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Penguins.

novella said:
wc,

I'm confused by your reply. "Ban" means "to prohibit or shut out." (See "The Short History of bobbyburns" for an anecdotal example.) You seem to object to Ou Be's sentiment, yet you go on to reiterate it.

I hope you don't take this question the wrong way, as I am only asking out of straightforward curiosity: what is your first language?
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Thank you, novella. umm, mind was not clear at 3:00 am in the morning. so, i guess i put several ideas in one sentence. as for my first language, just let me keep a little bit mysterious. :p
 
watercrystal said:
SIGNIATURE
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Spelling 'SIGNATURE' like this ^ is stupidity.

PS. Sorry, watercrystal, I'm not trying to offend, just being facetious.

novella - I think you can grasp my 'Ban The Bomb' analogy behind the content of my now 'banned' signature, can't you?

Penguins are like Tuna; they should be eaten rare with a dabble-dibble-dobble of Wasabi and soy sauce.
 
Ou Be Low hoo said:
Penguins are stupid birds that serve no purpose. It is my conviction that they - and anyone affiliated with them - should be subjected to a mass culling, thereby bringing down their race to a more manageable size and a generally more agreeable taste. It is widely known amongst those who know that a penguin only tastes good when there are only a few of them left...Therefore, as an eater of penguins, I propose that all but 20 of the penguin species should be bludgeoned with a blunt spoon. After this, we can carefully farm them and regulate their numbers, there-by improving their ability to impress the palate.
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I don't know about you, but I've had penguin. It is truly the worst meat ever. It is worse than hot dogs; at least they are chewable.
 
Jesus, Ou be - she has already stated that English is not her first language. Lay off it, will you.

Let me see how well you'd do on, say, a French discussion board, or a German one, and then open your tactless mouth.

Cheers
 
You have to be careful what you write. Some people here, their second language is English, which their first language is their native language. You can't criticze them which don't help them. They learn English everyday which we do. Also we always make mistakes with spellings, you expect us be perfect but we can't. Always to help them with explaining which we will be grateful.
My first language is BSL (British Sign Language) and second lanuage is English. Of course I make some mistakes but I know it isn't my first language. Please respect them.
 
Kaz said:
You have to be careful what you write. Some people here, their second language is English, which their first language is their native language. You can't criticze them which don't help them. They learn English everyday which we do. Also we always make mistakes with spellings, you expect us be perfect but we can't. Always to help them with explaining which we will be grateful.
My first language is BSL (British Sign Language) and second lanuage is English. Of course I make some mistakes but I know it isn't my first language. Please respect them.
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I totally agree with you! English isn't me first language and I make a lot of mistakes but what does it matter as long as you get the meaning?

Go on like that Kaz!
Cheers
 
Back to the Penguins!

"A Mexican newspaper reports that bored Royal Air Force pilots stationed on the Falkland Islands have devised what they consider a marvelous new game. Noting that the local penguins are fascinated by airplanes, the pilots search out a beach where the birds are gathered and fly slowly along it at the water's edge. Perhaps ten thousand penguins turn their heads in unison watching the planes go by, and when the pilots turn around and fly back, the birds turn their heads in the opposite direction, like spectators at a slow-motion tennis match. Then, the paper reports, "The pilots fly out to sea and directly to the penguin colony and overfly it. Heads go up, up, up, and ten thousand penguins fall over gently onto their backs."

Audobon Society Magazine
 
"Or, at least, one-tenth of the cabin trunks were full of vivid and often painful and uncomfortable memories of her past life; the other nine-tenths were full of penguins, which suprised her. Insofar as she recognized at all that she was dreaming, she realized she must be exploring her own subconscious mind. She had heard it said that humans are supposed to use only about a tenth of their brains, and that no one was very clear what the other nine tenths were for, but she certainly never heard it suggested that they were used for storing penguins."

Douglas Adams, "The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul"


See! He knows the truth!
 
Gizmo said:
Back to the Penguins!

"A Mexican newspaper reports that bored Royal Air Force pilots stationed on the Falkland Islands have devised what they consider a marvelous new game. Noting that the local penguins are fascinated by airplanes, the pilots search out a beach where the birds are gathered and fly slowly along it at the water's edge. Perhaps ten thousand penguins turn their heads in unison watching the planes go by, and when the pilots turn around and fly back, the birds turn their heads in the opposite direction, like spectators at a slow-motion tennis match. Then, the paper reports, "The pilots fly out to sea and directly to the penguin colony and overfly it. Heads go up, up, up, and ten thousand penguins fall over gently onto their backs."

Audobon Society Magazine
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lol YES! I have head this story before! Fantastic! How could you get bored! HORAY! That will teach those evil penguins!!!!!!! :D
 
warm_enema said:
I don't know about you, but I've had penguin. It is truly the worst meat ever. It is worse than hot dogs; at least they are chewable.
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Aha! The reason for this is that there are too many penguins...if there were less penguins then they would taste all the better...

Re. watercrystal:

1) I didn't know English is not her first language.
2) As for my linguistic ability - I can speak French, Spanish, Chinese and a little Jamaican - "Wha ta gwan, ya bumboclot!'
3) The ONLY thing I'm ignorant about is the sheer depth of other people's ignorance...but I'm trying to understand...I'm really trying...Thanks for all your helpful examples, SillyWabbit...
4) She started it, nuh-ne-nuh-nuh-nuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

POST NOTE: Martin, please don't call me 'Jesus' - he'll take offence - I'm his daddy, I should know!
 
warm_enema said:
The quantity doesn't change their texture.
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If EVERYONE could afford to eat fois-gras, do you think it would be heralded as such a delicacy?

Penguins are too abundant in the world, this results in them suffering from a rather elastic texture...all that needs to be done is to knock a few of them off and a more velvet-like texture will ensue...trust me, I know.
 
This weekend I only saw one "squirrel". But this time I was wise to it. Thanks to the sane and sensible advice received on this thread I was fully aware that it was one of them cunningly camouflaged with an SEP cloaking device. I pointed it at and yelled at the top of my voice, "evil penguin!!!!".
Hah!
But I got thrown off the bus.
 
Oh, yes . . . PLEASE keep spreading the warning. But nobody else will believe you, and we'll have achieved our goal of stealing your sanity and that of everyone else around you! BWAHAHAHA!
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Cathy
Being fat and untasty is all part of our plan!
 
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