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12-01-2006, 11:44 AM
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Wild Rumpus Facilitator
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The man in the suit has just bought a new car with the profit he made off your dreams
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Originally posted by Not Bob
And when was the last time you heard John Barleycorn on commercial radio?
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Monday. But that's because I live in Chicago, home WXRT-93.1 FM, the only radio station that matters.
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Send in the evil clowns.
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12-01-2006, 11:44 AM
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It is what it is
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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
When does the phrase "It is what it is" ever NOT accurately capture the circumstances? Which, I guess, is part of the problem.
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Well, it's normally used to describe something that the speaker believes is unchangeable. "It is what it is" means you can't do anything to change the circumstances. The problem is that the phrase is often used when you can change the circumstances, and the speaker is lazily using it as an excuse to ignore the potential changes.
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No no no, that's not gonna help. That's not gonna help and I'll tell you why: It doesn't unbang your Mom.
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12-01-2006, 11:46 AM
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Wild Rumpus Facilitator
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xmas music
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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I think they were popular when I was in HS. How old is your daughter?
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18. Not old enough for Less, because she doesn't drink yet, and too old for Hank, who has stated his preference for middle school kids.
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12-01-2006, 11:46 AM
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Steaming Hot
Join Date: Mar 2003
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It is what it is
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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
When does the phrase "It is what it is" ever NOT accurately capture the circumstances? Which, I guess, is part of the problem.
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It's not appropriate when you're looking at a mirage, or an illusion. |
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12-01-2006, 11:48 AM
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Steaming Hot
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xmas music
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Originally posted by taxwonk
18. Not old enough for Less, because she doesn't drink yet, and too old for Hank, who has stated his preference for middle school kids.
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Holy cow. |
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12-01-2006, 11:49 AM
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It is what it is
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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
It's not appropriate when you're looking at a mirage, or an illusion.
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What if you are aware that it's an illusion?
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No no no, that's not gonna help. That's not gonna help and I'll tell you why: It doesn't unbang your Mom.
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12-01-2006, 11:50 AM
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Random Syndicate (admin)
Join Date: Mar 2003
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xmas music
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Originally posted by nononono
It's hard to look at the post-Faces Rod and then hear now-Rod slinging (real) oldie after oldie now. I mean, even at 40, which didn't seem so long ago, he was still sort of riding on that sex god wave. What's the comparative track for Burning Man attendees and lawyers? :-)
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I attended a 65th birthday party at Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's in London last year in a private dining room. A lot of alcohol was consumed.
One of the guests, returning from the loo towards the end of the party, announced that Rod Stewart was sitting in the main dining room. Several other guests ventured out to confirm the sighting. Inevitably, a fairly bad rendition of "If you want my body" ensued. I think a good quarter of the guests chimed in. I can't imagine that the main dining room didn't hear it.
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"In the olden days before the internet, you'd take this sort of person for a ride out into the woods and shoot them, as Darwin intended, before he could spawn."--Will the Vampire People Leave the Lobby? pg 79
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12-01-2006, 11:51 AM
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The Beauty of the Internet, Part 157,343
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12-01-2006, 11:52 AM
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World Ruler
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It is what it is
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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
It's not appropriate when you're looking at a mirage, or an illusion.
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It is still what it is, it just doesn't seem that way.
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"More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War coming out any other way."
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12-01-2006, 11:52 AM
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Proud Holder-Post 200,000
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It is what it is
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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
It's not appropriate when you're looking at a mirage, or an illusion.
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and this exception applies to almost all of the instances where the person who uses this phrase the most, has used the phrase. I mean if "mirage or illusion" extend to "hallucinations caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain."
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I will not suffer a fool- but I do seem to read a lot of their posts
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12-01-2006, 11:52 AM
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Random Syndicate (admin)
Join Date: Mar 2003
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xmas music
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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
My older sister and I mercilessly tormented my younger sister. She is now far and away the nicest, kindest one of us now, so I like to take credit for that.
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I suspect that part of the reason my youngest sister lives in California, while the rest of us live here, is to be very far away from her tormenters. She's also quite a sweetheart. She does have a sort of jumpy fear in her eyes, though.
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"In the olden days before the internet, you'd take this sort of person for a ride out into the woods and shoot them, as Darwin intended, before he could spawn."--Will the Vampire People Leave the Lobby? pg 79
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12-01-2006, 11:52 AM
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xmas music
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Originally posted by taxwonk
18. Not old enough for Less, because she doesn't drink yet, and too old for Hank, who has stated his preference for middle school kids.
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I don't think Sponky discriminates. |
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12-01-2006, 11:52 AM
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Steaming Hot
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It is what it is
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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
What if you are aware that it's an illusion?
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If you are describing an illusion, then it's appropriate. If you are looking at an illusion and describing what you see at face value, then it's inappropriate. |
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12-01-2006, 11:54 AM
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Proud Holder-Post 200,000
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xmas music
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Originally posted by taxwonk
18. Not old enough for Less, because she doesn't drink yet, and too old for Hank, who has stated his preference for middle school kids.
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foul. at best you could claim I have a desire to use their toilets, but those were the boys' toilets. that means you are calling me gay, and that is no longer allowed.
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I will not suffer a fool- but I do seem to read a lot of their posts
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12-01-2006, 11:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
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xmas music
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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I attended a 65th birthday party at Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's in London last year in a private dining room. A lot of alcohol was consumed.
One of the guests, returning from the loo towards the end of the party, announced that Rod Stewart was sitting in the main dining room. Several other guests ventured out to confirm the sighting. Inevitably, a fairly bad rendition of "If you want my body" ensued. I think a good quarter of the guests chimed in. I can't imagine that the main dining room didn't hear it.
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I love that song. It always reminds me of "I Married An Axe Murderer".
But kind of faux-Britishism is this "loo" thing? Why would anyone want to be pseudo-Brit, anyways? |
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