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25 May 2012 03:49 PM
#3651
my god, he's full of stars...
False. Shoulders? Check. Hips? Check. Feet? Check. But my neck is usually fine.
TNP considers him- or herself an optimist.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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25 May 2012 04:13 PM
#3652
Oliphaunt
Nah. Just this past week, my kid asked me why I'm such a pessimist.
TNP tends to think pessimism and realism are much the same thing.
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25 May 2012 04:22 PM
#3653
Mi parolas esperanton malbone
False. I think there's overlap (sometime huge overlap), but I think they're different things.
TNP bought some clothing recently.
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25 May 2012 06:41 PM
#3654
True! I think my most recent purchase was a skirt.
TNP is wearing sneakers.
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25 May 2012 08:00 PM
#3655
my god, he's full of stars...
False; barefoot.
TNP has a near or dear one graduating from something soon.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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25 May 2012 08:07 PM
#3656
Oliphaunt
Yeah, my kid's school only goes to grade 6, so he's graduating.
TNP regularly watches more than one show on Food Network.
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25 May 2012 09:12 PM
#3657
my god, he's full of stars...
False. I used to watch eight or ten FN shows regularly, but we cancelled our cable when we moved almost a year ago, and now I'll occasionally stream an episode of something, but that's about it.
TNP has watched an entire baseball game this season, start to finish.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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25 May 2012 09:14 PM
#3658
Oliphaunt
Yep. The kid and I are into baseball.
TNP belongs to a softball league.
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25 May 2012 10:01 PM
#3659
Member
Nope. Never have been. Haven't played in a few years, either.
TNP likes crunching ice cubes.
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25 May 2012 10:09 PM
#3660
True. I know it's bad for the teeth, but eh.
TNP likes dubstep.
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25 May 2012 10:18 PM
#3661
Member
Don't know what it is, so no.
TNP likes jujubes.
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25 May 2012 11:13 PM
#3662
my god, he's full of stars...
A girl I worked with in my early twenties caught me crunching ice in the break room and told me it was a sign I was sexually repressed. I don't know if it's a general truity, but she was certainly right at that time in that instance. Come to think of it, she was probably hitting on me. Goddammit, I just realized that now.
True...ish. Jujubes are for movie theaters.
TNP hates diet sodas.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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26 May 2012 01:51 AM
#3663
Mi parolas esperanton malbone
True. They taste like crap.
TNP likes ice cream.
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26 May 2012 02:35 PM
#3664
True, definitely.
TNP enjoys attending weddings.
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26 May 2012 07:54 PM
#3665
my god, he's full of stars...
False, unless the principals really mean a lot to me. Otherwise it's usually a lot of fancy clothes wearing, sitting around churches or reception halls, and hobnobbing with strangers, all of which are unhappy things for me.
TNP has had a pet that died.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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26 May 2012 08:25 PM
#3666
Oliphaunt
Yeah, farm dogs often don't have long lives.
TNP likes country music.
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26 May 2012 08:38 PM
#3667
my god, he's full of stars...
With very few exceptions, false. I like only a smattering of old country music, and modern country is some of the worst music in the world IMO.
TNP likes hip-hop.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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26 May 2012 11:15 PM
#3668
Member
Some of it. I have maybe a half-dozen hip-hop songs on my iPod.
TNP likes kale.
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27 May 2012 08:02 AM
#3669
my god, he's full of stars...
My second job (first job was Arby's) was at a Chuck E. Cheese in Gaithersburg, MD. One of my duties was to make sure the 25-item salad bar stayed tidy and stocked. I would keep the big bowl of greens and the smaller bowls of veggies, toppings and dressings topped off throughout the day. All around the edges of the salad bar, there was a border of green kale, meant as decoration. The thick border of kale had the intent of making the whole bar look "fresh" and "garden-like." I would periodically rearrange the kale when someone accidentally knocked a piece off, so that there was always an unbroken kale border.
