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57459 CHPercolator@yahoogro... Send Email Jun 1, 2009
9:17 am
Taking Criticism From Other Writers I think sometimes the worst thing anyone with artistic aspirations does is kill those of another person. Venom can get very...
57460 CHPercolator@yahoogro... Send Email Jun 1, 2009
9:17 am
LIST GUIDELINES Table of Contents Purpose of the list Prompts Becoming a Prompter When a prompt is not posted Group web page How to participate Content...
57461 CHPercolator@yahoogro... Send Email Jun 1, 2009
9:17 am
Stay tuned for an important announcement from the group administrator. The ChPercolator is a moderated group, that means that, until your access level is...
57462 Keith Biesiada
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Jun 1, 2009
12:32 pm
Hmm ... incipient brain rot just might then be the best thing to hit the market since Cheerios (Ah!  That Cheerios morning rush!).  What we need, then, is to...
57463 Steve Pulley
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Jun 1, 2009
4:46 pm
I never thought of marketing incipient brain rot, but then again, that's because I happen to suffer from it. Where you mention "a high-paying job for which I...
57464 Steve Pulley
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Jun 1, 2009
7:46 pm
What an insightful, knifelike portrait of today's society, Mahvesh. This is a brilliant piece of poetry. All I can say is, wow! And rattling. I've said it...
57465 Steve Pulley
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Jun 1, 2009
7:57 pm
Shelma, I echo Jeannie Mobley's comments. Your poem awesomely expresses the frustration, the despair, as well as the latent danger that lies ahead, as well as...
57466 Esther Bradley-DeTally
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Jun 1, 2009
11:03 pm
I think i would be off to Alanon or some group to effectively deal with his addiciton!...
57467 Keith Biesiada
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Jun 1, 2009
11:03 pm
So then you're talking about bona fide incipient brain rot as opposed to faux incipient brain rot.  I'm certain there is a distinction between the two,...
57468 Esther Bradley-DeTally
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Jun 2, 2009
4:14 am
-oh well, tomorrow is another day; most people can't understand my accent whether in english, french, russian!...
57469 Esther Bradley-DeTally
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Jun 2, 2009
4:27 pm
technical difficulties?...
57470 Steve Pulley
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Jun 2, 2009
7:28 pm
Not sure what you mean, Esther. I checked our group site and my email, and all looks good. We do seem to have a missing prompter this week, however....
57471 Steve Pulley
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Jun 2, 2009
8:16 pm
Our current prompter (I think it's supposed to be Courtney York) seems to be unavailable, so just so we don't die on the vine, here are a few substitute...
57472 Steve Pulley
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Jun 2, 2009
8:45 pm
I've given your question long and deliberate consideration, Keith, and I've come to the conclusion that you probably shouldn't put too much stock in anybody's...
57473 Jeannie Mobley
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Jun 2, 2009
9:06 pm
Sorry to have missed that, Steve; thanks for picking up the slack. I will send another reminder to her, and take over if I don't hear back by tomorrow. ...
57474 Steve Pulley
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Jun 2, 2009
10:17 pm
No problem, Jeannie. If our scheduled prompter isn't handy and you have the time, that's fine, but I'd also be willing to finish off the week if you wish,...
57475 Mahvesh Khan
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Jun 3, 2009
3:05 am
Thank you, Steve. I love the "insightful, knifelike portrait" remark. Why "rattling" though? I would love to publish my work -- unfortunately, publishers don't...
57476 Steve Pulley
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Jun 3, 2009
6:28 am
Rattling as in extraordinarily good or great (in English it's used especially as an intensifier: e.g., They had a rattling conversation about saving the world...
57477 Jeannie Mobley
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Jun 3, 2009
7:08 pm
Looks like we are still prompterless, so here are some prompts for today. 1. Ohayo gozaimas! This is Japanese for Good morning, and the only phrase I've...
57478 Steve Pulley
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Jun 3, 2009
7:22 pm
Back in the old days when there were movie sequels, they were often titled as follows: Frankenstein The Return of Frankenstein The Blood of Frankenstein The...
57479 Steve Pulley
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Jun 3, 2009
7:48 pm
You beat my substitute prompts by 15 minutes, Jeannie, so I bow to yours. Steve...
57480 Steve Pulley
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Jun 3, 2009
8:10 pm
Jeannie, are you sure that's Japanese for Good morning? I said it a couple of times out loud, and it sounds more like "Ohio gives us pleasure" in Spanish (Ohio...
57481 Jeannie Mobley
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Jun 3, 2009
11:55 pm
Domo arigato gozaimasu, Steve. Perhaps some Japanese person in the distant past visited Ohio, and said to his Spanish speaking friend one early morning how...
57482 Steve Pulley
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Jun 4, 2009
1:47 am
Dou itashi mashite, Jeannie. I was fascinated by the background of the ancient origins of "ohayo gozaimasu". You see? All your anthropological and...
57483 Steve Pulley
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Jun 4, 2009
2:06 am
This anecdotal piece is true and is based on Jeannie's prompt, "Ohayo gozaimas! Tell us about learning a foreign language...." Metidas de Pata (Fauxes Pas) ...
57484 Mahvesh Khan
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Jun 4, 2009
2:34 am
This anectodal piece is hilarious. I loved the ending -- longing for love turning out to be carnal knowledge! LOL! ________________________________ From:...
57485 Mahvesh Khan
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Jun 4, 2009
2:38 am
Ah! I was reading "rattling" as in "shaking someone up" Thanks for that remark. Thank you also for pointing me to the Links section. I've explored it a little...
57486 Jeannie Mobley
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Jun 4, 2009
1:15 pm
1. Henrietta was a tad disallusioned when she learned she had married someone of another species. 2. silver tongued scheemer 4. She looked over the list....
57487 Jeannie Mobley
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Jun 4, 2009
1:21 pm
I sympathize with Beverly, Steve, and it brings to mind several other stories for me. My brother went to Mexico and, when he meant to say "where is the...
57488 Jeannie Mobley
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Jun 4, 2009
1:24 pm
Sorry, I ran off to the bathroom and forgot the spell check. In case you couldn't interpret my creative spelling, here it is corrected:...
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