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Elessarina
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by Elessarina » Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:44 am
klr wrote:
Seriously though, many people in my experience have more than enough brains, but just don't seem to want to improve themselves intellectually.

But.. why should they want to?
I had a discussion with someone once.. can't recall who about Tolkien and he went on and on and on a bout how Rolkein wasted his great intellect and talent by writing The Lord of the Rings etc..
But that's what Tolkien wanted to do..
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Xamonas Chegwé
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by Xamonas Chegwé » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:12 am
Look! It's a boy. And he's got a horse's head. It's horse-boy!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/nor ... 401345.stm
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Pappa
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by Pappa » Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:30 am
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by Clinton Huxley » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:13 am
No-one who spends an appreciable amount of time hanging about here can really, with a straight face, accuse others of wallowing in the lowest common denominator.....
What does hypocrisy taste like, seriously?
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by JimC » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:18 am
Clinton Huxley wrote:No-one who spends an appreciable amount of time hanging about here can really, with a straight face, accuse others of wallowing in the lowest common denominator.....
What does hypocrisy taste like, seriously?
Communion wine...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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