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SeaRaven	Post subject: P w/o C Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:04 pm
Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 1112 Location: An undisclosed alpine meadow
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JayByrd	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:11 pm
Joined: Fri May 03, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 380 Location: Butte, MT (almost Great Falls)	Remind me never to go to Missouri.
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majorbabs	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:43 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 744 Location: HuskerLand	Perhaps it's a student journalist from the just-named-after-a-donor news desk. See, folks were right. Standards went right downhill.
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juliette14	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:10 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 05, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 73 Location: "It's really not like the rest of Texas."	Hey, these questionable donors still don't teach classes at MU.
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BobbyZ	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:37 am
Joined: Sat Nov 08, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 40 Location: Northeast Ohio	That's beautiful.
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:45 am
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	Obviously, the message is directed to the family of the former actress who played Joanie on "Happy Days."
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JPSheehan	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:03 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 05, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 101 Location: Inner Baltimore	MORANS is not a misspelling. It is an acronym for the small but vocal group Mullet's Ongoing Resisitance to Anything Not Simple.
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Juana Bean Editor	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 1:20 pm
Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2004 1:01 am Posts: 37 Location: sunny SoCal	Canadian comic extraordinaire Rick Moranis (who was at his best as "Lord Dark Helmet" in SPACEBALLS) will not be pleased that his St. Louis-area fan club had protesters attempt to mar his visit - not to mention wannabe hecklers who can't spell.
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:37 pm
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	SeaRaven, do you know if anybody ran the photo? I think we'd all love to read the cutline.
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SeaRaven	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:24 pm
Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 1112 Location: An undisclosed alpine meadow	I'm not sure where it came from or whether it was published anywhere. Maybe it's a wizard wheeze.<p>*update*<p>It took me a while, but I finally tracked down the origin of the pic. Turns out it's been kicking around the Web for more than a year. I suspected that it might have been just an anti-war activist at a mock rally. Nope. It's legit.<p>[ April 09, 2004: Message edited by: SeaRaven ]</p>
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 1:44 pm
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	Thanks for your effort. It's appreciated.
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lafollette	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 2:06 am
Joined: Wed Mar 31, 2004 1:01 am Posts: 39 Location: Des Moines	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by JayByrd: Remind me never to go to Missouri.<hr></blockquote> There isn't a state in the Union that doesn't have a few people who can't spell. It's insignificant. <p>Incidentally, it took me three minutes to Photoshop the correct spelling into the original. Anything posted on the web should be vastly suspect.<p>[ April 10, 2004: Message edited by: lafollette ]</p>
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SeaRaven	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 1:31 am
Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 1112 Location: An undisclosed alpine meadow	<p>[ April 14, 2004: Message edited by: SeaRaven ]</p>
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 1:50 am
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by lafollette: Anything posted on the web should be [b]vastly suspect.<p>[ April 10, 2004: Message edited by: lafollette ][/b]<hr></blockquote><p>j'accord
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DominEditrix	Post subject: Re: P w/o C Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 11:20 am
Joined: Thu Dec 18, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 458 Location: Heart of Global Warming	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by lafollette: Anything posted on the web should be [b]vastly suspect.[/b]<hr></blockquote> Genetic Engineering - We bring odd things to life.
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