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Shaman



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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2003 12:52 pm    Post subject: A weed by any other name... Reply with quote

Or is that bush of the burning variety?

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R



Joined: 07 May 2003
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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2003 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shaman - only in 'American Psycho'.
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Wolf



Joined: 10 May 2003
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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Showing my age? As a ripe old under 30? There are a few other people from Nova Scotia who post on this board. Ask THEM how boring our upbringing was. Sad You'd watch Trek 24/7 too. Wink
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Capergirl



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 1:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not sure what part of NS you are from, Wolf, but I personally never got *that* bored. Laughing Wink
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Shaman



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 1:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Reference lost on me, R. Sorry. Embarassed

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Wolf



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 2:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Capergirl wrote:
Not sure what part of NS you are from, Wolf, but I personally never got *that* bored. Laughing Wink


With a name like "Capegirl", I'm assuming you know what Antigonish is. Also know as Antigonowhere. If you don't, that's the wee little town just before Cape Breton.

One does not simply walk into Antigonish. It's black gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. Shocked It is a barren waste, covered in fire and ash. The very air you breathe is a poisionous fume. Not with 10 000 men could you do this. No, wait, that's Mordor. Very Happy At any rate, not even the Nazgul could drag me back there. Not to live, anyway.

If you don't agree, I invite you to spend 22 years of your life there and then we'll talk.
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bnix



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 2:23 am    Post subject: Antigonish?Actually,I Liked It. Reply with quote

Of course,I only spent three days in Antigonish,not 22 years.Boredom? In the small southwestern US town I grew up in,sometimes we would drive out to the municipal dump and watch the garbage burn.....
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biffinbridge



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 4:43 am    Post subject: So what you are really saying.... Reply with quote

So what you are all really saying is that YOU ARE ALL REDNECK COUNTRY BUMPKINS.....now it all makes sense."Hey boy,ya lookin' mighty cute in them jeans......c'mmon...squeal like a piggy..we got ourselves a sow here".Film of the month in places where you go and watch burning trash dumps I would imagine.
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Wolf



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 4:51 am    Post subject: Re: So what you are really saying.... Reply with quote

biffinbridge wrote:
So what you are all really saying is that YOU ARE ALL REDNECK COUNTRY BUMPKINS.....now it all makes sense."Hey boy,ya lookin' mighty cute in them jeans......c'mmon...squeal like a piggy..we got ourselves a sow here".Film of the month in places where you go and watch burning trash dumps I would imagine.


Rolling Eyes
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Steiner



Joined: 21 Apr 2003
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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 4:55 am    Post subject: Re: So what you are really saying.... Reply with quote

biffinbridge wrote:
So what you are all really saying is that YOU ARE ALL REDNECK COUNTRY BUMPKINS.


I ain't no bumpkin!
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johnslat



Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 5:46 am    Post subject: Double negatives Reply with quote

Dear Steiner,
" I ain't no bumpkin!"
Tsk, tsk - it should be: " I ain't any bumpkin ".
Regards,
John
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R



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 7:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shaman - it's about a serial killer called Patrick Bateman. In one scene of the book he cooks, er, see the English v. American thread for a selection of my euphimisms for what he cooks... Shocked
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johnslat



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 7:47 am    Post subject: Nice title Reply with quote

Dear R,
Considering how strict they are here with regard to censorship, I was very surprised to see " American Psycho " among the selections at Jarir Bookstore. I can only assume they liked the title, perhaps thinking it was a biography of George W. Bush.
Regards,
John
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Capergirl



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Wolf, I am well aware of where Antigonish is...pass by it all the time on my way to Halifax and have had many a friend go to X. I went to Acadia, which is a slightly better academic institution. Cool Wink We Capers also call it "Antigonowhere", suiting for a college town which is in the middle of....well, nowhere. Laughing hehe...just kidding....

Bnix, although Wolf et al may be "redneck country bumpkins", I am actually from a city called Sydney. We have televisions, running water, and there are even a few of those wonderful inventions known as the "automobile". Wink
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biffinbridge



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 10:38 am    Post subject: erm.. Reply with quote

Unfortunately Sydney is also full of Australians, shite beer and London trained barstaff.
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