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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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And what if he was merely the commoner of the dance?
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Baptist Trainfan
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Or, indeed, if he had two left feet (like me) and couldn't dance at all?
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Pigwidgeon
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What if she could have danced only half the night?
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Brenda Clough
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What if, instead of telling her on a Sunday, he sent her a text?
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Stetson
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What if they turned the stone and looked beneath it and KILL 'EM ALL AND LET GOD SORT 'EM OUT was all it said?
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Lyda*Rose
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-------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Schroedinger's cat
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What if dancing round a pole meant that she was a whore?
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mousethief
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What if she said yes and went to Boston?
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The5thMary
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What if it's more than a feeling when I see my Mary Ann walking away? What if it turns into a homicidal rage?
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Stetson
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What if I have the same reaction as most normal people to drinking dirty war?
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
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What if Jackson Browne stopped and got gas?
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jacobsen
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What if he left on the bus instead of a jet plane?
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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Baptist Trainfan
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And, for the Scots: what if ye can shove yer grannie aff a bus, even though she's yer mammie's mammie?
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jacobsen
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What if your love is like a prickly thistle instead of a red, red rose?
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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Dafyd
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What if ye could fling a piece oot a twenty story flat?
-------------------- we remain, thanks to original sin, much in love with talking about, rather than with, one another. Rowan Williams
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jacobsen
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What if you weren't going to see your love tonight, but stayed in to wash your hair?
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Speaking of which . . . what if I'm **not** going to wash that man right out of my hair and send him on his way?
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Nenya
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What if the ten thousand men refused to follow the grand old Duke of York back down the hill?
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Stetson
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What if I think it's of no theological significance whether those feet walked upon England's pastures greens?
-------------------- I have the power...Lucifer is lord!
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Baptist Trainfan
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What if there were no men left in Harlech?
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jacobsen
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What if the animals went in one at a time?
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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jacobsen
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What if Leonard Cohen had said "Bloody hell" instead of "Hallelujah?"
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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jrw
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What if Robyn Hitchcock had been called Reg?
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Pigwidgeon
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What if Tiny Tim had tiptoed through the daffodils?
-------------------- "...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe." ~Tortuf
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Lyda*Rose
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What if you're so humble, you probably won't admit this song is about you?
-------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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jacobsen
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What if Michelle had not been belle?
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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Stetson
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quote: Originally posted by Lyda*Rose: What if you're so humble, you probably won't admit this song is about you?
That one is a gold mine!
What if you walked into the party like you were walking into the unemployment office?
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Indeed.
What if your scarf, it was liturgically correct purple?
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Lyda*Rose
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What if you had one eye on the mirror as you watched yourself stumble into the waiter carrying champagne flutes? [ 01. May 2015, 15:39: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
-------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Stetson
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What if all the girls desperately hoped you'd pick someone else as your partner?
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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What if several years ago I was quite naive, but not so naive as to let you have me?
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Stetson
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What if you gave away the things you loved, and one of them was an old nudie magazine?
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The5thMary
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What if I had one hand in my pocket and the other one was playing the zither?
-------------------- God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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St. Gwladys
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What if you did impress me much?
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Schroedinger's cat
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quote: Originally posted by The5thMary: What if I had one hand in my pocket and the other one was playing the zither?
So both hands "playing the zither" then?
What if it wasn't ironic at all?
-------------------- Blog Music for your enjoyment Lord may all my hard times be healing times take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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quote: Originally posted by Stetson: What if you gave away the things you loved, and one of them was an old nudie magazine?
( ahem)
What if you are never where you should be any of the time?
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rolyn
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What if "If" was when
Telly Savalis anyone?
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Stetson
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quote: Originally posted by Kelly Alves: quote: Originally posted by Stetson: What if you gave away the things you loved, and one of them was an old nudie magazine?
( ahem)
What if you are never where you should be any of the time?
What if you went up to Saratoga, and your horse dropped dead five seconds into the race? [ 03. May 2015, 00:59: Message edited by: Stetson ]
-------------------- I have the power...Lucifer is lord!
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Lyda*Rose
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What if you flew your Learjet to Nova Scotia only to find you misread the astronomical charts and only were there to see a partial lunar eclipse?
-------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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The5thMary
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What if you dreamed there were clowns instead of clouds in your coffee?
-------------------- God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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Schroedinger's cat
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What if they paved paradise and put up an alternative therapy centre?
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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quote: Originally posted by The5thMary: What if you dreamed there were clowns instead of clouds in your coffee?
If he wasn't vain would the song still be about him?
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Stetson
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quote: Originally posted by The5thMary: What if you dreamed there were clowns instead of clouds in your coffee?
What if you're with the wife of a close friend, because they're paying you to clean their bathroom? [ 03. May 2015, 14:55: Message edited by: Stetson ]
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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What if he was with the husband of a close friend?
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Schroedinger's cat
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What if she could make a deal with God, and he did swap their places?
-------------------- Blog Music for your enjoyment Lord may all my hard times be healing times take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Brenda Clough
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What if it was less than a feeling, to see Mary Ann walk away?
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The5thMary
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quote: Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat: What if she could make a deal with God, and he did swap their places?
What if running up that hill, running up that hill WAS a problem?! What if a heart attack was imminent? You'd absolutely need to swap places!
-------------------- God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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Kitten
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What if it was the dawning of the age of Gemini
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Rosa Gallica officinalis
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What if you were so modest?
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The5thMary
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quote: Originally posted by Kitten: What if it was the dawning of the age of Gemini
Bob Rivers does a funny parody called "Clean the Aquarium"! He's a Seattle DJ who does song parodies. Look it up. It's great.
-------------------- God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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