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missdaredevil



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:21 am    Post subject: stand on a wall Reply with quote

Why you standin' on the wall?




How can anyone stand on a wall?

Thanks
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grey



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:52 am    Post subject: ?? Reply with quote

Do you can explain me about you speak?
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toe



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

is that another funky american saying i've never heard of? i've heard of "fence sitting" but not "wall standing."

anyone?

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pugachevV



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you stand on a wall you can either jump down on one side or the other, but at the moment you are in the middle, and therefore uncommitted to eith side.
I guess it is the same as Sitting on the fence.
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bud



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

... and think of a wall in this case as a stone wall in a field, not a wall of a room.
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iitimone7



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 11:47 am    Post subject: wall Reply with quote

i agree, bud.

sitting on a fence, as pugachevV said, would be completely different.
1 - it would be painful
2 - sitting is different from standing
3 - a wall would be made of stones and/or cement.
a fence is made of wood, iron, or plastic.
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