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« on: April 17, 2009, 10:34:30 AM »
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« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2009, 05:43:50 PM »
I wish I could be a nonconformist like everyone else.
I keep my standards low.
That way im never disapointed.

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« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2009, 05:46:46 PM »
I avoid clich?s like the plague.
Don't put off until tomorrow, what you can put off until the day after.

There is an exception to every rule, apart from this one.

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« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2009, 08:46:54 PM »
I stay away from current trends.
I keep my standards low.
That way im never disapointed.

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« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2009, 10:00:15 PM »
I avoid clich?s like the plague.

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times...don't exaggerate.
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« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2009, 06:19:36 PM »
That was actualy funny the first BILLION times.
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Re: Oxymoronical
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2009, 06:44:12 PM »

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Re: Oxymoronical
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2009, 05:08:10 AM »
"Army Intelligence".

Ahh, all time favourites is it? Although that usually starts with "military", originality is always welcomed here.

As for unoriginality:

Italian law.
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Re: Oxymoronical
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2009, 07:01:38 AM »
Jumbo shrimp
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Re: Oxymoronical
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2009, 07:24:40 PM »
near miss
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Re: Oxymoronical
« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2009, 04:04:52 AM »
Why do we park on the driveway, but drive on the parkway?

Is that missing a "not"?
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Re: Oxymoronical
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2009, 11:33:15 AM »
Nope, he has it right.  Driveway == parking; parkway == driving
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Re: Oxymoronical
« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2009, 03:19:38 PM »
Nope, he has it right.  Driveway == parking; parkway == driving

Oh, I see.  Sorry, I had forgotten his fondness of americanisms
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Re: Oxymoronical
« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2009, 03:30:43 PM »
"for".

Fond of, fondness for.

I was using American grammar.
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Re: Oxymoronical
« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2009, 03:33:18 PM »
Another oxymoron.

Touch?

Glad you saw that, as I first thought to say that my original grammer was oxymoronical.
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