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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:23:40 PM   
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Get your mind out of the gutter.

And move it down into the sewer with yours? You're the guy who's getting all worked up from fantasizing about my sex life, ya know (I'd call it a "love life," but, as sister Tina sang it, "What's love got to do with it?").

Again with the two of you? Not that there's anything wrong with that!

Hey, Yuri and I are old pals. Did I ever show ya the picture of us together?





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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:24:26 PM   
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No sloppy seconds for me, dude.

Sharon and I were kind of an item for awhile in high school, but she dumped me for Keith, who was a wrestler. I guess she liked his takedown technique.

I ran into her twice after that, once when I was home on leave from the Air Farce (and, yes, we went out for a few laps around the track) and later at our five-year reunion (when I saw, evenat the tender age of 23, poor Sharon had been ridden hard and put away wet a few times too often).

Too bad. I always liked Sharon. Great sense of humor. In her senior year, after she finished second to Jackie - who else? - for homecoming queen, she said to me, "She's gonna need dentures at an early age, 'cause somebody's gonna get so sick of that cheesy smile they're gonna kick it right down her throat."



I dont suppose any of this stuff is actually true.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:25:53 PM   
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Get your mind out of the gutter.

And move it down into the sewer with yours? You're the guy who's getting all worked up from fantasizing about my sex life, ya know (I'd call it a "love life," but, as sister Tina sang it, "What's love got to do with it?").

Again with the two of you? Not that there's anything wrong with that!

Hey, Yuri and I are old pals. Did I ever show ya the picture of us together?






Perish the thought. I doubt that even at my tender age I'd be able to keep up with the likes of you or JWE.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:26:02 PM   
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I dont suppose any of this stuff is actually true.

Does it matter? This is the Internet, where all things are possible...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:26:55 PM   
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I dont suppose any of this stuff is actually true.

Does it matter? This is the Internet, where all things are possible...


So what happened after you were elected King of England?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:27:24 PM   
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Grits is a collective noun.



Cllective noun? That sounds vagely communistic. I'm glad you were paying attention to your grammar teacher. I wasn't. (Or spelling either).


Well....my mom was a grammar teacher. I paid attention whether I wanted to or not.


I thought your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of Elderberries....


Don't believe the French.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:28:45 PM   
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Don't believe the French.




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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:36:17 PM   
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I dont suppose any of this stuff is actually true.

Does it matter? This is the Internet, where all things are possible...


So what happened after you were elected King of England?

Yuri, you ignorant slut. I thought you were a student of history. You can't be elected king, you have to be born to the purple ... like Aretha Franklin ... or Duke Ellington ... or King Crimson ...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:40:30 PM   
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Yuri, you ignorant slut. I thought you were a student of history. You can't be elected king, you have to be born to the purple ... like Aretha Franklin ... or Duke Ellington ... or King Crimson ...


Now, now....anyone could have made that mistake.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:46:36 PM   
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Actually king's in some instances were elected: by the nobility.


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:47:52 PM   
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Yuri, you ignorant slut. I thought you were a student of history. You can't be elected king, you have to be born to the purple ... like Aretha Franklin ... or Duke Ellington ... or King Crimson ...


Now, now....anyone could have made that mistake.

Yah - people like us have to Rasputinize themselves - control the throne from behind the scenes ... like Woolsey or Richelieu or Bismarck or Terminus ...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:53:49 PM   
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Actually king's in some instances were elected: by the nobility.


Only on your worthless rockpile of a planet, maybe - here on the Big Blue Marble, those were "selections," not "elections." When you "elect," you choose a representative from among peers. When you "select," you appoint one who becomes a superior, not a representative.

But, of course, I await your argument en riposte with bait on my breath ... hope they're not biting.

And do I have to explain to you that apostrophes are not used to form plurals, Mr. Grammarteer?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:54:18 PM   
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Get your mind out of the gutter.

And move it down into the sewer with yours? You're the guy who's getting all worked up from fantasizing about my sex life, ya know (I'd call it a "love life," but, as sister Tina sang it, "What's love got to do with it?").

Again with the two of you? Not that there's anything wrong with that!

Hey, Yuri and I are old pals. Did I ever show ya the picture of us together?






Pas, I cruise along, chuckling at the wit of my Brothers, and then I always seem to hit a post of yours that makes me shake my head, right after I stop laughing and wipe away the tears.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:56:51 PM   
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Don't believe the French.







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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:57:01 PM   
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Actually king's in some instances were elected: by the nobility.


Only on your worthless rockpile of a planet, maybe - here on the Big Blue Marble, those were "selections," not "elections." When you "elect," you choose a representative from among peers. When you "select," you appoint one who becomes a superior, not a representative.

But, of course, I await your argument en riposte with bait on my breath ... hope they're not biting.

And do I have to explain to you that apostrophes are not used to form plurals, Mr. Grammarteer?


Oooh, a grammar slap!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 7:57:25 PM   
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I always seem to hit a post of yours that makes me shake my head, right after I stop laughing and wipe away the tears.

Yah, that's very likely the reaction my old man had the first time he saw me, but the tears were probably not from laughter...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:00:36 PM   
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Actually king's in some instances were elected: by the nobility.



+1.
The idea (or false knowledge ) that most people have about Kings come from 17th century.
But in the first years, in Ancient Greece, in Holy Roman Empire, in middle age France, Britain, or else, Kings were elected...in fact, co-elected in their peers of the nobility.
Sometimes, the argument for electoral campaign was just to show a sword...it could convince...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:01:47 PM   
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Yah - people like us have to Rasputinize themselves - control the throne from behind the scenes ... like Woolsey or Richelieu or Bismarck or Terminus ...


