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Re: These are the facts

Post by Hermit » Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:13 pm

Pogue wrote:Hermit. Are you available for private tutoring lessons?
I prefer to keep discussions with forum members public, so, no. You probably can't afford my rates anyway.
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Re: These are the facts

Post by Hermit » Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:21 pm

Rum wrote:I bid three condoms.
Your current avatar is a better contraceptive than any number of condoms. The only way I can envisage a more effective one is if you revert to one of your previous avs. One featuring a grey goatee, moustache and a bald pate.
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Re: These are the facts

Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:22 pm

An irrelevant fact is merely trivia.

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Re: These are the facts

Post by Pogue » Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:24 pm

You are not incorrect. I am a mentally handicapped dyslexic drawing social insurance.

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Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:29 pm

That may be so, but I know that when I get home this evening I have a packet trifle all ready to smear across my pj bottoms.
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Re: These are the facts

Post by JimC » Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:39 pm

"Private tutoring sessions", eh...

So that's what they're calling it these days... :naughty:
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Post by pErvinalia » Mon Nov 21, 2016 12:32 am

Pogue wrote:The wordplay is essentially intended as a mindfuck.
Where's my fuck, then? My mind was only mildly groped..
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Re: These are the facts

Post by Pogue » Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:44 am

Name the time and place.

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Post by JimC » Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:13 am

rEv travels at relativistic velocities, so time and place become problematic...
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Post by pErvinalia » Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:29 am

:lol:
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Re: These are the facts

Post by DRSB » Mon Nov 21, 2016 5:59 am

Pity this is a mock-thread! So why isn't it the pub?

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Re: These are the facts

Post by Hermit » Mon Nov 21, 2016 6:03 am

Is that a serious question?
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Re: These are the facts

Post by JimC » Mon Nov 21, 2016 6:05 am

This thread is, in fact, a perfect advertisement for the serious subject of philosophy... :tea:
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Re: These are the facts

Post by DRSB » Mon Nov 21, 2016 6:07 am

Hermit wrote:Is that a serious question?
Yes, it is! Or is "General Serious Discussion & Philosophy" the new pub?

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Re: These are the facts

Post by rainbow » Mon Nov 21, 2016 6:48 am

Pogue wrote:Why do you think an example would be relevant in this case?
Since you can't produce an example, you are wrong.

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