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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:03 PM
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I'm truly amazed...
that anyone is surprised at all that when one sets out to "punk" someone, and they get punked, that they react!

I got punked by the Writer's thread, I look back at it and say, good punk!

But at the time, as surreal as it seemed, and as unbelievable as it seemed, I felt like a friend was being attacked and I reacted.

Sue me, at that moment it wasn't funny to me.

I reserve the right to decide what I think is funny and I find it amazing that there are so many people lining up about this issue as if it really meant anything



Also, hindsight is 20/20, and frankly, I look back and it is well, not funny, but a good punk. I was faked the fuck out.

I guess I'd like it like this, if you want to call me stupid, or gullible, or whatever, for falling for it, pm me, and we'll talk.

:hi:

thanks

:rant:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:06 PM
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1. you have the right to react and i have the right to tell you, that you were
overreacting.

and that people who don't have a history of being cruel should be given the benefit of the doubt.

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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:08 PM
Response to Reply #1
4. sure, you have a right to your opinon
were you posting in that thread when it happened? I don't know if you were, but it was one of those things that happened suddenly and was over that suddenly too.

So I would ask that you step back and not judge me about how I reacted if you weren't there.

:shrug:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:37 PM
Response to Reply #4
32. i dont think what you did was terrible. we all overreact from time to time.
it happens. especially when situations are murky.

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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:39 PM
Response to Reply #32
35. well situations and er
maybe I was murky too?

:rofl:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:40 PM
Response to Reply #35
37. thats it: your new name is murkypawkicker
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:43 PM
Response to Reply #37
39. oh boy...
just what i need another name :rofl:

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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:08 PM
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2. You know what? this is the nicest statement that anyone has posted
about that situation. Good on you Southpaw.

It never ceases to amaze me how many will take up the righteous banner if only to further their own vendettas against others... and not out of any genuine concern for those involved. Your concern was evident. The actions of others? Not so much. :yourock:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:09 PM
Response to Reply #2
5. Thanks, I'm not asking for kudos
or maybe I am, who knows, but thanks!

:hi:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:11 PM
Response to Reply #5
7. It didn't come across that way.
It was a nice explanation of why you behaved as you did.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:11 PM
Response to Reply #7
8. thanks
:pals:
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:11 PM
Response to Reply #7
9. Ditto what Mrs. G. said. Once again, she's the voice of sanity and reason.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:25 PM
Response to Reply #9
22. You two
are your own fan clubs, but I'm joining both! :D
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:08 PM
Response to Original message
3. How about if I call you a nice guy? Can I do that here?
:hi:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:10 PM
Response to Reply #3
6. Only if I can call you a nice
gal!

:hi:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:22 PM
Response to Reply #6
20. She is! She really is! At least that's what I've heard from people, who
know people...who met her firsthand! :hi:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:24 PM
Original message
I believe it!
:hi:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:16 PM
Response to Original message
10. Dude!
:yourock:

:)
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:16 PM
Response to Reply #10
11. Oh come on!
:yourock:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:25 PM
Response to Reply #11
23. No way!
:yourock:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:29 PM
Response to Reply #23
26. Hey!
Weren't you supposed to be on a river somewhere?
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:36 PM
Response to Reply #26
30. Yes I was
Bro canceled at last moment. All that mental preparedness I did, wasted hehe :)

BTW you.. you.. monkeylover, I am still crazy mad in love with you! I just didn't want to bump that other thread. When I shamelessly woke up this afternoon at 2:15. The crush was fully intact! In fact, would it make you curious if I mentioned a dream I had? muahaha :loveya:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:41 PM
Response to Reply #30
38. So you bump my thread?
:grr:

:rofl:

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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:47 PM
Response to Reply #38
42. Oh my!
I just got all excited seeing fresh BNL. Better than biscuits out of the oven! :rofl:

:hide:

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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:49 PM
Response to Reply #42
43. She is that and then some!
:D

:rofl:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:56 PM
Response to Reply #43
48. I hear ya!
btw, I was a little tipsy last night and wanted to be like all the big kids. You and BNL were both in my dedication on my 400th post :)

It looked like a fun thing to do and yesturday was full of firsts, so I figured what the hay.

