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• 35 minutes ago, on the list ria, marky said
  “you mean, lucklaster ;)” more…
• about 1 hour ago, on You probably think this song is about you, bilby said
  “She had one eye on the mirror.
  And ...” more…
• about 1 hour ago, on uncoilable, bilby said
  “Something which is oilable but uncoordinated.” more…
• about 1 hour ago, on the list ria, mollusque said
  “We wouldn't want you to be lackcluster, marky!” more…
• about 1 hour ago, on uncoilable, mollusque said
  “Which is it: able to be uncoiled or not able to be coiled?” more…
• about 2 hours ago, on mushfaker, bilby said
  “Really? Mush is one thing I just can't fake convincingly.” more…
• about 2 hours ago, on larf, bilby said
  “I remember reading 'Only When I Larf' a few years back. Maybe it was made into a movie as well *can't be bovvered checking*” more…
• about 2 hours ago, on unriotable, mollusque said
  “Despite the acute embarrassment of a full-blown riot raging in a so-called "unriotable" penitentiary—and the fact that correctional officers were…” more…
• about 3 hours ago, on Espoo, a said
  “Finnish is inherently funny.” more…
• about 4 hours ago, on TelePalmter, dontcry said
  “Yeah, 'cause that's totally different. *barf*” more…
• about 5 hours ago, on fustercluck, marky said
  “my RIA list comments are nothing but a clusterfucking fustercluck.” more…
• about 5 hours ago, on the list ria, marky said
  “*fustercluck* my new word.. thx yarb!” more…
• about 5 hours ago, on luminous, knitandpurl said
  “But whereas in memory this vagueness may be, if not fathomed, at any rate identified, thanks to a pinpointing of circumstances which explain why a…” more…
• about 5 hours ago, on fragmentary, knitandpurl said
  “She chose pieces which were either quite new or which she had played to me only once or twice, for, beginning to know me better, she was aware that…” more…
• about 5 hours ago, on fugitive, knitandpurl said
  “It was no longer the same Albertine, because she was not, as at Balbec, incessantly in flight upon her bicycle, impossible to find owing to the…” more…
• about 5 hours ago, on bumper, ruzuzu said
  “See English suntan.” more…
• about 6 hours ago, on the list occupational surnames, hernesheir said
  “I've opened this list.” more…
• about 7 hours ago, on Hooker, hernesheir said
  “A reaper.” more…
• about 7 hours ago, on Jagger, hernesheir said
  “A jagger was a fish pedler, a fishmonger.” more…
• about 7 hours ago, on You probably think this song is about you, PossibleUnderscore said
  “Psst--I found her alone in her electric chair once.” more…
• about 7 hours ago, on almost Solveig, PossibleUnderscore said
  “*washes Panda suit*
  *glares at it as it shrinks*” more…
• about 7 hours ago, on TelePalmter, grant_barrett said
  “Writing notes on one's hand, à la Sarah Palin, instead of using a TelePrompter.” more…
• about 7 hours ago, on the list ria, marky said
  “Goto Denny's for a free breakfast if you're poor. :D” more…
• about 7 hours ago, on alexander woollcott on marcel proust, sionnach said
  “Reading Proust is like bathing in someone else's dirty water.” more…
• about 7 hours ago, on malcolm muggeridge on evelyn waugh, sionnach said
  “Mr Waugh, I always feel, is an antique in search of a period, a snob in search of a class, perhaps even a mystic in search of a beatific vision.” more…
• about 7 hours ago, on truman capote on james michener, sionnach said
  “That's not writing, it's typing.” more…
• about 7 hours ago, on mushfaker, oroboros said
  “One who repairs umbrellas.” more…
• about 7 hours ago, on margot asquith on david lloyd george, sionnach said
  “He could not see a belt without hitting below it.” more…
• about 8 hours ago, on the list adjectives that used to be gods, laurap said
  “aegis” more…
• about 8 hours ago, on all right, EditorMark said
  “Some thoughts on the alright vs. all right, including a survey of several dictionaries and usage guides: http://editormark.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/” more…
• about 8 hours ago, on alright, EditorMark said
  “Some thoughts on the alright vs. all right, including a survey of several dictionaries and usage guides:…” more…
• about 8 hours ago, on apostrophe, grant_barrett said
  “Thanks for the cool article. I just tweeted it.
  
  http://twitter.com/wordnik/status/8866809162” more…
• about 8 hours ago, on birthday paradox, Prolagus said
  “Q: What is the chance that all of them are turning 42?
  
  .sı ʇı buıɹǝɥʇɐb ɟo puıʞ ʇɐɥʍ uo spuǝdǝp ʇı :ɐ” more…
• about 8 hours ago, on the list ria, Prolagus said
  “*Snort*” more…
• about 8 hours ago, on the list ria, dontcry said
  “*larfs*” more…
• about 8 hours ago, on You probably think this song is about you, Prolagus said
  “That only proves that you are insane.” more…
• about 8 hours ago, on You probably think this song is about you, dontcry said
  “I thought I told you not to drive? *taps foot*” more…
• about 8 hours ago, on larf, dontcry said
  “*larfs*” more…
• about 8 hours ago, on You probably think this song is about you, chained_bear said
  “Did you walk to Bedford-Stuy alone? I did. Even rode my motorcycle in the raaaaaain.” more…
• about 8 hours ago, on going Dutch, dontcry said
  “No, they go Flemish.” more…

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