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I like to be succinct when I say things. There's a reason the english language has so many words right? Might as well use them...
Example: Yesterday I tell someone The German Shepherd won the Herding Group at Westminster. Today I tell them the German Shepherd won Best in Show. " Yeah, you told me that yesterday..."
Example: I ate way too many fish as a poor college student. I still like fish with shells and claws but I won't eat a fish with fins. " What About Halibut?"
Example: I ate way too many beans as a kid, now the only legume of any kind I will eat is a peanut. " What about lima beans?"...
And on it goes......
Or is it just that I'm a curmudgeon?
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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A slow day in Poobsville . . .
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A slow day in Poobsville . . .
Yep.
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I like to be succinct when I say things. There's a reason the english language has so many words right? Might as well use them...
Example: Yesterday I tell someone The German Shepherd won the Herding Group at Westminster. Today I tell them the German Shepherd won Best in Show. " Yeah, you told me that yesterday..."
Example: I ate way too many fish as a poor college student. I still like fish with shells and claws but I won't eat a fish with fins. " What About Halibut?"
Example: I ate way too many beans as a kid, now the only legume of any kind I will eat is a peanut. " What about lima beans?"...
And on it goes......
Or is it just that I'm a curmudgeon? I would ask why you keep talking to a moron, but then realized you were talking to yourself again.
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
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Those folks you should be able to smack with a dildo.
Optionally, you can use a rubber dick.
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There's a reason the english language has so many words right? Might as well use them... Well, the English language has many points of grammar & punctuation. Might as well use them..... You failed to capitalize the proper noun, "English". And, you failed to place a comma after "words".
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I value succinct, written and spoken. I value clarity just as much. Many people do not know how to ask questions nor answer them.
How is "Down the hall, to your left" the correct answer to "Do you have a bathroom?"
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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Have go arounds with Cookie on that. Ask a yes/no question like do you want to...., and rather than a simple answer she starts off into some dissertation on the justification for her decision.
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Those folks you should be able to smack with a dildo.
Optionally, you can use a rubber dick. What makes you think he doesn't?
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I like to be succinct when I say things. There's a reason the english language has so many words right? Might as well use them...
Example: Yesterday I tell someone The German Shepherd won the Herding Group at Westminster. Today I tell them the German Shepherd won Best in Show. " Yeah, you told me that yesterday..."
Example: I ate way too many fish as a poor college student. I still like fish with shells and claws but I won't eat a fish with fins. " What About Halibut?"
Example: I ate way too many beans as a kid, now the only legume of any kind I will eat is a peanut. " What about lima beans?"...
And on it goes......
Or is it just that I'm a curmudgeon? You are cursed with being surrounded by intellectual inferiors. Move next door to Ben Stein. Should solve the problem. 
"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Han Solo
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In a small town gas station, a guy pulled up and asked rudely "do any of you know how to get to Xtown?"
The old attendant said, "left at the light, and keep gettin it."
The guy drove off.
I said to the attendant, "But that's not the way to Xtown."
He said, "Nope, but that's the fastest way out of town..."
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Have go arounds with Cookie on that. Ask a yes/now question like do you want to...., and rather than a simple answer she starts off into some dissertation on the justification for her decision. I don't know how many times I ask my wife "So that's a Yes/No?"
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When I ask a question requiring only a yes or no response (or any one word answer), and get the start of a long diatribe for a response, I will stop them and remind them "I only asked what time it was, not how to build a watch."
Someday I hope to be the person my dogs think I am . . .
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Shiloh Sharps . . . there is no substitute.
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I don't know how many times I ask my wife "So that's a Yes/No?" and then the fight starts.
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A slow day in Poobsville . . .
This ^^^. His nails are sanded and polished.
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The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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That post is over my head!
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I value succinct, written and spoken. I value clarity just as much. Many people do not know how to ask questions nor answer them.
How is "Down the hall, to your left" the correct answer to "Do you have a bathroom?"
Reminds me of the time I was at a hotel in Ensenada, Mexico. We're having drinks when the waitress walks up. I ask in Spanish, "Donde esta el bano?" She replies "right around the corner", apparently not impressed with my Spanish. 
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