T, for one, seems to be doing a terrible job.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:02:25 PM   
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Only on your worthless rockpile of a planet, maybe - here on the Big Blue Marble, those were "selections," not "elections." When you "elect," you choose a representative from among peers. When you "select," you appoint one who becomes a superior, not a representative.

But, of course, I await your argument en riposte with bait on my breath ... hope they're not biting.

And do I have to explain to you that apostrophes are not used to form plurals, Mr. Grammarteer?


Oh! Snap!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:03:33 PM   
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Pas, I cruise along, chuckling at the wit of my Brothers, and then I always seem to hit a post of yours that makes me shake my head, right after I stop laughing and wipe away the tears.


Which, undoubtedly, makes your co-workers wonder just wtf is wrong with you.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:04:25 PM   
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Oooh, a grammar slap!


To be fair, Brush Hat did set the bar pretty high for himself.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:04:42 PM   
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Actually king's in some instances were elected: by the nobility.


Only on your worthless rockpile of a planet, maybe - here on the Big Blue Marble, those were "selections," not "elections." When you "elect," you choose a representative from among peers. When you "select," you appoint one who becomes a superior, not a representative.

But, of course, I await your argument en riposte with bait on my breath ... hope they're not biting.

And do I have to explain to you that apostrophes are not used to form plurals, Mr. Grammarteer?


Call it late stage rebellion against youthful indignities.

Sorry, but you don't define what 'elect' means. The people doing it are the definers, and they said they elected a king. From their peers (nobles). So there.


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:06:42 PM   
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Actually king's in some instances were elected: by the nobility.



+1.
The idea (or false knowledge ) that most people have about Kings come from 17th century.
But in the first years, in Ancient Greece, in Holy Roman Empire, in middle age France, Britain, or else, Kings were elected...in fact, co-elected in their peers of the nobility.
Sometimes, the argument for electoral campaign was just to show a sword...it could convince...


I'm with Pas on this one. Theres a great big line between an election and the choice of a figurehead.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:07:35 PM   
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Actually king's in some instances were elected: by the nobility.


Only on your worthless rockpile of a planet, maybe - here on the Big Blue Marble, those were "selections," not "elections." When you "elect," you choose a representative from among peers. When you "select," you appoint one who becomes a superior, not a representative.

But, of course, I await your argument en riposte with bait on my breath ... hope they're not biting.

And do I have to explain to you that apostrophes are not used to form plurals, Mr. Grammarteer?


Call it late stage rebellion against youthful indignities.

Sorry, but you don't define what 'elect' means. The people doing it are the definers, and they said they elected a king. From their peers (nobles). So there.



Maybe they had trouble with grammar too?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:08:25 PM   
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Actually king's in some instances were elected: by the nobility.



+1.
The idea (or false knowledge ) that most people have about Kings come from 17th century.
But in the first years, in Ancient Greece, in Holy Roman Empire, in middle age France, Britain, or else, Kings were elected...in fact, co-elected in their peers of the nobility.
Sometimes, the argument for electoral campaign was just to show a sword...it could convince...


I'm with Pas on this one. Theres a great big line between an election and the choice of a figurehead.



No there isn't. It's just your democratized perspective. I suppose our early elections were not elections because only the landed had sufferage?

Bah. Elections are simply a group choosing a leader from amongst them. Nothing more.



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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:20:06 PM   
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No there isn't. It's just your democratized perspective. I suppose our early elections were not elections because only the landed had sufferage?

Bah. Elections are simply a group choosing a leader from amongst them. Nothing more.




In a very idealized sense you are completely right, but are we talking de facto or du jure?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:26:10 PM   
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Actually king's in some instances were elected: by the nobility.



+1.
The idea (or false knowledge ) that most people have about Kings come from 17th century.
But in the first years, in Ancient Greece, in Holy Roman Empire, in middle age France, Britain, or else, Kings were elected...in fact, co-elected in their peers of the nobility.
Sometimes, the argument for electoral campaign was just to show a sword...it could convince...

Careful. None of the exemplar societies you name spoke modern English, and we are writing in modern English here (or in Mynok's case, making a vain attempt to do so).

The simple idea I was expressing by example is to preserve subtle distinctions in language so as to help people form rational thoughts. You engage in the silly sophistry you accuse others of pursuing by calling those processes "electoral campaigns." Let's be clear when being serious.

And, let's not be insulting. There was no need to throw in that "false knowledge" slam.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:28:21 PM   
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I suppose our early elections were not elections because only the landed had sufferage?

Bah. Elections are simply a group choosing a leader from amongst them. Nothing more.



I don't dispute for a moment anything you say. My point was merely on usage, not politics.

And they weren't suffering. They exercised suffrage.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:28:58 PM   
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What does language, time period, or culture have to do with it? That's right. NOTHING.

"Elections" are not limited to some 20th century American concept.


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/19/2010 8:29:52 PM   
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I suppose our early elections were not elections because only the landed had sufferage?

Bah. Elections are simply a group choosing a leader from amongst them. Nothing more.



I don't dispute for a moment anything you say. My point was merely on usage, not politics.

And they weren't suffering. They exercised suffrage.


Sufferage is a noun. My sentence used it as the direct object of a verb. Perfectly correct grammar and semantics.


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