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Thread: The Peanut Gallery
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Papio
Ship's baboon
# 4201
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I have stopped bidding for the very simple reason that I oughtn't to place bids if I haven't got the money to pay that amount should I win.
Was genuinely fun to bid a few times, but I never expected to win anything and I'm not that bothered. But people who can not contribute for financial reasons, can not contribute for financial reasons. Our loss.
The point is to raise money for the ship, not to give each shipmate an equal chance of winning. Some may have a very good chance of winning a number, others have none. Oh well.
BTW Gort - I like your profile picture. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
And if you win a number, do what thou wilt with it. Have fun bidding, but don't stay up all night feeling guilty about pricing others out of the market. That's life.
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My "Readit, Swapit" page
My "LibraryThing" page
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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Originally posted by Ariel:
A good thing Simon didn't put this one up for auction, he'd have had a hell of a job trying to make this number an attractive prospect.
Ariel, at 9561 posts there's not much chance of that - you're number is almost as safe as mine! ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
(Not quite a 13 but I could start a rival 14 club.....)
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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quote:
Originally posted by Papio.:
BTW Gort - I like your profile picture.
And if you win a number, do what thou wilt with it. Have fun bidding, but don't stay up all night feeling guilty about pricing others out of the market. That's life.
Hell yeah! What he said!
When I first saw the auction come up I thought it was hilarious, like the In-Joke That Ate Tokyo.I never intended to join in, but I though it was a brilliant joke and a clever idea for a fundraiser.
But like Papio said, I sure as heck ain't gonna lose sleep over the thought of numerical Have-or-Have-Nots. It's just a game--hopefully a game that will prove lucrative for the Ship, but still a game. Have fun with it.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Alfred E. Neuman
What? Me worry?
# 6855
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Yeah, you're right. Nevermind. I was just having pangs of guilt for competing against me shippies with a wallet.
[frayed as it is]
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
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On the other hand, if Shippie Mort (number never used) could be convinced to give up #222, I might think about playing...
Anybody remember that TV show. Room 222?
(Begins whistling maddeningly catchy theme song...)
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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jedijudy*
Jedi defender of ship's cats
# 1059
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222 would be such a cool number! (I'm trying to remember the address on the invitation in the movie "Murder By Death"...22 Twain???)
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
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Every time I see that number anywhere some weird interior tape deck switches on and plays that goofy, jazz-flute theme song. May as well put my pathology to use.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Alfred E. Neuman
What? Me worry?
# 6855
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So what gives? No one bids on Sundays?
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Sine Nomine*
Ship's backstabbing bastard
# 3631
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I've actually been thinking it would be cooler to have a "famous date" rather than a low number.
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Grits
Compassionate fundamentalist
# 4169
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Your birthdate's not available.
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Chapelhead*
Ship’s Photographer
# 1143
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quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
I've actually been thinking it would be cooler to have a "famous date" rather than a low number.
Is 1966 big in the USA? The Met opened in New York, could you do something with that?
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Benedikt Gott Geschickt!
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Ann
Curious
# 94
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So, who might the famous date be?
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Ann
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Pyx_e
Quixotic Tilter
# 57
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quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
I've actually been thinking it would be cooler to have a "famous date" rather than a low number.
Dude, you have had dozens of famous dates.
P
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Sine Nomine*
Ship's backstabbing bastard
# 3631
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quote:
Originally posted by Ann:
So, who might the famous date be?
Tennessee Williams, I guess. But it was a long time ago, and I wouldn't exactly call it a date. More like being groped by a drunken famous author in an elevator.
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Campbellite
Ut unum sint
# 1202
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quote:
Originally posted by Chapelhead:
Is 1966 big in the USA? The Met opened in New York, could you do something with that?
Should it be? I am at a loss to why 1966 is of any major significance. Was that the date of the first Super Bowl or sumfin'?
[spellin']
[ 22. August 2005, 02:21: Message edited by: Campbellite ]
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I upped mine. Up yours.
Suffering for Jesus since 1966.
WTFWED?
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JimT
Ship'th Mythtic
# 142
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I remember 1966 for the Beach Boys song "Good Vibrations."
Some suggestions for future number auctions:
Guns/Rifles:
12, 16, 20 (guage shotguns)
32 (.32 caliber pistol)
38 (.38 caliber Police special)
357 (.357 Magnum)
44 (Colt 44: Here lies Les Moore, four shots from a 44. No Les. No more.)
