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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
anybody voting in favour of shums will have to answer to me (in the form of Adrian, who shares my views on the topic). 
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...and Adrian is most certainly
not of the pacifist mindset, unlike our Queen (she strictly abhors the practice of violence, getting others to do it for her, whereas Adrian doesn't "practice", having mastered the art millennia ago)
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Originally Posted by kazbates
Shame on you, Zelda!! To help you get over this little phobia you have, I am graciously and magnanimously going to send you my children for the summer.
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Adrian just phoned me from Zelda's. The line was faulty, but I heard him say "Please tell Kaz to go ahead" and also "[something, something]...taste like chicken".
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
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have you never heard the (in)famous proverb, "the love of squirrels is the root of all evil" ?
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I thought it was "Loving squirrels is rooting evil" (corollary: "and also bloody stupid if you value your googly bits")
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
i thought it was to keep the toaster warm during long winter nights.  |
As warm as what though?
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
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one experience does not a proverb make, pev. or, as we like to say proverbially, "one swallow* does not a springtime make."
*in the ornithological sense. it's more obvious in french. |
Coincidentally, the ZCD haiku-slogan:
Two swallows early
to rise, mount upon the bough -
Cherry blossoms fall