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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 3 2011, 09:12 AM (523 Views) | |
| George K | Dec 3 2011, 09:12 AM Post #1 |
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Finally
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1) http://www.news4jax.com/news/Teen-stopped-at-airport-for-design-on-purse/-/475880/4858586/-/qijcv5/-/index.html
2) http://www.wsoctv.com/news/29910470/detail.html
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| LWpianistin | Dec 3 2011, 09:24 AM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Oh, dear god. My favorite part: "After agents figured out the gun was a fake,..." Ha! |
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| George K | Dec 3 2011, 09:25 AM Post #3 |
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Click on the link and see the picture of "the gun".
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 3 2011, 09:28 AM Post #4 |
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MAMIL
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I think there's like, grounds for imprisonment based on her like abuse of the English language. |
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| Jolly | Dec 3 2011, 09:29 AM Post #5 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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We speak American. |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| LWpianistin | Dec 3 2011, 09:34 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Well, that's more realistic than what I was picturing, but still..... That phrasing just conjures a picture of 5 or 6 people scratching their heads, circled around this purse prodding at it to figure out if it's real. |
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| George K | Dec 3 2011, 09:35 AM Post #7 |
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...and then pepper spraying her. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 3 2011, 09:37 AM Post #8 |
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MAMIL
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Isn't that like, English? |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Jolly | Dec 3 2011, 10:35 AM Post #9 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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After all this time, you still think so? And on another tack...what type of speech patterns and accents do the little D'Ohs have? |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| Piano*Dad | Dec 3 2011, 10:39 AM Post #10 |
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Bull-Carp
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It's not a crime to be giving birth at 17, but you know, that seems to be a more important signal of our problems than an overactive TSA agent. |
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| jon-nyc | Dec 3 2011, 10:41 AM Post #11 |
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Cheers
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What P*D said. (not to defend the absurd rules - indeed the absurd existence - of the TSA) |
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| Renauda | Dec 3 2011, 10:49 AM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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TSA story be damned, this *cute* story takes the cake for imbecilic overreaction by school administrators. |
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| jon-nyc | Dec 3 2011, 10:50 AM Post #13 |
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Cheers
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No kidding. If only Miss Rule heard what we boys used to say about her back at my elementary school. |
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| QuantumIvory | Dec 3 2011, 01:10 PM Post #14 |
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Senior Carp
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Make that three stories. http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/12/02/7-year-old-accused-of-possible-sexual-harassment-for-kicking-boy-in-groin/ |
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"I regard consciousness as fundamental. We cannot get behind consciousness." -Max Planck | |
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| somebody else's sock | Dec 3 2011, 01:32 PM Post #15 |
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Middle Aged Carp
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May I add a fourth? http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/lenore-zimmerman-85-hurt-strip-search-tsa-agents-jfk-airport-article-1.986198?localLinksEnabled=false 85 year old woman was worried the screening machine might affect her implanted defibrillator. TSA agents decided she needed more than a pat down and they strip searched her. Suspected terrorist: ![]() Edited by somebody else's sock, Dec 3 2011, 01:34 PM.
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| Improviso | Dec 3 2011, 02:00 PM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Yea man... she looks pretty threatening to me. Glad we have the TSA on the job. F*wads. This crap really pisses me off. |
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Identifying narcissists isn't difficult. Just look for the person who is constantly fishing for compliments and admiration while breaking down over even the slightest bit of criticism. We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences. | |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 3 2011, 02:05 PM Post #17 |
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MAMIL
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An interesting question, to me at least. Mostly, they still speak British English, although some Massachussets has crept into the mix - the most noticeable one is that they pronounce 'half' as 'haff' rather than 'harf'. To be honest, my speech patterns have changed as well - I often use American slang, although still in a fairly strong Lancashire accent. When I visit the UK, I almost immediately revert, thankfully, since I would have the p!ss extracted most mercilessly, as I did when I picked up the Canadian 'eh' after a couple of years there. |
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| Piano*Dad | Dec 3 2011, 02:08 PM Post #18 |
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Bull-Carp
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Are you always so impressionable? A little Zelig, are we?
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| John D'Oh | Dec 3 2011, 02:14 PM Post #19 |
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MAMIL
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Don't worry, an American wouldn't be able to spot my Americanisms. I have a friend at work who left the Soviet Union about 25 years ago - he still has a pretty strong Russian accent, but whenever he speaks to a girl he wants to impress, or speaks on the phone, etc. he subconsciously lapses into a rather peculiar English accent, to the massive amusement of all the New Englanders he works with. |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 3 2011, 05:29 PM Post #20 |
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MAMIL
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Oh absolutely, it makes life run a lot more smoothly, in casual conversation you'll be much more easily understood. Americans always say that I sound British, but to the Brits, the way that I talk on a day-to-day basis now is somewhat horrifying. There are certain friends in England who definitely 'pull'' my accent back to a more English sound - I think it is the people who sound most like the way I spoke when I was a teenager, because there were some deliberate modification going on at that point in my life to 'fit in' with my friends. My friends here laugh that I take the kids to the summer for the month each year in order to give them a refresher course in how to speak with the cute British accent. Brits think they sound very American tho. *Smacks head against desk* Jane. Edited by John D'Oh, Dec 3 2011, 05:29 PM.
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| Jane D'Oh | Dec 3 2011, 05:33 PM Post #21 |
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Fulla-Carp
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And on a different note, I've met a couple of real treasures coming through security with two small kids. There are definitely some who need to feel that you are showing them a huge amount of deference and respect or they will make your life difficult in petty and small ways imo. |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 3 2011, 05:36 PM Post #22 |
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MAMIL
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Minimum wage and a uniform is a really bad combination. |
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| Piano*Dad | Dec 3 2011, 05:39 PM Post #23 |
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Bull-Carp
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| LWpianistin | Dec 3 2011, 06:09 PM Post #24 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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+1. I had a weird American accent with some British inflections and vocabulary replacements, although when I left the UK I still pronounced the 'r' at the end of words (silly Brits!), and used the American pronunciation of words like 'garage' and 'aluminum'. Some vocab changes are necessary or confusion will ensue, like asking for chips, crisps, biscuits or cookies. |
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| LWpianistin | Dec 3 2011, 06:16 PM Post #25 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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A good example of how interesting language can be. When I first read 'harf', I read it as an American naturally would, with a hard 'r'. But, realizing it was a British man with a British accent who wrote it (I'm assuming you're not an alien!), I quickly reread 'harf' with a British accent and realized you meant something kind of like 'haaf', similar to how we pronounce 'Haagen Dazs'. |
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TSA story be damned, this *cute* story takes the cake for imbecilic overreaction by school administrators.

6:45 AM Jul 11