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| Obama 'regrets' words on Gates affair | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 24 2009, 11:17 AM (827 Views) | |
| ivorythumper | Jul 24 2009, 09:03 PM Post #51 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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That crossed my mind, but as long as the food was good and the wind flowed I wouldn't mind being /ignored.
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| Mikhailoh | Jul 25 2009, 03:50 AM Post #52 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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And the wind flowed? I think that's a safe bet.
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| ivorythumper | Jul 25 2009, 12:30 PM Post #53 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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That too, but I was thinking wine.
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| Mikhailoh | Jul 25 2009, 01:34 PM Post #54 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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A Freudian slip if ever I saw one. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Dewey | Jul 25 2009, 01:58 PM Post #55 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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My thoughts exactly. That leaves him off the hook, saying that he just could have found more diplomatic words to couch the same sentiment in. The word he needed wasn't "calibrate," but "retract," plus "apologize." |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jul 25 2009, 06:59 PM Post #56 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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It was actually worse than that. At the end he made what seemed to me a very snide remark about how Crowley wishes all the reporters would get off his lawn. It seemed to me at best pointless, but more likely petulant. Kind of like 'hey, all you honkies, I have to say something somehow related to I'm sorry .. really.. but all you black folks know I was right all along'. |
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