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21 Jun 11 - 02:27 PM (#3174028) Subject: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Little Hawk Scientists at NASA were mystified today when enhanced photos from the surface of one of Jupiter's moons turned up a clear and unmistakable image of what appears to be a large rectangular sign or sculpture in stone that reads "YANKEE GO HOME!" The font has been identified as sans serif. The science community is at a loss to explain this phenomenon, though there were suggestions that it might be a random event caused by cooling masses of magma from a volcanic eruption. Yeah...right! Further enhancement of photos revealed a second apparent sculpture not far away from the first, and it seems to resemble an upright hand with the middle finger extended skyward. Even the well-trimmed nails and cuticles are apparent. This is theorized to be a frozen geyser. Uh-huh. Professor Lance Davidson of NASA explained to the press: "It has to be some sort of bizarre natural phenomena that produced these oddly suggestive shapes in stone. After all, if it were an extra-terrestrial message of some sort from sentient beings, aliens if you will, it wouldn't read "Yankee Go Home". It would read "Earthlings Go Home". |
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21 Jun 11 - 02:36 PM (#3174034) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor You don't spell like a Canadian. |
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21 Jun 11 - 02:40 PM (#3174038) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Little Hawk I lived half my young life in the USA, Jack. I can spell like either a Canadian or an American, as I please. And I do. In fact, sometimes I deliberately spell like an American as a friendly gesture toward the Americans on this website. A "favor", in other words. ;-) I figure that seeing it spelled "favour" would make them feel that something is wrong. |
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21 Jun 11 - 02:41 PM (#3174042) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor No. I think Americans also do not spell "ism" with an "n." ;-) |
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21 Jun 11 - 02:56 PM (#3174052) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Little Hawk Oh, dear. Another blasted typo! Penelope Rutledge would never have made a mistake like that. |
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21 Jun 11 - 03:08 PM (#3174065) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor LOL |
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21 Jun 11 - 10:50 PM (#3174259) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Bob the Postman "isn" with an M and "spell" with an M? |
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21 Jun 11 - 11:17 PM (#3174266) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Little Hawk What concerns me is whether or not they will find similarly anti-American signs on even more distant planets, such as Neptune and Pluto. If so, what then? Where will it end??? |
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21 Jun 11 - 11:32 PM (#3174272) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Ebbie sigh If that isn't just like a Canadian... Pluto is not a planet nowadays, Little Hawk. :) |
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21 Jun 11 - 11:37 PM (#3174275) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor The real question is whether Pluto is a dog. Or is that just Goofy? |
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22 Jun 11 - 08:14 AM (#3174446) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks for the report, Little Hawk. You are a sweetie. Do you suppose the evil computer, HAL, had anything to do with the sign and the sculpture? Maybe Dave didn't remove all the critical circuits at the end of his long journey to Jupiter. |
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22 Jun 11 - 09:00 AM (#3174471) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: SINSULL That is actually an old relic of the American Civil War. Ken Burns mentions it briefly in his PBS series. It was financed and erected by John Paul Getty a great nephew of John Paul Jones and space explorer in response to the Battle of Gettysburg. Don't any of you ever read a book? SINS |
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22 Jun 11 - 09:42 AM (#3174493) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Dave MacKenzie Don't blame me - I never worked on HALs during my years in IT! Dave |
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22 Jun 11 - 09:49 AM (#3174495) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: olddude Blame me, I put it there. Had a terrible time getting it up there but I figured out that using moonshine as rocket fuel would do the trick. Kendall made the rocket outta old car parts and bobster included his sidewalk blues CD and some great home grown to go inside the thing for the aliens to understand our culture. Yup I have to say it was a mudcat collaboration. Spaw wrote the opening line on it. It reads "placed here by mudcatters for your enjoyment, if you don't like it Jackweed then go fuck yourself" I just didn't say anything to anyone until now |
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22 Jun 11 - 10:05 AM (#3174503) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Rapparee Is "jackweed" a plant like poison ivy or something? |
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22 Jun 11 - 11:56 AM (#3174574) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: olddude Gotta ask Spaw, I think it is some kinda Ohio based plant life or something |
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22 Jun 11 - 12:01 PM (#3174576) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Little Hawk Ebbie - Yes, I am aware that some people are now claiming that Pluto "isn't a planet"....but I don't give a damn. ;-) Pluto is still a planet as far as I am concerned. I think the Civil War connection is an interesting one, and there may be something to it. Will the South rise again on the Moons of Jupiter??? And if so, then what? |
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22 Jun 11 - 12:15 PM (#3174587) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor The South done rose already. GW Bush was the revenge. |
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22 Jun 11 - 01:29 PM (#3174630) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Bee-dubya-ell Jackweed is a common roadside plant in many parts of North America. It is the only wild member of its family. It has two domesticated relatives, dickweed and fuckweed. Dickweed is grown for its fibrous husks which are used for making dickstrings, and fuckweed is grown for its sturdy stalks which are commonly dried and soaked in kerosene to make flaming fucksticks. |
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22 Jun 11 - 01:31 PM (#3174632) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor Didn't I hear that Gunnery Sargent, turned actor call someone a Jackweed in a Geico ad? |
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22 Jun 11 - 01:33 PM (#3174634) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor Nope. it was jackWAGON |
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22 Jun 11 - 01:44 PM (#3174642) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: olddude Bee LOL that was great !! Is it grown only in Ohio? Spaw seems to know a lot about them |
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22 Jun 11 - 02:09 PM (#3174670) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Rapparee Gotta ask Spaw, I think it is some kinda Ohio based plant life or something Are you saying that Spaw is some kinda Ohio based plant life? |