On the first night that I closed the restaurant, the manager told me to cover all the bowls of various salad components with plastic wrap and carry them back to the walk-in refrigerator. I did so, clearing away everything except the kale, which I didn't know what to do with. When I was done, the salad bar was nothing but a 10-foot table full of crushed ice, ringed with lots of kale. When the manager came around to look over my area, I indicated the cleared table and said "I didn't know what to do with the kale."
"Oh," he said, "I forgot. Go into the walk-in, and in the right back corner there are two buckets. Get the empty one, fill it with cold water and bring it out."
I went into the back of the walk-in refrigerator as commanded, and saw two five gallon buckets, the kind that might hold paint. One of the buckets was empty. The other was full of water and what appeared to be leaves of kale. I filled the empty bucket with cold water and brought it out. The manager started throwing the kale into the bucket, and I started helping. When we were done, he told me to take the bucket back to the walk-in.
"What's the other bucket for?" I asked.
"We'll bring that one out in the morning and use it tomorrow. Then this bucket," he pointed at my bucket, "will be ready for the day after tomorrow. Good as new. Cold water makes old kale into new kale."
"How old is this kale?" I asked. Manager man puzzled it over for a moment.
"Oh...two months? Maybe a little less?" he said.
At the moment, I wasn't sure whether he was jerking my chain (I was 16), but when the two buckets of kale put in another four weeks of faithful service after that night (and more for all I know; I quit at that point), I started to believe him. And it really did look almost as good as new after all those months, if a bit slimy to the touch. Also, I eventually realized that not all of our customers realized that the kale was meant as decoration only. There were at least a half dozen times I spotted people - always old, Asian or both - picking up zombie kale and putting it on their salad plates. I seriously got bile in my mouth every time I saw it.
Ever since then, I've been unable to even think of eating kale, not because of the memory of those foul zombie leaves at the Chuck E. Cheese, but simply because I don't trust my stomach to properly digest anything that damned hardy. I mean, really.
TNP likes squash (the food, not the sport).
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27 May 2012 12:49 PM
#3670
Mi parolas esperanton malbone
True. Much more delicious than the sport.
TNP has smelt a very pleasant frangrance/aroma lately.
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28 May 2012 03:03 PM
#3671
Oliphaunt
Not really, no. Actually a couple of not so great ones.
TNP often has fantasies about winning the lottery.
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29 May 2012 12:00 AM
#3672
Member
Once in a blue moon, but not often.
TNP likes lemons.
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29 May 2012 04:37 AM
#3673
Mi parolas esperanton malbone
Oh yes! With a bit of salt... but native bush lemons are delicious straight off the tree.
TNP drinks herbal tea/s.
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29 May 2012 08:00 AM
#3674
Oliphaunt
I do not.
TNP is coming down with a cold.
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29 May 2012 08:52 AM
#3675
False, I think I am getting over a little bit of one.
TNP has a sunburn.
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29 May 2012 12:14 PM
#3676
my god, he's full of stars...
False. I managed to avoid that this weekend! I guess cold and overcast have their small compensations.
TNP has a visible bruise somewhere.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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29 May 2012 12:25 PM
#3677
Oliphaunt
No. I always seem to have plenty of bruises, but few visible ones.
TNP has had a broken arm.
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29 May 2012 05:16 PM
#3678
False, I've only ever broken toes.
TNP has one or more pierced body parts.
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29 May 2012 05:51 PM
#3679
my god, he's full of stars...
False.
TNP has one or more tattoos.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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29 May 2012 11:40 PM
#3680
Member
Not a one, and I never want to, either. Just not my thing.
TNP likes martinis.
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30 May 2012 01:44 AM
#3681
Mi parolas esperanton malbone
False. Never saw the allure.
TNP talks to birds.
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30 May 2012 02:12 PM
#3682
Member
Very, very rarely. Usually only to greet them ("Ooo, what a nice red cardinal!"), or to scare them ("Hey, you damn Canada geese! Quit crapping on my lawn!"). They usually pay no attention in either case.
TNP likes navel oranges.
