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Old 10-28-2006, 01:11 PM   #13461
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And then came Islam, and the systematic invasion of a large portion of the known world. So it's hardly like they didn't get their own back .
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True; some of them just got turned into crispy critters in the process. Until the advent of the firearm, of course.
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Including their mad-man of a leader Mohammed, who according to Dante, is burning in the ninth trench of the eighth circle of Hell.
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And on that note, let's move away from the religious discussion. I only mentioned it because it's what I'm studying this week.

Time to watch some Poirot, methinks.
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TV is not a contributer to a condusive learning atmosphere, or so I'm told.
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That depends on what you watch. Sir David with the hard to spell surname makes educational programs. Big Brother, on the other hand...
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Big Brother is dross.
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It was fairly interesting at its inception, just as an exercise in studying human behaviour. It quickly descended into the trash it is today, that the mindless masses can't seem to get enough of.
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Quite.
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Indeed.
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Time for another song lyric, methinks.

"If love was a clock I could let it unwind
Throw it out the window and watch the time fly"
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Would this show "Big brothers" be a European-only show?
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What will be the last thoughts of the thread? The illithids are working on their next menu.




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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_%28TV_series%29
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Big Bother, more like.
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Big Bother, more like.
Is that directed at the show or one of us?
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Is that directed at the show or one of us?

Prob you Gill! I'm more of a father figure!!!
Anyone hungry? Im cooking hot dogs.
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Prob you Gill! I'm more of a father figure!!!
Anyone hungry? Im cooking hot dogs.
I did that with a corn dog once, but it didn't work quite as well.
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