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Wasn't I here for most of the first pages anyway?

How glad do you think I am that people are FINALLY getting my gender right? :D

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Why would they get it wrong? Isn't it blatantly written on your signature?

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Hasn't it been blatently there for years? And didn't people still get it wrong?
Didn't someone make me a flashing banner for it once?

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Did I miss that? It must have been spectacular, wasn't it?

Anyway, do you feel better now?

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Did I miss aything? What are you all talking about?

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Why didn't the chicken cross the road?

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Was it because I'd already BBQ'ed it and served it up to the assembled (non-vegetarian) IW'ers?

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Is that why the chicken tasted like roadkill?

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Did any one measure the size of the road kill to determine if it was a Yugo that flattened it?

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What are you trying to say about my cooking?

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Will you remove the gravel from your next road kill dish?

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Why can't I use it as seasoning, same as always?

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Isn't there a better way than gravel to get essential minerals in your diet?

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What should I do about the cramp I have in my calf muscle?

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Can you get someone you like to give you a nice deep massage? Or someone you *don't* like to beat you with a stick? I mean, that couldn't hurt any worse, could it?

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Would prancing around like a ballerina get rid of the cramp?

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I don't know... how good is your en pointe?

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You know ballet terms?

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Is there something I don't know? And if there were, wouldn't I know it as soon as I don't know it?

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Is it hot in here? Or it is just me?

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Is that humble pie I smell?

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What does it take to kill this thread? A silver bullet? A stake through the heart? or after the last page .... A Steak?

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But why would you want to kill such a thread?

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Are you scared that the thread will outstrip some of the other forums?

p.s. for those who may like to debate my use of "forums" instead of "fora" as a plural I will posit the following:

Through a process known as assimilation, words that were once considered "borrowed" from another language eventually become part of the standard lexicon and may conform to the mechanics of the new, or borrowing, language. Many words are still in process and can probably go either way. There are no hard-and-fast rules, but here's a reasonable taxonomy:

1. Words like forum, stadium and auditorium may be considered throughly assimilated and can be pluralized with "s" even in formal register.

2. Other Latin neuters that are not so fully assimilated and those used in scientific contexts require the Latin pluralization even in informal register: datum, bacterium, agendum (pluralization with "s" would be considered flat-out incorrect).

3. In between are some Latin neuter words that might go one way in informal register and the other way for formal register: aquarium, curriculum, medium.

Any questions? :D

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Why do you always have to bring up grammar lessons in dead languages?

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O_O what kind of a question is that?

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Hmmm... were you assaulted by a faunum wielding a florum in the past, and had to defend against it?

As for Wellard's question, haven't those methods been tried already? And haven't they failed?

Have you thought about sizable monetary contributions, in unmarked non-sequential currency notes? Might not that help out a bit?

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When did the English language die? Was it when txt spk came into being?

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Are questions with addenda against the non-rules of this thread?

Please note:
1 : the question referred to only has a single addendum, but I didn't want to restrict others and have thus allowed for multiples i.e. addenda (or both an appendix or a number of appendices for those who like neither an addendum nor several addenda).
2: see note 1 with regard to addenda/appendices.
3: addendums would be wrong, see addendum of original question.

:D

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How will we decide on the proper way to vote on addendums for the questions? Black / white stones, short straw, rock/paper/scissor, Florida voting machines?

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How about mumblety-peg, where the last one standing (on two legs) wins?

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Does 'Florida voting machines' just mean that someone chooses for us and we have no say in the matter?

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How about Split the Kipper instead?

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What is split the kipper?
Is it more than just cutting a fish in half?

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Isn't it the conversation when you're both staring at the last kipper on the plate?

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Isn't that "that kipper's mine, keep your hands off you thieving..." followed by a leap across the table, fish-knife at the ready?

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Wouldn't bringing a kipper to a knife fight be a disastrous mistake?

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Can someone smoke me a kipper? I should be back for breakfast, shouldn't I?

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Shouldn't you feel ashamed for teaching a poor kipper to smoke?

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Wait... who's sig is that in?