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30 May 2012 02:22 PM
#3683
As with most fruit, I like them when they're fresh and ripe, which I don't find them to be nearly often enough.
TNP talks to plants.
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30 May 2012 02:39 PM
#3684
Oliphaunt
I do not. I grew up on a farm, and talking to the corn would have been a bad sign.
TNP talks to Jehovah's Witnesses.
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30 May 2012 04:13 PM
#3685
my god, he's full of stars...
True! I talked to some just recently. They knocked on my door two Sundays ago. I politely listened to their hook-you-into-conversation questions, declined the offer of a copy of the Watchtower, and sent them on their way with a smile. I'm long past the age or emotional stage where I feel I get cool points for being antagonistic towards them.
TNP talks to Mormons.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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30 May 2012 04:25 PM
#3686
Sure, I smile and say "no thank you", and try not to think impure thoughts if they are strapping tan young fellows.
TNP has spoken to a Hare Krishna.
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30 May 2012 04:34 PM
#3687
my god, he's full of stars...
I was one of those strapping tan lads, half a lifetime ago...
Oh, sure. I grew up in the 'burbs of Washington, DC. You can't visit the Smithsonian, or the National Mall (grass, not shopping), or any of the other downtown attractions without being approached by some swami or other. Nice folks. I could see myself joining them except for the apparent proscriptions against bathing or working. Anyway, you buy a "SMILE" sticker for a buck and stick it on your parents' car.
TNP talks to an invisible deity or deities, whether they believe anyone hears it or not.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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30 May 2012 09:10 PM
#3688
Member
Yes, I pray just about every night.
TNP likes onions.
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30 May 2012 09:27 PM
#3689
my god, he's full of stars...
True! Raw, cooked, browned, powdered...onions are great any way I can get them. I have never once, in my adult life, said, "Wow, I wish that dish had had less onion." Trufax.
TNP likes mint.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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31 May 2012 05:08 AM
#3690
Clueless but well-meaning
True, as long as we can exclude mint ice cream.
TNP, even in the throes of the overactive glands of puberty, has never had a problem with dandruff.
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31 May 2012 07:16 AM
#3691
Mi parolas esperanton malbone
False. My scalp used to white up like Everest.
TNP has an extremely annoying co-worker.
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31 May 2012 07:31 AM
#3692
my god, he's full of stars...
True! Some are even my employees!
TNP played a sport in school.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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31 May 2012 08:09 AM
#3693
Oliphaunt
Nah. Nerd city.
TNP is more interested in sports as an adult than as a child.
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31 May 2012 08:42 AM
#3694
my god, he's full of stars...
False. Through school, I actively followed all the major American pro sports and watched a lot of boxing. These days, I follow college football and mixed martial arts and that's about it.
TNP knows where his or her high school yearbooks are.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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31 May 2012 10:13 AM
#3695
Member
Um... in general terms, true. Somewhere in a box in my basement.
TNP likes potatoes.
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31 May 2012 10:59 AM
#3696
True. I love them. There is no kind of potato dish that I will not happily eat. I am descended from many generations of the Potato-Eating Peoples of Eastern Europe.
TNP likes asparagus.
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31 May 2012 11:13 AM
#3697
my god, he's full of stars...
Love love love asparagus. Preferred method: tossed with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper, then roasted on a sheet pan until slightly soft.
TNP likes pickled foods in general.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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31 May 2012 06:55 PM
#3698
Clueless but well-meaning
Yup - salty and sour, what's not to like?
TNP has successfully dieted away 10 or more pounds at some point in their life, but has gained it back.
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31 May 2012 06:58 PM
#3699
my god, he's full of stars...
True. Hell, I chronicled in a thread on this very board my journey through losing 40 pounds...22 of which I've gained back since.
TNP had very long hair at one point, but not anymore.
"You laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at you because I'm on nitrous."
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31 May 2012 08:33 PM
#3700
Oliphaunt
Hmmmm.....I came of age in the Seventies, so my hair was for sure much longer than it is now, but never very long.
TNP has shaved their head.
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