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  1. flawed personality

    flawed personality Contributor Contributor

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    You can still buy blank ones here in Ireland. :p
     
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    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    Useless Fact as of 7/17/2018:
    The song Anything Goes is in my head. Damn you Fallout franchise for introducing me to songs that released before my time. :D :p
     
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    I'm gonna have to listen to that next now too. :D

    ETA:

     
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    cutecat22 The Strange One Contributor

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    Apparently, tag, as in, the game of tag, stands for "touch and go"

    And club, as in club sandwich, stands for "chicken, lettuce, under bacon"
     
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    Cave Troll It's Coffee O'clock everywhere. Contributor

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    BLT=Oral Sex with fries. :supergrin:
    BLT.jpe
     
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    cutecat22 The Strange One Contributor

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    I love a good BLT ...
     
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    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    I smell some backronyms there.
     
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    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    12 new Jovian moons have been discovered, nine of them with retrograde orbits, and some of those have a 2 year orbital period.

    Wow.
     
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    minstrel Leader of the Insquirrelgency Supporter Contributor

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    In related news, it is now legal for astronomers to smoke weed.

    :D
     
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    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    <starts applying for jobs to be an astronomer>

    This Orca shall study planets while smoking weed, baby!!
     
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    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    Astronomy, clear air, mountaintop observatories, Colorado... Makes sense.
     
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    Cave Troll It's Coffee O'clock everywhere. Contributor

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    Found lying face down in a pizza box muttering," I am one with cosmos." :supergrin:
     
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    UF 1: I tried pickled eggs for the first time today.

    UF 2: I don't like pickled eggs.
     
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    :superlaugh:
     
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    Needs more bacon.
     
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    The only score in the film Deliverance, is sparsely used, varying takes on Feudin' Banjos.
     
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    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    The XF-2Y is, to date, the world's only supersonic seaplane.

     
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    The first bitch shot into space died there.

    First animal in orbit
    Laika was a Soviet female canine launched on 3 November 1957 on Sputnik 2. The technology to de-orbit had not yet been developed, so there was no expectation for survival. She died several hours into flight. Belka and Strelka became the first canines to safely return to Earth from orbit on 19 August 1960.
     
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    According to the silly video screen at the DMV, meant to distract patrons from how long they’ve been in line, an estimated 50%(roughly) of the world’s population has never made or received a phone call.
     
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    Also, according to video screens at the DMV, roughly 100% of the people in line at the DMV drive automobiles.
     
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    I wish I was one of those people.
     
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    Great minds! :D
     
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    The Carr Fire currently ongoing on California was started by a car fire.

     
  24. Shenanigator

    Shenanigator Has the Vocabulary of a Well-Educated Sailor. Contributor

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    The irony of the fire title is kind of hilarious (if a wildfire can have humor)...Wildfire started by car is a thing, though. On Red Flag Warning days they always warn us about parking in areas of dry brush. I've never seen or looked up stats, but it does happen: hiker parks car in area of dry, unmown grass, starts car to go home after hike, car starts fire. I remember a bad one a few years ago that was started that way.
     
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    Based on traits and characteristics present in both groups, scientific studies have found that heavy metal fans and classical music fans are practically exactly the same psychologically.

    ETA: Scientific studies have also shown us that modern pop music literally kills creativity.
     
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