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mary
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07:19:40
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Nov 26 12:19 UTC 2002 |
When you go to Borders all of the books have the same
words. Oh, maybe a very few have unique words in them,
but most are the same words over and over. All that
varies is the order of the words. What a rip.
And another thing... Every year we celebrate our birthday,
anniversaries, and other special personal days. But we
don't even give it a thought that once a year we experience
the anniversary of our own death. It just flows by.
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remmers
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response 1 of 100:
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Nov 26 13:03 UTC 2002 |
I have to agree -- most books are just recycled language. Same old
words that were used in hundreds and hundreds of books before. And
they expect you to pay money for this unoriginal crap. Can't they
at least be froblequantzenhutz?
As to the second point -- yeah, people should give more thought to
that. The next time you feel like celebrating and can't figure out
the reason, now you know.
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scott
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response 2 of 100:
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Nov 26 14:16 UTC 2002 |
This is a nicely cromulent item, mary.
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mary
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response 3 of 100:
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Nov 26 15:28 UTC 2002 |
(mary rushes to her Dictionary, pages fly, then
she whops herself upside the head.)
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chege
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response 4 of 100:
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Nov 26 15:54 UTC 2002 |
Hi mary
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chege
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response 5 of 100:
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Nov 26 15:54 UTC 2002 |
HI
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other
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response 6 of 100:
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Nov 26 17:42 UTC 2002 |
Biddlefranzen in the muddlengt. Wazanfround!
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jazz
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response 7 of 100:
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Nov 26 18:00 UTC 2002 |
Great big bolshy yarblockos to that.
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slynne
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response 8 of 100:
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Nov 26 19:26 UTC 2002 |
Mary, are you smoking pot again? ha ha
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heyguy
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response 9 of 100:
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Nov 26 20:39 UTC 2002 |
Not me! I like to say things in my own words! Flik flok flarnik flongo flooo!
(As George Carlin said.)
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russ
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response 10 of 100:
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Nov 26 22:43 UTC 2002 |
I bet Mary was smirking the whole time she was thinking about this.
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mary
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response 11 of 100:
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Nov 26 23:49 UTC 2002 |
Glow in the dark lipstick.
Think about it.
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slynne
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response 12 of 100:
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Nov 27 00:03 UTC 2002 |
I would rather ponder pop rocks.
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other
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response 13 of 100:
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Nov 27 01:26 UTC 2002 |
Glow in the dark lipstick would be complemented greatly by glow in the
dark condoms...
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jazz
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response 14 of 100:
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Nov 27 14:33 UTC 2002 |
Glow in the dark rings would also compliment that quite nicely.
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mynxcat
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response 15 of 100:
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Nov 27 15:15 UTC 2002 |
This response has been erased.
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aruba
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response 16 of 100:
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Nov 27 16:37 UTC 2002 |
Glow in the dark paint is a great thing. My friends and I painted models
with it when I was a kid. And once we painted a model rocket with it and
set it off at night.
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jazz
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response 17 of 100:
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Nov 27 16:42 UTC 2002 |
I was thinking more nipple rings, but YMMV.
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mynxcat
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response 18 of 100:
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Nov 27 16:46 UTC 2002 |
This response has been erased.
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anderyn
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response 19 of 100:
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Nov 27 17:07 UTC 2002 |
?????
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other
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response 20 of 100:
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Nov 27 18:39 UTC 2002 |
<falls down laughing>
Twila, you're priceless!
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remmers
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response 21 of 100:
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Nov 27 18:48 UTC 2002 |
In regards to the original topic of this item: The business world
does regularly contribute new words to the language, in the form
of product names. So I think that if books used lots and lots
of product names, especially of newer products, that would go a
long way towards alleviating the problem of just reusing the same
words over and over. As an added incentive, product manufacturers
might be willing to subsidize the practice if their own products
get sufficient mention. This would benefit both business and
the consumer.
A reasonable "product name density" might be, say, 10%. Assuming
that a book has about 400 words per page, this comes out to around 40
product mentions per page. I urge publishers to adopt this practice
on all of their new books. They should revise all older books as
well to incorporate the aforementioned 10% product name density.
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other
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response 22 of 100:
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Nov 27 19:06 UTC 2002 |
bleah!
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remmers
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response 23 of 100:
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Nov 28 13:50 UTC 2002 |
Hmph. Your outright rejection of my constructive idea has given me
an intense headache. Excuse me while I got take a Tylenol.
Oh by the way, I hope you OD on Pepto-Bismol.
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mxyzptlk
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response 24 of 100:
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Nov 28 14:26 UTC 2002 |
the best... steal
the good... borrow
the crap... recycle
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