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  • in reply to: Just the other day #1960912

    Count Chocula and Cap’n Crunch are…

    in reply to: How about this cache? #1961827

    @dudfirst wrote:

    I’ve never been caching before, but it sounds like it could be fun to try with my girlfriend. Are there ones that anybody would recommend?

    Plenty. It just depends on what area you’re located in.

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    everyone’s sunglasses…

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    chicken which…

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    and hippos just take up too much…

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    to make room for their…

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    those wily little…

    in reply to: Humor #1923184

    How to speak English more better.

    The following are the rules you need to keep in mind if you want to become a fluent English speaker:

    1. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
    2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
    3. And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.
    4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
    5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat)
    6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
    7. Be more or less specific.
    8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
    9. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
    10. No sentence fragments.
    11. Contractions aren’t necessary and shouldn’t be used.
    12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
    13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
    14. One should NEVER generalize.
    15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
    16. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
    17. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
    18. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
    19. The passive voice is to be ignored.
    20. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthet- ical words however should be enclosed in commas.
    21. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
    22. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
    23. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth-shaking ideas.
    24. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
    25. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
    26. Puns are for children, not groan readers.
    27. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
    28. Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
    29. Who needs rhetorical questions?
    30. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than under-statement.

    And the last one…

    31. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

    in reply to: Spring break – Waukesha Area #1958244

    Well, that sounded wrong…

    in reply to: Just the other day #1960868

    count to pi while…

    in reply to: Paddling cache on the IL border? #1961793

    Tempting…very tempting…

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    one is more than enough to…

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    for it was a pleasure to burn…

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    guinea pigs that…

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    excuse the behavior of…

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