45 (Colt 45: Won the West)
3006 (Thirty Aught Six, 30.06 caliber high powered rifle)
V-8 Car Engines
289 (Ford Mustang, Cobra)
302 ("The Boss")
318 (Chrysler workhorse)
327 (Chevy small block)
383 (Road Runner plant)
396 (Chevelle Super Sport)
409 (Olds Aluminum--She's Real Fine My 4-0-9)
426 (Chrysler Hemi Head)
427 (GM and Ford big block)
Airplanes
29 (B-29)
51 (P51 Mustang)
52 (B-52)
105 (F-105 Voodoo)
Any number series popular with the ladies?
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Laura
General nuisance
# 10
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quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
quote:
Originally posted by Ann:
So, who might the famous date be?
Tennessee Williams, I guess. But it was a long time ago, and I wouldn't exactly call it a date. More like being groped by a drunken famous author in an elevator.
My name is Laura, and I am a "square".
But about 16 years ago, a friend and I had cocktails and dinner for three hours with Timothy Leary who was in town for a lecture, and old Timothy asked me to go back to his suite. I didn't go, because I was seeing someone and cheating didn't seem right. Also, I was a nascent square then, too, though I didn't realize it.
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Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence. - Erich Fromm
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Auctioneer
Going... going... gone!
# 12
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quote:
Originally posted by Campbellite:
quote:
Originally posted by Chapelhead:
Is 1966 big in the USA? The Met opened in New York, could you do something with that?
Should it be? I am at a loss to why 1966 is of any major significance. Was that the date of the first Super Bowl or sumfin'?
[spellin']
In 1966 England won the World Cup. An Australian ended up with this number--surely some fine English football fan wants to bring this number home!
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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
# 98
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quote:
Originally posted by Auctioneer:
...surely some fine English football fan...
Shouldn't that be "rabid" English football fan?
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Auctioneer
Going... going... gone!
# 12
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I'm trying not to insult the paying customers. At least, not too much.
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
# 953
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quote:
Originally posted by Chapelhead:
Yeah, and 953 is the ISBN identifier for books published in Croatia. Are sure you don't want a new number?
One of us needs a hobby. Croatia, huh? Could be worse, I suppose.
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Not Too Bad
Shipmate
# 8770
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I still can't get my head around the members bidding for higher numbers than they already hold. *scratches head* ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Suppose we have only dreamed and made up these things like sun, sky, stars, and moon, and Aslan himself. In that case, it seems to me that the made-up things are a good deal better than the real ones
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Sine Nomine*
Ship's backstabbing bastard
# 3631
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quote:
Originally posted by Laura:
I didn't go, because I was seeing someone and cheating didn't seem right. Also, I was a nascent square then, too, though I didn't realize it.
The first step is admitting your squareness. Now you have to turn your will and your life over to the Ship.
No wait. You've already done that.
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John Donne
Renaissance Man
# 220
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1966 is the (official) year of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Comrade.
(Of course its dynamics had been simmering along since the early 60s)
Also the Chinese astrological year of the horse. Fire horse, in fact.
[ETA: Also the year of decimalisation in Oz. In with the dollars and cents. Out with the pounds shillings and pence.]
[ 22. August 2005, 10:47: Message edited by: The Coot ]
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Chapelhead*
Ship’s Photographer
# 1143
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quote:
Originally posted by Mousethief:
One of us needs a hobby. Croatia, huh? Could be worse, I suppose.
Worse than collecting ISBNs? Like, posting in Ecclesiantics? ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Benedikt Gott Geschickt!
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starbelly
but you can call me Neil
# 25
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Over £1500 so far, wow, this hosts meal is going to be quite something...
Neil
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starbelly
but you can call me Neil
# 25
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...Dollars I mean...
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Jonah the Whale
Ship's pet cetacean
# 1244
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quote:
Originally posted by Not Too Bad:
I still can't get my head around the members bidding for higher numbers than they already hold. *scratches head*
Ah, well, you see it's not just the lowness of the number which is important, it's the all round niceness. I mean, what kind of panache has 1244 got?
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starbelly
but you can call me Neil
# 25
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
quote:
Originally posted by Not Too Bad:
I still can't get my head around the members bidding for higher numbers than they already hold. *scratches head*
Ah, well, you see it's not just the lowness of the number which is important, it's the all round niceness. I mean, what kind of panache has 1244 got?
It's a great number, I use it as my PIN 1n fact...
Oh shit.
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
# 862
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Nice one Neil
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
# 862
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(sorry for double post)
Keep your eyes on 95...
Looks like 'Floosie' might have to sell her stamp collection at this rate ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
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Campbellite
Ut unum sint
# 1202
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quote:
Originally posted by The Coot:
1966 is the (official) year of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Comrade.
