Open Letter To Citizens Of... Around Me
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Burke Prefect
Cafe Owner, Superhero
Join date: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 2,785
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02-02-2006 07:27
As a person who considers himself 'in touch' with the world in general, I'd like to think I'm knowledgable on a conversational level on wide variety of subjects. Alot of which I found out about from sources other than mainstream news and/or some outraged nutcase or assemblage of nutcases. I'd like to consider myself a reasonably smart person.
I also happen to be the kind of person that other people come to for information. The flip side of that is they also come to me to get into arguements for the sake of them being right. Usually arguments presented a provable in one way or the other, either by using common sense, or the power of the internets.
So, the point of this letter is to politely ask you, the people, for a little favor. A ground rule of conversation, if you will. Please refrain from the following subjects if you're not willing to listen to opposing views. I will not get into an argument with a one-track minded person, I don't have the time, or the breath. I will ignore you the rest of the conversation and may not come rushing (right) to your aide next time you need help.
The following subjects are:
(list is subject to change)
- The Bush Administration
- Democracy
- Oil Prices
- Terrorism & The Price Of Freedom
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags
- Abortion
- Organized Religion
- Intelligent Design
- Evolution
- Sports
- The nature of the Internet
- DSL vs. Cable
- Windows Vs. Macintosh, or Linux
- Which _______ could kick ______'s ass.
- How bleeping great your new gadget is.
- That thing I advised you not to do, because it may cause trouble, but you did anyway.
- Other people's alleged tendencies or actions
- Whether or not a particular movie sucked or it's actors sucked
Again, if you want to discuss any of the above with me, try to do so with an open mind.
Thank You,
Duane Young aka Burke Prefect aka Deadpan aka The Screw
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Burke Prefect
Cafe Owner, Superhero
Join date: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 2,785
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02-02-2006 08:11
Oh yeah .... "Discuss".
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Lorelei Patel
was here
Join date: 22 Feb 2004
Posts: 1,940
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02-02-2006 10:23
No, I'm scared to  
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Broadly offensive.
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Sally Rosebud
the girl next door
Join date: 3 May 2005
Posts: 2,505
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02-02-2006 15:10
You know Burke, I think Big Bird could kick Elmo's ass.... 
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Gabe Lippmann
"Phone's ringing, Dude."
Join date: 14 Jun 2004
Posts: 4,219
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02-02-2006 15:17
I denounce your use of FRID as incorrect. (or at the very least an error in typing)
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Neehai Zapata
Unofficial Parent
Join date: 8 Apr 2004
Posts: 1,970
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02-02-2006 15:31
I would love to discuss.
Here we go.
- The Bush Administration is ineffective and criminal.
- Democracy is pretty darn cool.
- Oil Prices are way to fucking high.
- Terrorism & The Price Of Freedom do not belong in the same sentence.
- Radio Frequency Identification (FRID) Tags is something I know nothing about.
- Abortion shoudl be safe, legal and rare.
- Organized Religion is stupid.
- Intelligent Design is even more stupid.
- Evolution is okay to a degree.
- Sports are fun.
- The nature of the Internet is something I don't care about.
- DSL vs. Cable: Cable is easier to get but I feel dirty for buying it from Time Warner.
- Windows Vs. Macintosh, or Linux: I use Windows because I can't be bothered to learn something new.
- Which _______ could kick ______'s ass. Neehai kicks ass and takes name. Nuff said.
- How bleeping great your new gadget is. My new gadget is so fucknig cool.
- That thing I advised you not to do, because it may cause trouble, but you did anyway. Yes, you were correct, placing your penis in my mouth has required more penicillin that I thought existed on the planet.
- Other people's alleged tendencies or actions are of no concern to me.
- Whether or not a particular movie sucked or it's actors sucked. Particular movies always suck. It is the ones designed to entertain that do not.
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Burke Prefect
Cafe Owner, Superhero
Join date: 29 Oct 2004
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02-02-2006 15:33
*corrects spelling*
It's just my mid-morning rant. I'll start posting one daily, I think.
I'm pretty sure Big Bird would kick Elmo's ass. But Elmo would rise up and summon an army of ninja monkeys or something, knowing him.
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Neehai Zapata
Unofficial Parent
Join date: 8 Apr 2004
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02-02-2006 15:36
From: someone I'm pretty sure Big Bird would kick Elmo's ass. But Elmo would rise up and summon an army of ninja monkeys or something, knowing him. Are you high on crack cocaine or something? Elmo is extremely ticklish. Big Bird is made of feathers. You do the math! He wouldn't have time to summon ninja monkeys.
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Sally Rosebud
the girl next door
Join date: 3 May 2005
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02-02-2006 15:44
ROFLMAO!
Being quite ticklish myself, I agree, if Big Bird was tickling Elmo, he'd have no chance to do anything other than giggle uncontrollably.
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Creami Cannoli
Please don't eat me....
Join date: 17 Jul 2005
Posts: 414
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02-02-2006 15:58
Burke You might want to consider switching to Decaf or checking your cheerios for pee BEFORE you eat them. |
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Burke Prefect
Cafe Owner, Superhero
Join date: 29 Oct 2004
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02-02-2006 16:09
From: Creami Cannoli Burke You might want to consider switching to Decaf or checking your cheerios for pee BEFORE you eat them. Life is about risk. And I don't usually drink coffee or drink pee in the mornings. |
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Ursula Madison
Chewbacca is my co-pilot
Join date: 31 Jul 2004
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02-02-2006 20:48
From: Burke Prefect Life is about risk. And I don't usually drink coffee or drink pee in the mornings. So you're saying it does occasionally happen...? 
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Chance Abattoir
Future Rockin' Resmod
Join date: 3 Apr 2004
Posts: 3,898
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02-03-2006 01:39
From: Neehai Zapata
- That thing I advised you not to do, because it may cause trouble, but you did anyway. Yes, you were correct, placing your penis in my mouth has required more penicillin that I thought existed on the planet.
You came this close to making hot tea shoot out my nose.
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Chance Abattoir
Future Rockin' Resmod
Join date: 3 Apr 2004
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02-03-2006 01:44
From: Burke Prefect they also come to me to get into arguements for the sake of them being right. All reasons to argue besides being right are conceits used to fool ourselves and others that we aren't arguing for the sake of being right. Yes, I am right about this. The reason I am right about this is that I am not a liar. 
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Garoad Kuroda
Prophet of Muppetry
Join date: 5 Sep 2003
Posts: 2,989
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02-03-2006 06:42
I agree, Burke, but unfortunately the majority of the visitors to this forum don't!
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WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!
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