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    Quote Originally Posted by Sancho View Post
    Loose Lucy the Luckless Lioness?

    That could’ve been a Dr. Seuss Title

    (I ‘ave always attempted to attain an affinity for alliteration.)
    And you have done a good job here.
    Your affinity has shone.
    Last edited by cacian; 08-29-2012 at 06:38 AM.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
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    Shun? Another slip of the tongue?

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    Quote Originally Posted by GreenLucky View Post
    Shun? Another slip of the tongue?
    I first wrote it shone but then thought better of it and changed to shun t because it sounded better phonetically wise.
    I get shone and shun mixed up all the time.
    it may never try
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    it is just that
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    it fly

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sancho View Post
    attempted to attain an affinity for alliteration
    Who wouda thunk it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    And you have done a good job here.
    Your affinity has shone.
    However, in observance of the elegance of assonance, which doesn’t have the dominance of, or the extravagance of, but does have a resemblance to alliteration, you have my assurance I’ll now, with no reluctance, direct my vigilance.

    Consonance anyone?

    How about an ambulance?
    (my brain hurts)
    Uhhhh...

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    It doesn't take much to make me laugh, simple things like someone falling or walking into a glass door. I often wonder what it is in me that makes me laugh at others mistakes and misfortunes. Maybe I need to take a good look at myself and search inside for the answer.

    But this really made me laugh and it cost a whole lot of money: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ing-woman.html
    I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo

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    Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sancho View Post
    However, in observance of the elegance of assonance, which doesn’t have the dominance of, or the extravagance of, but does have a resemblance to alliteration, you have my assurance I’ll now, with no reluctance, direct my vigilance.

    Consonance anyone?

    How about an ambulance?
    (my brain hurts)
    Ouch my head hurts a little
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    I love the way old black and white thrillers use the weather as in storms rains and thunder to accentuate the melodrama of someone about to commit a murder.
    Modern television and films have really moved on!
    it may never try
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    it is just that
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    Pink Floyd’s old house was put up for sale, and former Duran Duran bassist John Taylor told the press he had decided to start thinking of himself as middle-aged. “It was actually a really good decision to make,” said Taylor, “because I’d been feeling like a very tired young man.” British researchers found that a significant percentage of headaches are caused by pain-relief medication, climatologists explained that the hole in the ozone layer keeps Antarctic ice from melting, and a police officer from the South Pacific nation of Kiribati claimed that a shark saved his life while he was stranded at sea.

    --Harper's Weekly Review, again
    Uhhhh...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sancho View Post
    Pink Floyd’s old house was put up for sale, and former Duran Duran bassist John Taylor told the press he had decided to start thinking of himself as middle-aged. “It was actually a really good decision to make,” said Taylor, “because I’d been feeling like a very tired young man.” British researchers found that a significant percentage of headaches are caused by pain-relief medication,
    Medications are very addictive and yes it makes sense. Someone I met once told me that he could not do without his pain killers on a daily basis.
    It was very scary.

    climatologists explained that the hole in the ozone layer keeps Antarctic ice from melting, and a police officer from the South Pacific nation of Kiribati claimed that a shark saved his life while he was stranded at sea.

    --Harper's Weekly Review, again
    Sharks are not all predators and not instinctively anyway they only attack when they feel threatened and when hungry.
    I think there was something about it in a programm I watched.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
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    Unless I missed something, merely mentioning a current even, such as a president being elected, is not "discussing" politics, but mentioning, you know, news. I guess I'll remember this next time someone brings up abortion, education policy, gay rights, or the British royal family.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mutatis-Mutandis View Post
    Unless I missed something, merely mentioning a current even, such as a president being elected, is not "discussing" politics, but mentioning, you know, news. I guess I'll remember this next time someone brings up abortion, education policy, gay rights, or the British royal family.
    Yes, obviously you missed something. The discussion had already moved onto which candidate was better and more likeable.

    And you do not need to remember it either as we have four moderators whose sole responsibility is to do just that.

    Now, let's move on.
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19638640

    Damn, i had to look it up but - YES, the Pink Floyd house is for sale. RIP Syd Barrett.

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    Publishing giants Random House and Penguin are to merge, creating a huge mega publishing business.
    Unfortunetly they are NOT going to be called Random Penguin! A missed oppotunity if you ask me..
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