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Comment on Vice Presidential Fantasies by Larry Tate

Larry Tate — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:42:31 +0000

Um, grumpy-A,

Walter Mondale “fired you loins”? I’m throwing my flag…that was out of bounds.

I’m sorry, but “Fritz” should never be mentioned within 14 inches of the sentence containing the word “loins.” It’s like a rule, or something.

Comment on Olympic Swimmer Has Baby! by Perpetua

Perpetua — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:26:14 +0000

I don’t know, we have reason to believe that at least one little part of him swam pretty strongly. *groan*

Comment on Another “Predictable Argument” by horatiox

horatiox — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:00:38 +0000

Mr. Reason’s a gloomy sort, and tends to ruin the par-tay fun. Mention say verification to the usual blog-bot in the heat of commenting, or suggest that his argument is merely contingent, and voila, next thang you know your posts are deleted, s-name banned, and blog-bot’s on the horn to his palsies at Infragard–.

Comment on Another “Predictable Argument” by L2 teacher

L2 teacher — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:41:13 +0000

Typical!

Comment on A Leathery Woman; A Horny Man by Bookmarks about Sunset

Bookmarks about Sunset — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:00:08 +0000

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Comment on My Coffeehouse, Redux by thegrumpyacademic

thegrumpyacademic — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:32:06 +0000

You may have something there. Unfortunately for me, I’m terrible at cracking code. Maybe they’re plotting some kind of coffeehouse revolution.

Comment on My Coffeehouse, Redux by l2 teachers

l2 teachers — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:31:30 +0000

Have you considered that they might be speaking in code…..

Comment on A Very Grumpy Day by My Coffeehouse, Redux « The Grumpy Academic

My Coffeehouse, Redux « The Grumpy Academic — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:19:59 +0000

[...] 6, 2008 by thegrumpyacademic I wrote previously about the old farts at my local–which is to say, global–coffeehouse. I made it back [...]

Comment on The Special by thegrumpyacademic

thegrumpyacademic — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:37:12 +0000

I once ordered the “chef’s special” while in France. Apparently, it was whatever the chef happened to feel like cooking. I had never been in France before, but I had heard about its culinary prowess.

As I recall, the French chef’s special consisted of a runny fried egg draped over what would have been a decent spring salad. I could have come up with that.

Comment on The Special by Joe

Joe — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:05:15 +0000

Those specials… eternal optimsim. Is it the name “special” that attracts us?

I bet if they called them “Extra Specials” even more of us would just have to choose it.

The word “Chef’s Special “- always gets me because it makes me think that perhaps its the best choice on the menu, because the rest of the food on the menu could (be default) have been made by the short-order cook and dishwasher.