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Like a Rolling Stone
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 Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:03 am Post subject: Friday Fun: Pluto Scandal! |
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I went shoping with a young lady and she was buying a present for her nephew who is one year old. She said let's go to a Disney shop so we did and I said buy a Pluto soft dog and she said OK and then said 'Hey! what about a GAP shirt?' I said 'What? For a one-year old? He wont like it don't make a child a fashion acsessory!'
What do you think ladies and gentlmen? Are brands more popular in Japan? Can babies apreciate them? |
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canuck
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:39 am Post subject: Re: Friday Fun: Pluto Scandal! |
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| Like a Rolling Stone wrote: |
I went shoping with a young lady and she was buying a present for her nephew who is one year old. She said let's go to a Disney shop so we did and I said buy a Pluto soft dog and she said OK and then said 'Hey! what about a GAP shirt?' I said 'What? For a one-year old? He wont like it don't make a child a fashion acsessory!'
What do you think ladies and gentlmen? Are brands more popular in Japan? Can babies apreciate them? |
Looks like you need to shop for a life.  Thanks for the wasted click. |
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Quibby84
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brands are pretty popular in the states...go through all those silly magazines and you will see baby models, showing off really expensive brand names...
But I dont really know anyone who would buy a poor child a disneys t-shirt for his birthday...thats a little over the top... |
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callmesim
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When I was in Hong Kong last month, walking through a Duty Free shop, I saw this well-dressed chav (you can't polish a turd) and his wife looking around the Ralph Lauren section for their 3 year old kid.
I think kids in designers clothes look stylish but as they grow up, they become annoying, fashion-victim loons. Plus it's a waste of money. Kids have accidents, kids grow quickly. Plus one must remember, style doesn't come from money, it comes from taste. |
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Eva Pilot
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I thought this was going to be a thread about the demotion of Pluto to status of a "Dwarf Planet" which has me royalled steamed.
But pleasantly I was mistaken. |
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callmesim
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I think that was the point 
Why are you "royally steamed' about it? |
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Like a Rolling Stone
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Friday Fun: Pluto Scandal! |
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| canuck wrote: |
| Like a Rolling Stone wrote: |
I went shoping with a young lady and she was buying a present for her nephew who is one year old. She said let's go to a Disney shop so we did and I said buy a Pluto soft dog and she said OK and then said 'Hey! what about a GAP shirt?' I said 'What? For a one-year old? He wont like it don't make a child a fashion acsessory!'
What do you think ladies and gentlmen? Are brands more popular in Japan? Can babies apreciate them? |
Looks like you need to shop for a life. Thanks for the wasted click. |
oh reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally? tell me where you bought yours. Remind me not to go there.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=9911&highlight=outback+tax
the was Friday Fun. Dr Killjoy I presume |
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Like a Rolling Stone
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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I thought this was going to be a thread about the demotion of Pluto to status of a "Dwarf Planet" which has me royalled steamed.
But pleasantly I was mistaken. |
Isn't that racist against dwarfs? They should use PC words like a verticlay challenged plant?  |
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Quibby84
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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very racist! I was watching a discovery channel show yesterday on dwarfs (real people) and if I were one of those really saddened children I wouldnt be happy about pluto being called a dwarf.
Its a planet, Dwarf/Dwarfism is a medical term...think of a new "planet" term people! geez...
Just make a word up...lets see if I can do it...Hieaitakus...there we go. Hieaitakus Pluto! Look it up in the "Melissa Dictionary" find "Hieaitakus": Hieaitakus-a very small planet (ex. Pluto). That was so simple, and I didnt offend anyone (at least I hope I didnt..).
some people really are idiots...  |
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Eva Pilot
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| Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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| callmesim wrote: |
I think that was the point
Why are you "royally steamed' about it? |
I am all for scientific advancement, but this is hardly such, some things do not need to be changed. |
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callmesim
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But that's the problem, if Pluto was considered a planet then there are 3 others that deserve that status too. So the solar system would change to 12. The status quo wasn't an option.
That's the joy of science, it keeps on changing! |
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chirp
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| Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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very racist! I was watching a discovery channel show yesterday on dwarfs (real people) and if I were one of those really saddened children I wouldnt be happy about pluto being called a dwarf.
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Where I am from, they are called "Little people" - Dwarf is politically incorrect!
As for having twelve planets now, I want to know what the new rhyme or song is to remember them all in the correct order! Any ideas?? |
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Like a Rolling Stone
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| Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:42 am Post subject: |
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| chirp wrote: |
| Quibby84 wrote: |
very racist! I was watching a discovery channel show yesterday on dwarfs (real people) and if I were one of those really saddened children I wouldnt be happy about pluto being called a dwarf.
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Where I am from, they are called "Little people" - Dwarf is politically incorrect!
As for having twelve planets now, I want to know what the new rhyme or song is to remember them all in the correct order! Any ideas?? |
Hmmm...chotto off-topic. But I think the new rhyme is my very educated mum just served us nachos. Becausd there are ate planets not twelve. Poor Pluto. But poor NASA for sending a spaceship to a planet that is now not one.
Do you like planets chirpy? |
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