Kosh's Shadow 5/23/2021 5:02:39 PM

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We talked about cars on the daytime thread, but if you didn't have a car, who knows who you could meet at the bus stop?

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lucius septimius 5/23/2021 5:13:12 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 27:

During the Revolution the Continental Congress offered a bounty of 50 acres of land to any Hessian solider who deserted.  When few took up the offer they raised it to 100.  Still few takers.

The Hessians were dubious:  they didn't believe it was possible to own that much land. Since most of them didn't even had an acre to their name, 100 acres seemed too incredible to be true -- it had to be a trick.

Occasional Reader 5/23/2021 5:19:48 PM

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“ 50 acres of land to any Hessian solider who deserted. ”

Is Schmandkuchen really that good? 

Occasional Reader 5/23/2021 5:20:58 PM

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doppelganglander 5/23/2021 5:46:05 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 2:

Europeans have a very different concept of space - everything is smaller and closer together there. I grew up on an acre of land, which didn't seem like that much. I've been pricing homes with land and holy smokes is it expensive.

Kosh's Shadow 5/23/2021 5:46:17 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 4:

Reminds me of the parody of Dune - Doon - which largely takes place on the planet Arruckus, whose vast sugars, inhabited only by giant pretzels and the sweatsuit-clad freedmenmen, is the only known source of the mysterious, mind-altering substance known as "beer"

The freedmenmen have a saying "Steak for dinner sometime soon", which would be facilitated by the arrival of the Mauve Bib.

Although much of this might have been seeded by the Missionarica Phonibalonica.

Kosh's Shadow 5/23/2021 5:47:17 PM

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In #6 Kosh's Shadow said: The freedmenmen have a saying "Steak for dinner sometime soon", which would be facilitated by the arrival of the Mauve Bib.

Also known as the Kumquat Haagendaaaz

Kosh's Shadow 5/23/2021 6:00:03 PM

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Needs a wider audience

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I packed my bags last night, pre-flight
Zero hour 9 AM
And I wish I could be high as a kite by then
I hate the Earth so much; I hate my life
It’s lonely in my place
On such a timeless night

And I think it’s gonna be a long long time
‘Till something brings me round again to fine
I’m not the man they think I am at home
I say Fuck it, Man!
Fuck it, Man
Burnt out my fuse long ago
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time
I’m not the man I think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
Fuck it, Man
Burnt up my fuse up here alone

Earth ain’t the kind of place to have a life
In fact, it sucks like Hell
And there’s no one here to treat you right
And all this science, I don’t understand
They change it five days a week
Fuck it, Man
Fuck it, Man

And I think it’s gonna be a long long time
‘Till something brings me round again to fine
I’m not the man they think I am at home
I say Fuck it, Man!
Fuck it, Man
Burnt out my fuse long ago
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time
I’m not the man I think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
Fuck it, Man
Burnt up my fuse up here alone

Kosh's Shadow 5/23/2021 6:02:59 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 8:

A few typos

Occasional Reader 5/23/2021 7:38:32 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 5/23/2021 7:55:24 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 10:

I know how you feel.

Every time I take a vacation or go to something to enjoy, some shit happens that ruins it all

A classic example was when I took a day for myself that ended up being the day of a relative's funeral. (She had been in the same amateur theater group with Leonard Nimoy)

Things have not improved for me

Occasional Reader 5/23/2021 8:14:44 PM

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