the Sturdy Wench - it's in the Married Women's Property Act - good luck trying to repossess them!

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We filed a mechanic's lien on his pair prior to the marriage ceremony. Those of us still in control of our pair are trying to keep his from going into the jar on Sturdy Wenches shelf, but it looks like he may be slipping into jardom already....
 

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Posted by Presleyterian (# 1915) on :
 
Oh, please.

Everybody knows that the gelding pen is the intermediate stop between the bachelor party and the altar.
 

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Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :
 
Geld THIS.

<If I had a dollar for everytime I predicted Presleyterian would post to a thread.>
 

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Posted by Presleyterian (# 1915) on :
 

quote:

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Mad Geo wrote: Geld THIS.

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No need. The job appears to have been done pretty effectively the first time around.

(That's what you get for calling me the worst of all possible slanders: PREDICTABLE.)
 

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Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :
 
<Stallion stomps his hooves and snorts derisively!>

Hah!
 

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Posted by Pyx_e (# 57) on :
 
IAAFEO...... men, because I am nut collector
 

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Posted by Presleyterian (# 1915) on :
 
Stallion? Hah!

<Presleyterian snorts derisively.>
 

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Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :
 
Don't make me whip it out and mark my territory.
 

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Posted by Presleyterian (# 1915) on :
 


Alright! Alright! You win!
 

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Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :
 

 

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Posted by Kenwritez (# 3238) on :
 
Gee Madge, you could always threaten to spray Pres with your musk....
 

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Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :
 
The day is young....

(but she already gave up ).
 

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Posted by skielight (# 4836) on :
 
IAAFEO

carpentry, because I recently assembled an Ikea flat pack wardrobe.
 

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Posted by David (# 3) on :
 
IAAFEO

Gay culture, because I've seen every episode of Are You Being Served?
 

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Posted by Elizabeth Anne (# 3555) on :
 
IAAFEO the life of the average New York woman, because I watch "Sex and the City."


IAAFEO money, because I like shopping.


IAAFEO emergency medicine, because I used to volunteer at a hospital.
 

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Posted by Ms Lilith (# 1767) on :
 
IAAFEO the building trade cos my Dad drove a JCB and I went to see it once when I was 7.
 

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Posted by ChrisT (# 62) on :
 
IAafeo ... jazz, because I've got a Kenny G album.
 

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Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :
 
IAafeo... geography, since I post on a board that has posters from such faraway places as Isle of Wight, Australia, and Southern California.

IAafeo... behavioral sciences and psychology since I am not an only child, but have no children of my own.

IAafeo... politics in Europe since that's where my ancestors came from three or four or five generations ago.
 

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Posted by tomb (# 174) on :
 
IAAFEO English grammer, diction, syntax, usage, and orthography because..., well, because I am.

If you doubt and challenge me, I will Google every little pissant post you have ever made on the Internet and point out your shortcomings.

And if you think you have caught me in a solecism here or there and plan to crow over my fall, it will be for rhetorical effect.
 

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Posted by josephine (# 3899) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by tomb:
IAAFEO English grammer, diction, syntax, usage, and orthography because..., well, because I am.

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Then I take it that "grammer" is a typo, not a mis-spelling?


 

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Posted by jlg (# 98) on :
 
Pssst, josephine! While at the Colorado meet, I found a typo one of the copies of the magazine tomb edits.
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by tomb:
And if you think you have caught me in a solecism here or there and plan to crow over my fall, it will be for rhetorical effect.

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quote:

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Originally posted by tomb:
And if you.... plan to crow over my fall, it will be for rhetorical effect.

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So.... not "plan to gleefully crow.." then?
 

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Posted by Dr Phizz (# 4770) on :
 
IAAFEO Science (all of it) 'cause I have a PhD on a mind-numbingly specialised bit of computing.
 