:patriot:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:58 PM
Response to Reply #48
50. I salute you too!
:patriot:

link?
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:06 PM
Response to Reply #50
57. ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6569267

It dropped fairly quick. Not quite hot rock or lead zepplin fast, but like a piece of dirt you watch in slow motion as it enters your eye and you forget to blink, fast.

:)
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:10 PM
Response to Reply #57
61. Pffftttt
ouch, that dirt got me in the eye!

:rofl:

now it's been bumped back up :D
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:14 PM
Response to Reply #61
65. and the sub-thread has come full circle
:yourock:

:rofl:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:17 PM
Response to Reply #65
67. circulation is good for the system
keeps it from stagnating :D
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:46 PM
Response to Reply #30
41. Curiouser and curiouser
:evilgrin:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:50 PM
Response to Reply #41
44. Woohoo!
Edited on Sat Jun-02-07 02:50 PM by Inchworm
A fellow wordsmith! That makes me love you morether and mortherer! :)

:woohoo::woohoo:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:16 PM
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12. You weren't the only on SPK
I thought it was silly, the worst parts of juvenile.

It's times like that that I prefer the honest gruffness of GD to the lounge.

I just don't have the temperament to appreciate that sort of humor that comes at the expense of others.

So good on ya, SPK.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:17 PM
Response to Reply #12
13. Well, ya know
I'm not a fan of the show Punked either, for similar reasons

thanks

:hi:
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:18 PM
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14. "Jokes" that take advantage of people's good nature just aren't funny.
Edited on Sat Jun-02-07 02:20 PM by Lex
I'm sure people will howl about me being humor-impaired, but I have always felt this way and that's just the way it is with me.

It's like the person doing the "punking" is demonstrating that it is stupid not to think they are lying.

:pals: to you pawkicker.


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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:18 PM
Response to Reply #14
17. Humor impaired!
:rofl:

not you Lex!

:pals:
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:18 PM
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15. I was surprised that you reacted like you did,
but I figured it was because I did not know some other part of Lounge history.

I WAS posting at the time and just from what I know of Writer (and a little about GOPsux) I just did not believe that either of them would be serious about this.

Writer seems to me to be a person who thinks deeply about things and would not put some sordid story out there on the internet, especially when it was hurtful to someone else. Just didn't make sense.

Seemed like a joke to me from the get-go. I just wanted to play along and see what happened. Had no idea people would get all overwrought.

I did appreciate the pot/kettle comments (credit to Connonym) most of all. It was a great successful prank.

That all said. I don't think anyone is judging you at all. Don't take it so seriously. It will go down in the Lounge annals of great punks.

The pot/kettle folks are another kettle of fish altogether, lol...too many kettles in this story! But I DID get a chuckle out of them.

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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:20 PM
Response to Reply #15
18. well it is like me
to not like punkings in the first place so I thought it was dorky in the first place, and surreal, i mean, no way, right?

:shrug:

:hi:

so i'm not a pot kettle person?

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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:29 PM
Response to Reply #18
25. Oh HELL no, pawman
YOU are not the pot/kettle ones I was referring to at all.

I did think you overreacted, but like I said I didn't know the history and did not judge....I figure you were just coming to the rescue of a damsel in distress, no?

I would be more specific re the pots, but but that would be a calling out, ya know? Besides they know who they are, methinks.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:32 PM
Response to Reply #25
27. okay, gotcha
i think

:pals:
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:24 PM
Response to Reply #15
21. The 'pot/kettle' people that you are referring to
were extremely concerned about someone whom they perceived was being called out. Since that person did not appear in the thread, there was genuine concern about someone 'they' happen to like quite a bit. It was a leap a lot of people made, especially if one is unfamiliar with the OP author.

So, the 'pot/kettle' thing really doesn't apply. Interesting how it keeps coming up, though. Some folks have too much time on their hands.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:12 PM
Response to Reply #21
63. ...
:applause:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 04:04 PM
Response to Reply #21
68. even those of us
who were familiar with the OP author leaped on it.

knee jerk reaction!

