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Source: (consider it) Thread: TICTH (Special Edition)
Karl: Liberal Backslider
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quote:
Originally posted by comet:
quote:
Originally posted by Evensong:
Sorry Sioni. Wasn't my intention to ask for legal advice. Just a chat.

But maybe that's a girl thing? [Biased]

Evensong, this makes me want to rip your fucking uterus out and feed it to the cats.
Most of us got to this point a long time ago. Don't let anyone stop you.

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North East Quine

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quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
Housework. I hate hate hate HATE HATE H*A*T*E it. I feel like taking to living in squalor. More squalor.

It's the relentless day in / day outness of it. And that fact that it's "invisible" when I do it, but "visible" when I don't. And the way that when I snap over something like a banana skin left in the fruit bowl a-bloody-gain, or the toilet roll middle left on the bathroom windowsill, or the minging gym kit just abandoned, then certain members of the North East household think I am being unreasonable. "It's just a banana skin" they say, "it's not much effort for you to dispose of my banana skin."

I join you, Firenze, in condemning housework to hell.

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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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TICTH anyone who'd use a phrase like "there are a number of synergies" in earnest.

I do not believe that there is any hope or salvation for such people.

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tessaB
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quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
Housework. I hate hate hate HATE HATE H*A*T*E it. I feel like taking to living in squalor. More squalor.

Come to the dark side young Firenze. Squalor will set you free.

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Firenze

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quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
Come to the dark side young Firenze.

It's a species of Age Rage. Dust we are, and to dust we shall return - and I see the bugger is overtaking me already.
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The blithering simpleton(s) on our condo board who thought it would be a Really Good Idea to install industrial air fresheners all over our building. Apparently the whole idea that pumping quantities of volatile compounds into the air might harm residents' health has never occurred to them. And quite aside from my burning eyes and wheezing lungs, I'm profoundly offended that my home now smells like the world's biggest service station restroom.

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Evensong
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quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
quote:
Originally posted by comet:
quote:
Originally posted by Evensong:
Sorry Sioni. Wasn't my intention to ask for legal advice. Just a chat.

But maybe that's a girl thing? [Biased]

Evensong, this makes me want to rip your fucking uterus out and feed it to the cats.
Most of us got to this point a long time ago. Don't let anyone stop you.
You too?

Shit.

Dunno how I managed that.

I always tried to be nice to you since I rather like you.

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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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[Big Grin]

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Ariel
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A warm thank-you to the credit card company who unexpectedly sent me an "annual credit card statement". I nearly had a heart attack when I opened it, thinking it was a bill and that someone had been running up a three-figure sum on my account without my knowledge. What's the point of sending this? I don't want it and didn't ask for it.

And what's more you got my address wrong. Why did you change it? I've lived here for years. You had no reason to change it and I'd never have found out if someone hadn't kindly redirected it for me.

I really don't understand why companies do this - my insurance company suddenly decided last year that I now live 11 doors away. Why? There's no need to amend address records unecessarily.

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Evensong
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TICTH people (the most well meaning sort) that say they hope you get another warm fuzzy friend soon when your friendpet of sixteen years dies.

FFS. It's like saying "Hope you find another Dad to replace the one that died today soon".

Doesn't happen people.

Pets are unique, just like people. They cannot be replaced.

They are mourned because of who they were and the friendship and love they brought.

[ 14. March 2013, 12:51: Message edited by: Evensong ]

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Amen, sister. it wasn't 12 hours after my boy passed away that I had people asking me when I was getting a puppy. what the hell?!?

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no prophet's flag is set so...

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The best response to that one was one my children, who said "no, we're having chicken for supper". Made the point.

TICTH snow. We have now about 8 feet in the yard. Last weekend I shovelled the roof again, and didn't need a ladder. It is snowing again, and 15 cm are forecast (6"). My next post will probably be about an ice age.

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Everyday I'm shovelin'...

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Lamb Chopped
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TICTH my dear dear boss, who (naturally!) managed to thank each team member by name in detail at the celebration and then most inexplicably forgot who I was when his eyes landed on me. Which didn't prevent him from taking credit for my accomplishments ten minutes later, of course.

