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    Quote Originally Posted by imthefoolonthehill View Post
    I am wishing for some cold-ale, but in this college town, it is mom's weekend, so the bars are flooded with 40 year old divorcees looking for one night stands.... I think I'll stay in tonight.
    What's the name of that town again?



    Quote Originally Posted by Lokasenna View Post
    Smoking is fine, The fact that I'm such an abysmal shot, and have yet to so much as wound anything doesn't put me off in the slightest...
    I had a similar problem when pigeons invaded the garden to eat the seed that fell from the seed containers put out for the smaller birds. I didn't want to kill them but just wing them to frighten them off, but I am such a poor shot that I actually killed two of them; I finally got a cat.



    [QUOTE=Silas Thorne;706651]Here's a poem by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester:


    I'll have to stop there, the rest is too rude perhaps for the forum. But feel free to read it, it's posted on the wall on the way to the games room: QUOTE]


    A great poem, I couldn't have put it better myself, but in deference to feminine sensibilties perhaps we ought to have something more anodyne on the reverse side that we could display whenever females hove into view on the horizon. How about:

    She walks in beauty, like the night
    Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
    And all that's best of dark and bright
    Meet in her aspect and her eyes
    Thus mellowed to that tender light
    Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

    One shade the more, one ray the less,
    Had half impaired the nameless grace
    Which waves in every raven tress,
    Or softly lightens o'er her face,
    Where thoughts serenely sweet express
    How pure, how dear their dwelling place.

    And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
    So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
    The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
    But tell of days in goodness spent,
    A mind at peace with all below,
    A heart whose love is innocent!


    Of course, it lacks a certain 'je ne sais quoi' in comparison but we can always return to basics when the women have gone.

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    Of course, it lacks a certain 'je ne sais quoi' in comparison but we can always return to basics when the women have gone.

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    Shooting isn't the ultimate sport. (That title goes to Rugby League, of course.) But it is a grand day out for us chaps.

    Up at the crack of dawn, a nip of frost in the air, the labradors wimpering to be loosed from the Range Rover. The butler, dressed in his plus fours and deer stalker, carrying the Purdys. The smell of the beaters, the sound of the grouse cackleing amongst the heather. Ah role on the glorious Twelth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by prendrelemick View Post
    Shooting isn't the ultimate sport. (That title goes to Rugby League, of course.) But it is a grand day out for us chaps.

    Up at the crack of dawn, a nip of frost in the air, the labradors wimpering to be loosed from the Range Rover. The butler dressed in his plus fours and deer stalker, carrying the Purdys. The smell of the beaters, the sound of the grouse cackleing amongst the heather. Ah role on the glorious Twelth.
    And at the end of a perfect day's shooting we can repair to the club for a pint o newkie and a packet of pork scratchin's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LostPrincess13 View Post
    Coming right up sir! *looks at rifle* Do you men still consider hunting as the ultimate sport?
    Sport?!?!?! It's not a sport, deary... Where do ya' think that Parker got the meat for that Rabbit stew that yer eatin'? There's not a Wal-Mart in 1000 miles and 100 years from here. Oh...ya' didn't know you were eatin' cuddly little rabbits?

    Rabbit...the other white meat...that is before you tear that cotton hide off of them.
    Les Miserables,
    Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
    Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Atheist View Post
    Somewhere in the 70-80 range, I think. Lots anyway.
    Quote Originally Posted by NikolaiI View Post
    That makes more sense actually. Don't know why I thought it was 90s.
    I thought it was in the 90's too. Look it up and according to this site it's 80%.
    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_perce..._body_is_water
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    Now we are on a biological kick, I once had a discussion with a woman about human intelligence. I remarked on the relative size of the male brain as compared to the female and she replied that it is quality not quantity that counts. What are the Blokes' views on this?

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    According to women, 'size doesn't matter,' or so I'm told.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC View Post
    Sport?!?!?! It's not a sport, deary... Where do ya' think that Parker got the meat for that Rabbit stew that yer eatin'? There's not a Wal-Mart in 1000 miles and 100 years from here. Oh...ya' didn't know you were eatin' cuddly little rabbits?

    Rabbit...the other white meat...that is before you tear that cotton hide off of them.
    Hunting is a SPORT as well as a WAY OF LIFE!! My family eats more game meat than anything!

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    I recently purchased a crossbow for urban pest removal. 100 lb tension. Shoots darts that you can attach a line to if you decide to go fishing.
    Told by a fool, signifying nothing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Bean View Post
    What's the name of that town again?


    Quote Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC View Post
    Sport?!?!?! It's not a sport, deary... Where do ya' think that Parker got the meat for that Rabbit stew that yer eatin'? There's not a Wal-Mart in 1000 miles and 100 years from here. Oh...ya' didn't know you were eatin' cuddly little rabbits?

    Rabbit...the other white meat...that is before you tear that cotton hide off of them.
    Oh my! I thought rabbits were meant to be pets, not game! Besides, they're adorable!
    CARPE DIEM! Seize the day! Make your lives extraordinary!
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    I SWEAR, BY MY LIFE AND MY LOVE OF IT, THAT I WILL NEVER LIVE FOR THE SAKE OF ANOTHER MAN, NOR ASK ANOTHER MAN TO LIVE FOR MINE.
    - John Galt, Atlas Shrugged

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    Quote Originally Posted by imthefoolonthehill View Post
    I recently purchased a crossbow for urban pest removal. 100 lb tension. Shoots darts that you can attach a line to if you decide to go fishing.
    Ooooh, this may sound strange, but I've always been interested in bows and arrows and weaponry similar to it. Swords and shields too. Especially those ancient ones with intricate designs and seals.
    CARPE DIEM! Seize the day! Make your lives extraordinary!
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    Quote Originally Posted by LostPrincess13 View Post




    Oh my! I thought rabbits were meant to be pets, not game! Besides, they're adorable!
    Well...isn't your meal something to adore?
    Les Miserables,
    Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
    Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Bean View Post
    Now we are on a biological kick, I once had a discussion with a woman about human intelligence. I remarked on the relative size of the male brain as compared to the female and she replied that it is quality not quantity that counts. What are the Blokes' views on this?
    I've read somewhere that men are generally smarter than women.
    CARPE DIEM! Seize the day! Make your lives extraordinary!
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    I SWEAR, BY MY LIFE AND MY LOVE OF IT, THAT I WILL NEVER LIVE FOR THE SAKE OF ANOTHER MAN, NOR ASK ANOTHER MAN TO LIVE FOR MINE.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Virgil View Post
    I thought it was in the 90's too. Look it up and according to this site it's 80%.
    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_perce..._body_is_water
    hahaha! great minds think alike, even if wrong!

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