I knew that date sounded familiar for some reason.
England won a football game? ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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I upped mine. Up yours.
Suffering for Jesus since 1966.
WTFWED?
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QLib
Bad Example
# 43
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Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Campbellite:
England won a football game?
Oi! Wotch it, soupie!
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Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.
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IngoB
Sentire cum Ecclesia
# 8700
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quote:
Originally posted by Campbellite:
I knew that date sounded familiar for some reason. England won a football game?
Of course not. The English are good at inventing games like football and cricket, but they can't play them. They are sport theoreticians...
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They’ll have me whipp’d for speaking true; thou’lt have me whipp’d for lying; and sometimes I am whipp’d for holding my peace. - The Fool in King Lear
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El Greco
Shipmate
# 9313
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1984 is a nice number! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
I wish IngoB good luck with 95
[ 22. August 2005, 23:46: Message edited by: andreas1984 ]
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Ξέρω εγώ κάτι που μπορούσε, Καίσαρ, να σας σώσει.
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Auctioneer
Going... going... gone!
# 12
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1984 is indeed a nice number, and it's got your name on it. Could you be enticed into bidding for it? All monies received in the auction go to support the Ship.
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IngoB
Sentire cum Ecclesia
# 8700
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quote:
Originally posted by andreas1984:
I wish IngoB good luck with 95
Naw, looks like I've lost the Reformation, but at least I'm still winning the World Cup for Germany!
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They’ll have me whipp’d for speaking true; thou’lt have me whipp’d for lying; and sometimes I am whipp’d for holding my peace. - The Fool in King Lear
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Jonah the Whale
Ship's pet cetacean
# 1244
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quote:
Originally posted by IngoB:
quote:
Originally posted by andreas1984:
I wish IngoB good luck with 95
Naw, looks like I've lost the Reformation, but at least I'm still winning the World Cup for Germany!
No you're not.
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IngoB
Sentire cum Ecclesia
# 8700
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
No you're not.
Oh well, I'm still winning the lowest prime number on offer. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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They’ll have me whipp’d for speaking true; thou’lt have me whipp’d for lying; and sometimes I am whipp’d for holding my peace. - The Fool in King Lear
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El Greco
Shipmate
# 9313
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IngoB, perhaps a Jeremaiah or a Dositheus could bid for the 95 number. Then we could use an Orthodox priest as an avatar, or one of the anathemas against the Reformers as a title. But then again, you could, um, sell some indulgence, so that you could raise money for that noble cause. With the consent of your bishop of course. Rumor has it that the Bank of Vatican is going to issue a check for you so that you can outbid them all.
Too bad the auction is from a western point of view We could use some dates important to the Orthodox
Yea, Auctioneer, getting money for the Ship is noble, and the 1984 is a nice number , but I can't help you since I have no income of my own yet
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Ξέρω εγώ κάτι που μπορούσε, Καίσαρ, να σας σώσει.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
# 4360
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How the Hell am I still winning 1000??? ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Little Miss Methodist*
Ship's Diplomat
# 4367
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You're not.
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Past the point of no return,
The final threshold.
The bridge is crossed, so stand and watch it burn.
We've passed the point of no return.
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strathclydezero
# 180
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Jonah is taking 1966 home to, errr, the Netherlands?
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All religions will pass, but this will remain:
simply sitting in a chair and looking in the distance.
V V Rozanov
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Jonah the Whale
Ship's pet cetacean
# 1244
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The best team never to have won the World Cup! Robbed by the Germans in 74 and by the Argies in 78. But this is not about them, this is about defending England's honour against the smears of those who think that England only deserved to win 3-2 back in 66.
JtW.
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wesleyswig
Shipmate
# 5436
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Deary me, there was me hoping for a good ol Methodist date or two to, ach well you loss is my financial errr....evens..!
regards Ever
John
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Read my ramblings
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
# 862
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To bid again, or not... that is the question!
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
# 4360
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I think I've had enough now. I'll just spectate ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Gauk
Shipmate
# 1125
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quote:
Originally posted by IngoB:
The English are good at inventing games like football and cricket, but they can't play them.
As opposed to the Americans, who invent new sports that no-one else plays, so they can be sure that an American team wins the World Championship.
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Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence ... it is conceivable that someone might possibly have escaped from their singing; but from their silence certainly never.
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Auctioneer
Going... going... gone!
# 12
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Posted
quote:
Originally posted by dolphy:
To bid again, or not... that is the question!
Easily answered: Bid! Bid!
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