And a certain in-duh-vidual in a different department who took out her temper on me because she was mad at said dear dear boss AND at the marketing people. I have nothing to do with the decisions of either, sweetie. All I do is shield you from him. And you--you don't know which end to kiss and which end to slap.

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Amanda B. Reckondwythe

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quote:
Originally posted by Lamb Chopped:
you don't know which end to kiss and which end to slap.

[Overused]

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Kelly Alves

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Fuck it, (((Comet & Evensong))), and boy howdy.

[edited to accomodate the fucking pickypants among us.]

[ 15. March 2013, 02:53: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]

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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Fuck it, (((Comet & Evensong)), and boy howdy.

HOW DARE YOU... leave an unclosed bracket? It pokes me right in the OCD.
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orfeo

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Folks, TICTH threads are supposed to be non-chatty. This thread has been getting distinctly chatty lately.

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Porridge
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Senator Rob Portman can go fuck himself.

What is it with these people? Marriage equality is Just Terrible, Evil, and Against God . . . until it turns out his son is gay.

So NOW it's all okey-dokey.

You fucking twat. It's fine to discriminate against those strange Others, right? Only now it's your own son's ox being gored, so Change Of Heart.

As if you fucking had one. Or a brain. Or the imagination of a fucking guppie.

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My mother's surgeon. She fell Monday morning and shattered her artificial knee. She was supposed to have surgery on Tuesday, but they hadn't ordered the new knee. Then she was supposed to have surgery on Thursday, but not all the parts arrived. Then, she was supposed to have surgery this afternoon.

At 1:30 we get told the surgeon is out of town teaching and will be finished at 4:30 then return to do the operation.

It is now 6:50 p.m. local time and no one knows where the hell the surgeon is or when he will start.

Shit

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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by Tortuf:


It is now 6:50 p.m. local time and no one knows where the hell the surgeon is or when he will start.

Shit

If it's 6:50 pm the surgeon will be at the country club. Don't people know that?

( [Votive] for your mom, but yeah, Shit says it all).

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RuthW

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quote:
Originally posted by Porridge:
Senator Rob Portman can go fuck himself.

What is it with these people? Marriage equality is Just Terrible, Evil, and Against God . . . until it turns out his son is gay.

So NOW it's all okey-dokey.

You fucking twat. It's fine to discriminate against those strange Others, right? Only now it's your own son's ox being gored, so Change Of Heart.

As if you fucking had one. Or a brain. Or the imagination of a fucking guppie.

You beat me to it. What kills me is the implication that he can only be moved to do some soul-searching and then do the right thing because of his personal experience. What does this say about his ability to do the right thing about problems that don't have a personal impact on him and his family?
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Porridge
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It's fucking arrogance, that's what it is.

What Those Other People do is nasty, bad, and wrong. What my son does is by definition Just Fine. After all, he's MY son, and I'm Just Fine. After all, I set the standards for the entire fucking world.

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Antisocial Alto
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Well... many people of Portman's generation have followed a similar path- disapproving of teh gayz until they actually knew and loved one. I'm not saying it's good, but he grew up in a conservative place and time (Cincinnati is full of haters and bigots to this day) and at least he did the right thing by speaking up about his change of heart while he was still in office. It's more than Dick Cheney did for his daughter.

According to ABC News (here) he's only the third Republican in federal office to openly support marriage. I think context is important; it's a LOT harder, politically, for a Tea Party-supported Republican senator from Ohio (which passed its anti-marriage amendment by 62%) to support marriage than, say, a Democratic senator from Massachusetts.

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Amanda B. Reckondwythe

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quote:
Originally posted by Antisocial Alto:
many people of Portman's generation have followed a similar path- disapproving of the gayz until they actually knew and loved one.

He apparently sat on the knowledge for two years before conveniently rearranging his conscience.

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Antisocial Alto
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Oh dear. I guess then he didn't do much better than Dick Cheney- Cheney claims the reason he didn't speak out in 2000 was so as not to hurt Bush's election chances. Convenient that Portman waited until the next presidential campaign is about as far away as possible.
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QLib

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quote:
Originally posted by RuthW:
quote:
Originally posted by Porridge:
It's fine to discriminate against those strange Others, right? Only now it's your own son's ox being gored, so Change Of Heart.

