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Captain Strange

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Originally posted by The Gravedigger
That was really thoughtful Captain.

Is he still your friend ?
I have known my friends since I was 11 years old.

Looking forward to digging your grave.

The Gravedigger
Jack Torrance

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Originally posted by Captain Strange
I have known my friends since I was 11 years old.

Looking forward to digging your grave.
Not made a new friend in 30 years Captain ?

Grampy Bobby
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Originally posted by The Gravedigger
Not made a new friend in 30 years Captain ?
?

Grampy Bobby
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Originally posted by Captain Strange
So why did you so flagrantly disabuse her ?

You reached your limit after about 80 gramps.
81.

Edit Correction: 81.5

Seitse
Doug Stanhope

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sausage instead of... wiener. or is it the other way?

i mean, why use euphemisms regarding food, right?

Kewpie
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adult entertainment: the kind of stuff favoured mostly by adolescents.
to pass away: to die
to souvenir or liberate: to steal or rob

Grampy Bobby
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Originally posted by sonhouse
The original flushable toilet was invented in 1596, believe it or not! John Harrington invented it back then, but it took 7.5 gallons per flush....

Alexander Cumming invented the S shaped pipe we use now which keeps sewer gas from getting into the bathroom.

Thomas Crapper put it together, improved the flush plumbing and such:

http://www.history.com/n ...[text shortened]... pper' was used. Crapper was the brand name and it got that name because there were so many produced.
Seems that the design and improvement of flushable toilets over the centuries since "1596" must represent some kind of arcane science or maybe even an unrecognized commercial art form worthy of an interesting keynote address at the next international plumbers convention. lol

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"Fluffing Bunnies: A polite, and adorable, way to explain passing gas."

http://www.inherentlyfunny.com/cat-35-funny_euphemisms.html

wolfgang59
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Bun in the oven

wolfgang59
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Point Percy

ptobler
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"Liquidating a threat" (an example of a euphemism)

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Originally posted by ptobler
"Liquidating a threat" (an example of a euphemism)
Actually there was a competition to find a good euphemisms when thye liquidated the eastern german companies after the fall of the wall. This made "abwickeln" a Unwort.

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A whoopsie.

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Booby hatch, funny farm, to go round the bend.

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