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bpaandco
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Username: Bpaandco

Post Number: 36
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2003 - 9:42 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Plan to make at least 4 trips to the hardware store when doing plumbing repair work. Oh yeah, and make sure the shut off valve is turned off.
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naborly
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Username: Naborly

Post Number: 254
Registered: 7-2001
Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2003 - 11:13 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Do not try to plug in something in the dark by feeling the prongs and outlet with your fingertips.
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knak
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Username: Knak

Post Number: 32
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2003 - 11:17 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

(though that one works enough of the time to really fool ya)
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naborly
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Username: Naborly

Post Number: 255
Registered: 7-2001
Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2003 - 11:19 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

After falling down the steps because your slippers have no tread, throw the slippers out. Do not wear them again, especially on the steps.
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naborly
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Username: Naborly

Post Number: 256
Registered: 7-2001
Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2003 - 11:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If you see a cute little fuzzy white pup on a leash outside a store without its owner -- do not stop to pet it.
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greenetree
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Username: Greenetree

Post Number: 1796
Registered: 5-2001
Posted on Sunday, November 2, 2003 - 11:33 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Don't offer to buy your mother-in-law an airline ticket for the holidays and then give her a choice in the dates (no, wait, maybe this day, wait, isn't there anything later, no wait....).
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ml1
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Username: Ml1

Post Number: 1350
Registered: 5-2002


Posted on Sunday, November 2, 2003 - 12:57 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Never Krazy Glue a badger to your head.
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thegoodsgt
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Username: Thegoodsgt

Post Number: 300
Registered: 2-2002
Posted on Monday, November 3, 2003 - 8:56 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Never try to convince a Republican or Democrat that the other party makes some pretty convincing arguements.
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Ukealalio
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Username: Ukealalio

Post Number: 118
Registered: 6-2003
Posted on Monday, November 3, 2003 - 10:25 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Never agree with your wife when she say's another woman is attractive.
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mem
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Username: Mem

Post Number: 2193
Registered: 5-2001


Posted on Monday, November 3, 2003 - 11:41 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Don't spray yourself with mace just to see what it smells like.
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bak
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Username: Bak

Post Number: 385
Registered: 5-2001
Posted on Monday, November 3, 2003 - 2:02 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ALWAYS make sure the garage door is open before backing out.
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JGTierney
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Username: Jtg7448

Post Number: 76
Registered: 6-2003
Posted on Monday, November 3, 2003 - 3:15 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

make sure you clearly label which
container is SALT and which is SUGAR.

if you get it wrong - chocolate cake
isn't as good. i know.
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kmk
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Username: Kmk

Post Number: 249
Registered: 5-2001
Posted on Monday, November 3, 2003 - 4:01 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Never "pass gas" when you are alone in the elevator.

If somone offers you a breath mint - take it.
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marken
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Username: Marken

Post Number: 62
Registered: 4-2003
Posted on Monday, November 3, 2003 - 11:46 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You can slap a TV to correct the picture, but you can't bang your PDA on the desk to correct a fatal error.
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vor
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Username: Vor

Post Number: 101
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 - 8:21 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Never brag (aka drunken bravado) about how many White Castle hamburgers you can eat. I had to eat 22 in 90 minutes. Here was the bet. I had to accomplish this feat or go around the office wearing a Ronald Reagan mask for a day. I work at an investment bank full of conservative yahoos and my boss, knowing my political persuasion, thought this would be hilarious. If I won the bet, which I did, he would pay $250 to the organization of my choice. I picked the committee to elect Al Sharpton, and it had to be a personal check with his name and address on it.
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Crazyguggenheim
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Username: Crazyguggenheim

Post Number: 462
Registered: 2-2002


Posted on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 - 1:01 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Call me crazy, but as much as you may be tempted, don't use the lawnmower as a hedge trimmer.
Call me crazy
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El Duderino
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Username: The_dude

Post Number: 35
Registered: 9-2003


Posted on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 - 1:37 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Don't try to pass gas when you have the runs
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Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
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Username: Noglider

Post Number: 971
Registered: 1-2003


Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - 11:06 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here's something I learned this week: Don't write a recipe of a piece of paper with water-soluble ink and leave the paper on the kitchen counter while you're working.
Tom Reingold
There is nothing

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greenetree
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Username: Greenetree

Post Number: 1811
Registered: 5-2001
Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2003 - 5:48 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Do not underestimate the power of your cat to find the well-hidden glue traps you set for the mice!!!

The formula goes:

Negative outcomes = reach difficulty squared divided by owner's desire to keep the object from the cat times feline determination factor to the 10th power.

Gluing fur back onto a cat after you've scraped it out of a glue trap is a real bitch.....

(Dave, I said "bitch")
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buzzsaw
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Username: Buzzsaw

Post Number: 1110
Registered: 5-2001


Posted on Friday, November 7, 2003 - 2:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

don't run with your hands in your pocket.
There is.

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