:shrug:

:hi:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:18 PM
Response to Original message
16. .
:cry:

:blush:

:yoiks:

:hide:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:21 PM
Response to Reply #16
19. .
:hug:
:loveya:

I'm more amazed at all of the reactions to the reactions, as if people weren't supposed to react?

:hi:
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:27 PM
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24. You're a good egg, Southpaw.
I woke up after the thing was over. I'm kind of glad.

:hug::hug::hug:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:33 PM
Response to Reply #24
28. JUst Lucky
you didn't wake up and find out we'd moved in together :D
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:53 PM
Response to Reply #28
47. That would have caused serious issues.
Zodiak Ironfist and I just got his best friend moved out after a year and a half.

No more roommates!!

Sorry. I love you no less, though.

:hug::loveya:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:57 PM
Response to Reply #47
49. ha ha!
well me and revvie have these hogs now to deal with, and she's moving in with billyskank, and ...


:rofl:

:loveya:
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:59 PM
Response to Reply #49
51. Should I go back to bed
and maybe try DU again tomorrow?

:rofl:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:00 PM
Response to Reply #51
53. that's up to you
i'm thinking about it

:rofl:
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:06 PM
Response to Reply #53
58. It's way more enticing than say
the laundry that I have to go do.

Especially with the rain coming.

I don't know of any better sleep than an afternoon thunderstorm nap.

Now I'm getting sleepy just thinking about it.

I HAVE to do laundry. Ugh.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:08 PM
Response to Reply #58
59. throw it in the washer
and sleep :P

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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:10 PM
Response to Reply #59
60. They'll steal my quarters.
:rofl:

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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:11 PM
Response to Reply #60
62. Oh, well, never mind
:D

be good!

:hug:
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:13 PM
Response to Reply #62
64. I'll try.
I'll see you around later!

:loveya::hug::hi:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:17 PM
Response to Reply #64
66. bye!
:hug:

:loveya:

:hi:

Acire says :loveya: too!

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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:35 PM
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29. Eh, there was this time that underpants posted that I was dead
Official and everything.

Good times!
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:36 PM
Response to Reply #29
31. Not for me. I cried.
:cry:

:P

I had a computer question for you, but now I can't remember what it was. I'll email it.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:38 PM
Response to Reply #31
33. you weren't the only one
;)
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:39 PM
Response to Reply #33
36. I can think of two other DU ladies who were probably more
than taken aback. Actually three if you count Mrs.Matcom.

:rofl:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:39 PM
Response to Reply #29
34. But you weren't I take it?
:P
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:45 PM
Response to Reply #34
40. I got better
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:50 PM
Response to Reply #40
45. apparently
:shrug:


lazarus syndrome?
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 02:52 PM
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46. Lets just call it what it was a thread meant to entertain
A lot of people come here for entertainment and fun and the thread could have been fun.
I think if i was awake and around it would have went diferently.
I am honored even in jest that anyone would want to shack up with me.
People take things like this to seriously.
I know this for a fact because i do the same thing.
But I am trying to change.
I say let it all go.
Holding on to it does nothing.
We are all good people here.
Even the ones on my ignore list are good people
Life is far to short to hold onto bad things.
And someday i will learn how not to hold onto bad things myself.

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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:00 PM
Response to Reply #46
52. Yeah, it was meant to entertain
and it might have been different

and funnier :shrug:

anyway

HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY D00D!

:bounce:

you are getting way old man, almost as old as me!

:rofl:

take your geritol

eat your bran flakes

and stay limber :P
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:02 PM
Response to Reply #52
54. Nobody knows
And i do feel old btw.
thank you for the happy birthday :)
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S n o w b a l l Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:03 PM
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55. I think it's endearing...:)
It shows some innocence and gullibility which is a good quality, unlike me who's hardened. skeptical, cynical and questions everything.

It's not a big deal my friend. :) Don't even worry about it.

:hug:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:04 PM
Response to Reply #55
56. yeah, i dunno
i lurve ya anyway! so you must be all right :P

:loveya:

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