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Sine Nomine*
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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".
Erm, pedantry versus friendship & fear. Which will win?
Nah, Ruth will do the dirty work for me.
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Grits
Compassionate fundamentalist
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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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mousethief
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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.
Iaafeo "Victorian" because I can do a web search on the meaning of the term! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Grits
Compassionate fundamentalist
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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.
You're right about "S&S", but "Earnest" was written in 1895 which would make it a Victorian period publication.
So, now IAAFEO both pre-Victorian AND Victorian England, because I've seen BOTH movies! Thank you, boys, for expanding my expertise to even greater reaches!
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Benedictus
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IAafeo on Middle Eastern politics because I have lunch at a Lebanese place once in a while.
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starbelly
but you can call me Neil
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IAafeo The Evils of the Alpha Course, because I went to one once and I was not the centre of attention.
Neil
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IntellectByProxy
Larger than you think
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IAaFEo theology, because I read loads of threads on Ship Of Fools and glean the intricacies and subtle kerygma of the word of God. No further study is necessary.
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dyfrig
Blue Scarfed Menace
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the emptiness and lack of validity of non-Catholic churches because I attended a service once and I didn't like it.
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kentishmaid
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Me
No explanation necessary
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Huia
Shipmate
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(with apologies to GRITS)
Regency England because I saw "Sense and Sensibility" and "Emma"
"Lord of the Rings" cause I'm shaped like a hobbit.
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Jen.
Godless Liberal
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IAAFEO computers.
I have one don't i?
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Grits
Compassionate fundamentalist
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(with apologies to GRITS)
Regency England because I saw "Sense and Sensibility" and "Emma"
IAAFEO... etiquette, because I know how to accept criticism graciously.
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QLib
Bad Example
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IAAFEO Special Education, because I've done the two-day OFSTED conversion course.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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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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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Rosa Gallica officinalis
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IAaFEo side-effects of all medicines cos I threw up after taking a painkiller for a hangover once...
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Curious
Shipmate
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....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
![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
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rachel
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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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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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...WWJD because I wear a bracelet. ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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duchess
Ship's Blue Blooded Lady
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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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Chapelhead*
Ship’s Photographer
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...management, because someone made me a manager.
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Freddy
Shipmate
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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.
This is the best one so far. ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
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Huia
Shipmate
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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 ![[Embarrassed]](icon_redface.gif) )
Huia
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duchess
Ship's Blue Blooded Lady
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I am an expert on cars cuz I drive one.
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KenWritez
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IAAFEO women because I married one. Five weeks ago.
Go on, ask me something, then! ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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My blog: http://oxygenofgrace.blogspot.com
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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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IAAFEO GOD because my understanding of Him/Her/It is superior to yours. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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magnum mysterium
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by jlg:
IAAFEO GOD because my understanding of Him/Her/It is superior to yours.
IAAFEO God because I'm an Anglican.
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Grits
Compassionate fundamentalist
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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 )
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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Niënna
Ship's Lotus Blossom
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IAAFEO...tolerance because I tolerate everyone. Except for those who disagree with me. ( ![[Wink]](wink.gif) )
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Nino: Now... tell me. Who started the war?
Chiki: [long pause] We did.
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ChastMastr
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Spike:
IAafeo
International politics because I read The Sun and the Daily Star.
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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Katie H. L.
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IAaFEO on everything
...'cause I'm a librarian
Katie
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Flounder
Shipmate
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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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Kyralessa
Shipmate
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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! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) )
...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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ChrisT
One of the Good Guys™
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Originally posted by Kenwritez:
IAAFEO women because I married one. Five weeks ago.
Go on, ask me something, then!
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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Janine
The Endless Simmer
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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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Take Me Home * My Heart * An hour with Rich Mullins *
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Pax Romana
Shipmate
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... 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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KenWritez
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quote:
Originally posted by ChrisT:
quote:
Originally posted by Kenwritez:
IAAFEO women because I married one. Five weeks ago.
Go on, ask me something, then!
You set a challenge; why do women never remember the good stuff, but always remember the bad?
Because they can.
Actually, you'll find they do remember the good stuff, but good times aren't much use in an argument, hence the female focus on the bad (i.e., your mistakes and your family), which are always, always useful sticks with which to beat their men.
Men, of course, are constantly deserving of such beatings, since we're essentially less civilized than women, and so we're a constant source of frustration and embarassment to them.
The smart man is aware of this frustration.
The smarter man will capitalize on it.
[ 18. August 2003, 16:35: Message edited by: Kenwritez ]
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Mad Geo
Ship's navel gazer
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Mr. Writez,
You are rapidly approaching an ethical violation of the Secret Order of Maledom (SOOM). Please be cautious in your future postings lest we be forced to request you turn in your pair.
Sincerely,
Mad Geo
SOOM Master at Arms.
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RuthW
liberal "peace first" hankie squeezer
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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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Chapelhead*
Ship’s Photographer
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IAAFEO...
how the Ship should be run, because I've registered on here.
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Mad Geo
Ship's navel gazer
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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!
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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Presleyterian
Shipmate
# 1915
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Oh, please.
Everybody knows that the gelding pen is the intermediate stop between the bachelor party and the altar.
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Mad Geo
Ship's navel gazer
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Geld THIS.
<If I had a dollar for everytime I predicted Presleyterian would post to a thread.>
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Presleyterian
Shipmate
# 1915
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Mad Geo wrote: Geld THIS.
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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Mad Geo
Ship's navel gazer
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<Stallion stomps his hooves and snorts derisively!>
Hah!
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Pyx_e
Quixotic Tilter
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IAAFEO...... men, because I am nut collector
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