As if you fucking had one. Or a brain. Or the imagination of a fucking guppie.

You beat me to it. What kills me is the implication that he can only be moved to do some soul-searching and then do the right thing because of his personal experience. What does this say about his ability to do the right thing about problems that don't have a personal impact on him and his family?
Well, sure, we'd all like to think that our politicians had the brains, heart and imagination to think - before they pontificate in the abstract - about how they'd feel if someone in their family was doing the same thing - but it's often unthinkable for them, isn't it? Trouble is, brains, heart and imagination are not prerequisites for a career in politics - they ought to be, but often the decent people are hounded out.
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Originally posted by Antisocial Alto:
many people of Portman's generation have followed a similar path- disapproving of the gayz until they actually knew and loved one.

He apparently sat on the knowledge for two years before conveniently rearranging his conscience.
Maybe your cynicism is justified - perhaps you know more about him than I do - but I would have said that two years is not an unusual amount of time for a deeply conservative person to adjust to the idea of a gay marriage in the family. Yeah, he should have admitted it before, but, for my money, the real test of his character and integrity will come with what happens next, not what went before.

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leo
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quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
quote:
Originally posted by Antisocial Alto:
many people of Portman's generation have followed a similar path- disapproving of the gayz until they actually knew and loved one.

He apparently sat on the knowledge for two years before conveniently rearranging his conscience.
Sounds like he was too right wing to have any inclination to listen to his son.

That's 'family values' for you.

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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by QLib:
<in response to RuthW and Antisocial Alto>

Maybe your cynicism is justified - perhaps you know more about him than I do - but I would have said that two years is not an unusual amount of time for a deeply conservative person to adjust to the idea of a gay marriage in the family. Yeah, he should have admitted it before, but, for my money, the real test of his character and integrity will come with what happens next, not what went before.

Call me old fashioned or something, but I expect people to stick to what can be described as principles come what may. Isn't changing them because of family circumstance just the kind kind of moral relativism we hear the religious right attack so much as the basis of all that is wrong nowadays?

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Porridge
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Oops -- we are discussing, and we have been officially warned not to. Maybe we should move this topic to the Another Damn Fool Republican thread.

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Kelly Alves

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quote:
Originally posted by Porridge:
Oops -- we are discussing, and we have been officially warned not to. Maybe we should move this topic to the Another Damn Fool Republican thread.

[Smile]

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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by Porridge:
Oops -- we are discussing, and we have been officially warned not to. Maybe we should move this topic to the Another Damn Fool Republican thread.

Hostly Notice

Yes, me included (but I'm mad about it too) [Hot and Hormonal]

This Portman character is not to be mentioned on this thread again. Porridge's suggestion should be followed instead.

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churchgeek

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TICTH... what I've decided to call San-Fransplainers. Like "mansplainers," kinda. (I've ranted about this on facebook already today, so some of you may have seen it.)

All I have to do is wear a Detroit-related t-shirt in San Francisco, or mention I'm from Detroit to a San Franciscan, and suddenly they're telling me all about what went wrong with my own hometown. Even though they've never been there, don't know anyone from there, and have never read anything authoritative on the subject (and, as I pointed out on facebook - the New York Times, the SF Chronicle, and other national/international news agencies aren't authorities on Detroit). Generally, they have a really simplistic explanation, often one which contrasts the (alleged) stupidity of Detroit with the (alleged) genius of San Francisco. E.g., Detroit never thought to have more than one industry (an assertion that isn't true). I assume this means San Francisco has more than one industry. (Are computer programming and internet apps two different industries? Are we counting Palo Alto and Napa Valley as San Francisco? We're probably counting tourism here, thanks to the nice weather in this part of the world.)

See, I'm oversimplifying there. But I know enough to know that. San-Fransplainers are simply talking out of their asses and managing to make that sound condescending. (Maybe that's another industry?)