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22 Jun 11 - 02:55 PM (#3174702) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: olddude Never thought about it Rap but you could be right ... ever see that movie about the pod people ... hmmmm |
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22 Jun 11 - 03:13 PM (#3174713) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: GUEST,leeneia "It has two domesticated relatives, dickweed and fuckweed." The correct forms are 'dickhead' and 'fuckwit.' My goodness, when are you going to master proper English? :) |
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22 Jun 11 - 03:37 PM (#3174728) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Ebbie The Mudcat is so educational. Thank you. |
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22 Jun 11 - 04:11 PM (#3174755) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor I thought the correct forms were Fuck-head and Fuck-up As in "Look that Fuck-head over there he is such a fuck-up!" But maybe that's just Newfoundland English, which can take cursing to extremes. |
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22 Jun 11 - 04:14 PM (#3174758) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: olddude It is a dialect thing Jack ... probably correct for Newfoundland Now in Wisconsin they would end it with a YAH |
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22 Jun 11 - 04:31 PM (#3174767) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Little Hawk In Blind River it's "fliphead", "flip-up", "dipwad", and "motherflipper". |
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22 Jun 11 - 05:31 PM (#3174803) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor Wow, considering the percent of Blind River that is consistently blind drunk, they are surprising gentile. Don't get me started on Newfoundlanders who even get slightly blurred vision from drinking. |
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22 Jun 11 - 06:11 PM (#3174833) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Little Hawk Yeah, but "flip" is a VERY bad word in Blind River. Shane said "flippin'" to the judge and got fined for contempt of court. |
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22 Jun 11 - 06:18 PM (#3174838) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor Wussies! |
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22 Jun 11 - 06:33 PM (#3174844) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: gnu He is contemptable for being flippant. Hmmm... he IS? Be da lard sufferin suffocatin dyin Jaysus I just just said "He is..." as if he existed. I sound like a struck **** what's as stunned as me arse. |
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22 Jun 11 - 06:35 PM (#3174847) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor LOL!! FLIPPANT!!! is dat like a PISSant? LOL |
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22 Jun 11 - 07:27 PM (#3174881) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Bee-dubya-ell I beg to differ, leenia. "Fuckwit" is a verb meaning "molest". Example: "My brudder-in-law ain't nobody youse would wanna fuckwit." |
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22 Jun 11 - 07:39 PM (#3174891) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: gnu Well, Shane certainly has been a pissant pissmire at times eh? But, ya gotta love and accept the good old boys. Who else would thin the pines with circular saws for $8 an hour? Well, I am talking Dale and the lads. Whether Shane actually ever works for pay is up to LH's imagination. |
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22 Jun 11 - 07:45 PM (#3174895) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Bobert What next??? Mars gonna boot the Rover out??? I knew this was gonna happen when we demoted Pluto... B~ |
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22 Jun 11 - 08:47 PM (#3174923) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Little Hawk He has worked very briefly for pay on a handful of occasions, but he always either got fired or quit after a day or two. |
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22 Jun 11 - 09:20 PM (#3174932) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor Is his name Shane W Bush? |
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22 Jun 11 - 10:25 PM (#3174950) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Mrrzy No, Shane is the man with one name. |
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22 Jun 11 - 10:31 PM (#3174955) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Rapparee He's Sarah Palin's illegitimate son. You can tell because Shame only works until the work starts getting slightly difficult and then he quits, just like his mommy. |
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22 Jun 11 - 11:03 PM (#3174966) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: GUEST,leeneia Hi, BWL. You are right, of course, about the verb. However, 'fuckwit' the verb takes an apostrophe, as in "It's my beluga caviar, and don't fuckwit' it!" According to the OED, this form is first found in early-20th century Bronx, New York. 'Fuckwit' without the apostrophe is a noun and comes from the Old Dutch 'fuck' combined with Anglo-Saxon 'wit', meaning intelligence, (or lack thereof) and it is found as far back as the 13th century. See how cultivated we Americans are? |
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22 Jun 11 - 11:26 PM (#3174974) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: olddude Leeenia Holy Cow someone that understands the mind of Spaw .. You are amazing my friend |
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23 Jun 11 - 12:42 AM (#3174997) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Little Hawk His name is Shane Aleister McBride. He desperately did not want the "Aleister" part to be known, but his brother Don outed him on that awhile back. He is still planning his revenge on Don. |
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23 Jun 11 - 12:48 AM (#3175001) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Ebbie Does he have a sister Poly? |
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23 Jun 11 - 09:50 AM (#3175168) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: GUEST,leeneia Thank you, old dude. i didn't realize till you said that that I have an inner spaw. No doubt we all do. LH, I was once reading a mystery story where the detective-narrator said that there are certain common-sense things we all know. "For example, never trust anybody named Don." Your story confirms the detective's view. |
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23 Jun 11 - 12:47 PM (#3175254) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Little Hawk Interesting... |
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24 Jun 11 - 12:08 AM (#3175540) Subject: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: GUEST,John Orford The terrestrial "Yankees go home" is not aimed at individual people in the United States, unless they are gung-ho supporters of their government, which is the target. Imperialism is welcome nowhere. |
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24 Jun 11 - 04:13 PM (#3175901) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Don Firth AHEM!!! Don Firth |
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24 Jun 11 - 04:21 PM (#3175906) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: gnu Yeeeees? |
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24 Jun 11 - 04:28 PM (#3175913) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Jack the Sailor Burrrrp! |
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24 Jun 11 - 10:17 PM (#3176038) Subject: RE: BS: Has Anti-Americanisn spread THIS far??? From: Little Hawk P-b-b-b-l-a-a-a-F-F-F-T!!! (extended fart sound) |