10-23-2007, 06:32 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HalifaxDrunk
I'm not so sure, the Destroyer couldn't destroy the Aluminum Falcon.
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This is due to the well known affliction dubbed TRD or "Trench Run Disease" in which large vessels are known to be at a disadvantage to numerous smaller ones.
GAWD! Dont you know anything!! 
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10-23-2007, 07:55 PM
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#82
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Franchise Player
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Well, couldn't they have just covered up that hole with a piece of plywood or something??
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10-23-2007, 08:01 PM
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#83
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gottabekd
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WHOOSH!
I know.
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Originally Posted by Grimbl420
I can wash my penis without taking my pants off.
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Originally Posted by Moneyhands23
If edmonton wins the cup in the next decade I will buy everyone on CP a bottle of vodka.
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10-23-2007, 08:04 PM
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#84
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Disenfranchised
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This thread is more retarted then the Oilers are, but it does have alot more win then they do.
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10-23-2007, 08:19 PM
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#85
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Northern AB, in "oil country" >:p----@
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hell will unthaw long before people stop saying irregardless......
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10-23-2007, 09:02 PM
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#87
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FireFly
WHOOSH!
I know.
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No whoosh, I just wanted to spam the site.
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10-23-2007, 11:53 PM
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#89
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Shanghai
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alltherage
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Did you make that? That's fantastic!
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10-23-2007, 11:59 PM
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#90
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Chick Magnet
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I broke up with a girl because she used "seen" all the time.
"Yeah, I seen him the other day"
Argggg!! Annoyed me so much - but I'm shallow and kind of a jerk.
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10-24-2007, 12:04 AM
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#91
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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ATR, I will continue to use this term irregardless of your feelings...... 
Lol, J/K man..... 
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The Beatings Shall Continue Until Morale Improves!
This Post Has Been Distilled for the Eradication of Seemingly Incurable Sadness.
The World Ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. - Flames Fans
If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
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10-24-2007, 05:12 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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The apostrophe thing drives me nuts.
Where do people learn this stuff? It's amazing, the grammatical phenomenon seemingly appeared out of the ether, with zero founding in English language grammar.
I seriously question a person's intelligence when I see "oreo's" or "thousand's".
And no it is not like a simple typo. Or even there/their/they're, because at least that error has confusion as its root. The apostrophe thing has only mass ignorance to blame.
It really is shocking and I cringe every time I see it.
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10-24-2007, 08:12 AM
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#93
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Missed the bus
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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Did you make that? That's fantastic!
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Haha, I wish... its just a random image that floats around the net.. I have no clue what the actual image was originally. It just looks too ridiculous to be real aside from the obvious photoshopped words... An old school army guy with a monacle? It's just wierd.
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10-24-2007, 08:54 AM
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#94
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Lifetime Suspension
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I have a question!
Do any of you believe that with the computer we are becoming lazy in our spelling and grammar? Do we allow the computer to catch our mistakes?
To obtain my certificate I had to write a 4 hour case study by hand. I am the first to admit I do not like to hand write anything more than a sentence or 2. Why because I have always had messy hand writing and I always will, plus spelling has not always been one of my strong points.
I like to use the computer so that when I am expected to produce a report for work, or for school, I let Word catch my basic mistake while I concentrate on ideas and what I am presenting. Should we not be using the tools we have available, e.g. the computer/Word. I firmly believe I should be graded on my presentation, thoughts and flow vs. if I spelt a word correctly or not.
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10-24-2007, 09:11 AM
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Los Angeles
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Originally Posted by BCReefer
I have a question!
Do any of you believe that with the computer we are becoming lazy in our spelling and grammar? Do we allow the computer to catch our mistakes?
To obtain my certificate I had to write a 4 hour case study by hand. I am the first to admit I do not like to hand write anything more than a sentence or 2. Why because I have always had messy hand writing and I always will, plus spelling has not always been one of my strong points.
I like to use the computer so that when I am expected to produce a report for work, or for school, I let Word catch my basic mistake while I concentrate on ideas and what I am presenting. Should we not be using the tools we have available, e.g. the computer/Word. I firmly believe I should be graded on my presentation, thoughts and flow vs. if I spelt a word correctly or not.
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I can tell you're using Word for this post. Because your font is all f--ked up where you pasted it into the message box. You have to set your User CP to "basic editor" for a cut and paste to be displayed properly.
To answer your question - computers help with spelling, but are causing the death of grammar. There's a reason that so many people use loose instead of lose and don't catch it. It's spelled right, but used incorrectly - a classic computer "reliance" mistake.
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Last edited by Flashpoint; 10-24-2007 at 09:13 AM.
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10-24-2007, 09:16 AM
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#96
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One of the Nine
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Originally Posted by alltherage
Haha, I wish... its just a random image that floats around the net.. I have no clue what the actual image was originally. It just looks too ridiculous to be real aside from the obvious photoshopped words... An old school army guy with a monacle? It's just wierd.
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Isn't that Pop Pop from Arrested Development? (best.show.ever)
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10-24-2007, 09:22 AM
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#97
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Powerplay Quarterback
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The army guy is Colonel Klink from Hogans Heroes.
I agree that computers help with spelling and are killing grammar, for exactly the reasons that Flashpoint said.
I do find it interesting to watch the evolution of language with relation to the computer though. All the new words, terms and slang being invented in online communities are neat to follow.
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10-24-2007, 11:11 AM
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#98
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Missed the bus
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If you want an automatic spell check I would switch to Firefox too. It is teh greatz.
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