So...lady at the bus stop this morning... "What happened to Detroit" wasn't just crime. Crime doesn't suddenly pop up out of nowhere. "Crime" isn't a simple cause of anything; in fact, it's a symptom of other, much more complex problems. You gave away your own prejudices when you shivered when I said I lived in Oakland, and when you complained that you can't take a direct bus anymore to San Anselmo (something you apparently find so unreasonable, that there isn't public transit magically available to take you out of the city on those rare occasions you wish to venture out). Just. shut. up. Oh, and try not to leave San Francisco ever again. Not only will the rest of the world disappoint you, but the rest of the world will find you as annoying as I do. So kindly leave us to our own business, thank you very much.

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orfeo

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quote:
Originally posted by Porridge:
Oops -- we are discussing, and we have been officially warned not to. Maybe we should move this topic to the Another Damn Fool Republican thread.

You get points for at least realising.

If a topic is worth this much discussion, then it was worth its own thread somewhere.

*consults manual for ways of shifting the whole thing*

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Spike

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TICTH the enforced jollity in every single pub over the national holiday of another country.

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Sioni Sais
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TICTH every Englishman, American and Australian* who is pretending to be Irish today. You unpatriotic bastards.

*other nationalities are available (and culpable).

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What if we're Irish-American? Are we allowed a dram or a pint then? [Biased]

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As long as you do not enjoy it. Now move off Spike's lawn! And mind Sioni's as you go.

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Sine Nomine

Ship's backstabbing bastard
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Americans will celebrate any country or culture's holiday that involves alcohol. Oktoberfest. St. Patrick's Day. Cinco de Mayo. We don't care. Just pass the booze.

[ 18. March 2013, 01:36: Message edited by: Sine Nomine ]

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Evensong
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Australians don't bother to wait for the holidays.

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Leorning Cniht
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I'll happily expend a few quiet smirks in the direction of the local "Irish" who abbreviate Patrick as Patty. [Roll Eyes]

[ 18. March 2013, 03:04: Message edited by: Leorning Cniht ]

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orfeo

Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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Ahem.

We interrupt this idle banter for some Hellhost commentary.

Yet again, I am going to point out that if you feel like being all chatty about some topic, then create a separate Hell thread for it.

This particular edition of TICTH has been doing remarkably well, and has survived a long time. But just lately you've all gone and turned it into a coffee lounge or water cooler or something.

I'm not saying that the rule is no response, ever. But dammit, if you're going to be the 3rd or 4th person in a row commenting on the same topic, that's a discussion. And if we're going to discuss a particular topic around here, then there's a lovely button for creating new threads. Go ahead and press it.

TICTH is intended to be for short, sharp bursts of being pissed off at the world that don't warrant threads of their own, often because they're not of general interest and/or they're individual experiences.

Okay?

Now shape up, or I'll just go and close this thread on the grounds that you're all getting too comfortable with it.

orfeo
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Uncle Pete

Loyaute me lie
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Just do it already, willya?

Happily there seems to be a lack of green food colouring in these climes

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Evensong
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quote:
Originally posted by orfeo:


This particular edition of TICTH has been doing remarkably well, and has survived a long time. But just lately you've all gone and turned it into a coffee lounge or water cooler or something.

It's only cos hell has temporarily frozen over.

And starting hell threads is dangerous.

Please Sir, can we have some more?

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lilBuddha
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TICTH people who cannot resist pushing buttons regardless of the detriment to themselves or others.

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Nicolemr
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TICTH Employment scams and scammers. Bastards.

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Lamb Chopped
Ship's kebab
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TICTH ambulance chasing bastards who appeal to the stupid and greedy in order to wring money out of frivolous lawsuits. And also ICTH the stupid and greedy poor who fall for it and then I have to give them the bloody bad news. Eedjits.

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Niteowl

Hopeless Insomniac
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TICTH the pharmacy that screwed up my prescriptions 3 times during the week after my release from hospital and my mother's once during this same time. Words fail me when your stupidity could very well cost someone there life and you don't give a shit.

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Jenn.
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TICTH lingerie shops which assume that because my breasts are on the smaller side, what I really want is to strap cushions or balloons to my chest. I don't. I am fine as I am. I just want a bra which is mildly attractive (i.e.not designed as a first bra or for a granny). That really shouldn't be hard. ARGH
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deano
princess
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At the risk of stirring up a Hell Host or two for discussing something but I cannot resist….

As my old dad used to say Jenn, “any more than a handful is a waste!”

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