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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 05:45 PM
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Count the stars. That and the fact that a recruiter donning camo fatigues wrote down my vehicle's license plates for taking that picture.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 05:47 PM
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1. I don't know.
If some OCD weirdo was taking pictures of my storefront, I might write down his number too.
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 05:51 PM
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6. OCD?
You think I have OCD? That's strange. Why? Also, it's not HIS store front, it's the taxpayer's.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 05:55 PM
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8. Because you're counting stars in signs that are abstractions of u.s. flags.
And then posting about it on the internet.
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 06:00 PM
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10. I will admit it is kind of my genre.
One thing I like to do is find and take weird pictures of the American flag. This just happened to be in the parking lot of the comic book store I went to today and I probably wouldn't have posted had the recruiter guy not been a real prick. Hey, I have a cool juxtaposition of an emergency vehicle that says REMEMBER 9/11 in front of a trash can that is completely overflowing with garbage too, if you want to see that.

:hi:
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 05:48 PM
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2. Maybe he just wants your phone number.
:)
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 05:49 PM
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3. If you can count the stars,
you are not in their target demographic.
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 05:49 PM
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4. I can't count the stars..
my eyes go all kafflooey...
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 05:51 PM
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5. the flag is supposed to look like it's wind-blown...
so all of the stars might not be visible- as if they were hidden by folds in the cloth from the wind.
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 05:52 PM
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7. Wind blown metal and plastic.
n/t
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 07:07 PM
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11. no- winblown cloth, as portrayed in metal and plastic.
the concept of "art" is kind of lost on you, huh? :shrug:
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 05:56 PM
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9. You can also get a career killing people if you join the Mafia.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 07:09 PM
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12. If you're really worried about them writing down ...
... your plate number, make sure you have that camera ready at all times.

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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 10:40 PM
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14. Just got a visit from the county mounties.
8:00 pm this evening. Local county sheriff's department. Two squad cars. Didn't take pictures of them though. Didn't feel like dragging this out. They asked who I was etc. I have nothing to hide. They were "cool" and thought the whole thing was bullshit, or so they said in so many words. Makin' sure I'm not a terrist. I told them I was taking pictures in broad daylight out in the open, if I had wanted to do it clandestinely, I would have just gone there on a Sunday morning when nobody was there. Whatever. I'm not new to intimidation tactics. The funny thing is, after all the things I have photographed, they chose this to actually come and knock on my door. A fucking armed forces recruiters office in a strip mall.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 07:09 PM
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13. I'd call that flag desicration. Since it's a soiled flag, then, they should burn it. No... wait...
Oh, I can't figure out what's a protocol and what's a hate speech anymore. :banghead:
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