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I sincerely hope that this is someone stealing from The Onion... then again, there's that time an American school fired a teacher because he used the word "homophone".
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It's a nice though, but we're dealing with merkins here. Some of them are lovely people; others...rien wrote:I sincerely hope that this is someone stealing from The Onion...
...well, there's a legend that the reason that some states didn't adopt daylight saving was that the farmers didn't think that their livestock could deal with the extra hour of daylight.
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In this case, gentlemen, it was a comment made by one idiot at a town meeting, and then subsequently blown out of proportion. The reason the solar farm zoning request was denied was concern about home values should land zoned for agricultural use be re-zoned for manufacturing use.
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
That sound much more rational than "suck up all the energy from the sun".
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To be fair, if it's dark and the driver has really bad night vision or something.. I can only imagine the shock they must've had, meeting a wall where they thought there wouldn't be one!Pista wrote:Pro-tip for drivers: Cartoon tunnels only work in cartoons
(Although I just realised that you would notice in advance that the light from your headlights reflects back weird)
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Loads of strength and best to those affected by the current floodings in Leeds and elsewhere in the North ...
Just been reading about how the York flood barrier was actually opened to avoid an electrical incident.Being645 wrote:Loads of strength and best to those affected by the current floodings in Leeds and elsewhere in the North ...
Sure Cameron's going to get a warm welcome up there today......not.
Be safe everyone.
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"Don't forget that most of the judges in witches trials had harvard degrees."
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Bartek wrote:Canadians are so nice and I'm sure that they already apoligised for Nickelback thousands of Times.
If immediate public reaction is, "What the hell have they done?", Your restoration technique might need a bit of tweaking
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You know you're on your way to an architecture prize when even Soviet brutalism looks tasteful in comparison.Pista wrote:If immediate public reaction is, "What the hell have they done?", Your restoration technique might need a bit of tweaking
Nobody expects the Spanish restoration!nowayjose wrote:You know you're on your way to an architecture prize when even Soviet brutalism looks tasteful in comparison.Pista wrote:If immediate public reaction is, "What the hell have they done?", Your restoration technique might need a bit of tweaking
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I love Soviet brutalism its stunning architecture, ok I just love brutalism.nowayjose wrote:You know you're on your way to an architecture prize when even Soviet brutalism looks tasteful in comparison.Pista wrote:If immediate public reaction is, "What the hell have they done?", Your restoration technique might need a bit of tweaking
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I like it, honestly. I see it as canvas for what's left from that castle. Consider that not as restoration it self, but as preservation.
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Mastering obscure alternatives
'Cos we're dying of admiration here
Mastering obscure alternatives
I know. Let's hold an open internet vote to decide the name of our new £200 million research ship. What could possibly go wrong?
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at the end of the day its no worse than the new coverntry cathedral. in fact its much less ugly.Pista wrote:If immediate public reaction is, "What the hell have they done?", Your restoration technique might need a bit of tweaking
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"