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Last night's Apprentice had the regular task where they all go running around London trying to buy t......
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May 19, 2011 05:26
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I watch too much daytime TV while I'm waiting for my new job. This question was on one today and I ......
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May 19, 2011 05:11
RE: Limerick GAme: Warren
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They don't rhyme for me. They rhyme according to both RhymeZone and Whitfield's University Rhyming D......
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May 19, 2011 02:21
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May 19, 2011 02:19
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May 19, 2011 02:18
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I'll tell you in a PM...
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May 18, 2011 11:15
RE: Limerick GAme: Warren
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I thought I sent three. Without giving anything away, can you tell me if you think the first two ac......
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May 18, 2011 07:27
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Geoff, No but his first name does. zm Impressive that you got his last name too, I don't thin k I wo......
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May 18, 2011 00:46
RE: Limerick game: Box poll
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When I'm writing poetry I sometimes use either the Rhymezone web site or a Rhyming Dictionary that K......
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May 18, 2011 00:41
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Sorry Proof. As the editor of the proposed collection I can state with certainty that Pawtucket ......
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May 17, 2011 10:02
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Here's a belter of a quiz question from today's edition of Pointless. See if you know the answer wit......
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May 17, 2011 09:36
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May 17, 2011 09:20
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You also hear "no shit" or sometimes "no shit, Sherlock" here in the UK but it doesn't mean the same......
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May 17, 2011 00:42
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Interestingly you very occasionally hear the facetious variant "extracting the urine"....
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May 15, 2011 02:12
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I'd never heard that origin before. I love it. I don't believe a word of it but I love it anyway. I......
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May 15, 2011 01:53
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I was going to say pretty much exactly what zm said. Probably in the same words....
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May 11, 2011 03:25
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Well, all I can say is that while logically it means the opposite, a phrase like "I wouldn't be surp......
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May 08, 2011 01:17
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So you haven't heard things like, to choose an example not quite at random, "There ain't no logic to......
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May 07, 2011 06:14
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That's the whole point. It's language not logic. Negatives don't always cancel. There ain't no logi......
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May 07, 2011 04:31
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It's over-negation but it's EXTREMELY common in normal speech. I wouldn't think twice (or even once......
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