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Posted by GeordieDownSouth (# 4100) on :
 
IAAFEO youthwork. Cos a couple of teenagers said I was cool once.
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
IAAFEO all types of music, I've just watched an episode of "Fame Academy"
 

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Posted by fatprophet (# 3636) on :
 
IAAFEO the LIVING AS A TRANSVESTITE because I saw (and enjoyed) the film "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" (1994) and the Rocky Horror Show.

and on BRITISH POLITICS AND MORAL DECAY CAUSED BY SOCIAL LIBERALS because I read the Daily Mail.

and on MILITARY STRATEGY for Gulf War III cos I've played computer games like Peoples General, Age of Empires, Command and Conquer etc and done some paint-balling.
 

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Posted by chive (# 208) on :
 
IAAFEO the law because I flirt with policemen

[ 23. August 2003, 11:40: Message edited by: chive ]
 

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Posted by Pyx_e (# 57) on :
 
I am a friking expert on YOU, I can tell everything about YOU just by reading your posts.

P
 

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Posted by The Artisan (# 4277) on :
 
IAAFEO

Mandarin Chinese - cos I took a 10 week evening class in it (well OK only nearly an expert cos I missed about 3 of the classes!)
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
IaaFEo Wales because I occasionally meet Dyfrig on the train home.
IaaFEo Law because I occasionally meet Dyfrig on the train home.
 

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Posted by Divine Outlaw-Dwarf (# 2252) on :
 
IaaFEo social policy because before some wacko evangelical sect whipped my brains out I was on welfare (trans. UK, benefits). As featured in Purgatory.
 

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Posted by dwsolo (# 4967) on :
 
IaaFEo cats, because I speak to dogs about them
IaaFEo dogs because I speak to cats about them
IaaFEo humans because I talk to myself about them
(gets back into flying saucer....)
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
I know all about everything because I have an encyclopedia.
 

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Posted by The Bede's American Successor (# 5042) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
Bourbon, because I drink a lot of it.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Cusanus:
IAafeo...
America because I've seen Bowling for Columbine

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quote:

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Originally posted by Magnum Mysterium:

quote:

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Originally posted by jlg:
IAAFEO GOD because my understanding of Him/Her/It is superior to yours.

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IAAFEO God because I'm an Anglican.

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God is a gentleman,
through and through,
and in a probability,
Anglican, too.
 

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Posted by The Bede's American Successor (# 5042) on :
 
IAafeo.......

Nothing. That is why I have an opinion on everything.
 

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Posted by Magnum Mysterium (# 3418) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by The Bede's American Successor:
God is a gentleman,
through and through,
and in a probability,
Anglican, too.

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Posted by George Spigot (# 253) on :
 
...why guns aren't as dangerous as people say they are because I was in "The Omega man".
 

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Posted by fubar (# 5069) on :
 
IAafeo...
Medieval Europe because I've seen Army of Darkness.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
IAAFEO cleavage.

Don't ask why.
 

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Posted by AdamPater (# 4431) on :
 
IAAFEO grammer and spelling because I got 4 dictionaries and lexica sitting on my shelf. Way over there.
 

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Posted by elsi (# 2098) on :
 
IAafeo the latest computer virus, because I've read this utterly genuine Microsoft email, with security patch attached that someone I don't know just passed on to me...
 

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Posted by PointlessAlbatross (# 4998) on :
 
Being flame proof in Hell
... because I've read the Hell 10 Commandments once and posted here once without getting flamed for it
 

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Posted by TimSaunders (# 2643) on :
 
IAAFEO .... everything because I surf Internet forums.
 

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Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :
 
Just saw this one ...

quote:

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Thus pontificated PointlessAlbatross:
Being flame proof in Hell
... because I've read the Hell 10 Commandments once and posted here once without getting flamed for it

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Who gave the recently minted shipmate the advanced manual?
 

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Posted by Gmixolydian (# 2653) on :
 
London, because I went to a landfill once.
 

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