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09-16-2010, 02:50 PM
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comfortably numb...
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The Best
ok, here it is...
what/who do you think is the BEST at anything... categories are open - you can name/picture the BEST you think you have ever seen at anything in your life... go for it... i'll start... best pure hitter in major league baseball - pete rose...
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09-16-2010, 04:46 PM
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With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much
Location: left side of my couch, East Texas
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Interesting choice, unc.
The best person at hide and seek - Amelia Earhart Seriously, though... The best writer of the Western genre - Louis L'Amour
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09-20-2010, 01:01 PM
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best network newscaster i ever saw - walter cronkite...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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09-20-2010, 02:34 PM
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Location: The Windy City
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I'll give five:
Our most eloquent president: Abraham Lincoln. The best poet of the English language, 1066-1700 (Shakespeare aside): John Donne. The best poet of the English language since 1700: Dylan Thomas. The best folk/rock poet/performer ever: Bob Dylan. The best work of prose of the 20th Century: Lord of the Rings.
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09-21-2010, 05:01 AM
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Junkie
Location: At my daughter's beck and call.
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Best pure Rock band: Led Zepplin
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09-21-2010, 05:11 AM
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warrior bodhisattva
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The best dessert: crème brûlée
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09-28-2010, 08:36 PM
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Everything's better with bacon
Location: In your local grocer's freezer.
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best basement band: "No Permit Required"
best live concert: Rush Best redmeat: kangaroo filet Best beer:anything not in a can (excluding Guinness) and anything that does not include the word 'Lite" in the name of said beverage. best site to post this on: TFP
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10-08-2010, 02:33 PM
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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10-08-2010, 02:37 PM
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Une petite chou
Location: With All Your Base
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Best comfort food when tummy is upset: mashed potatoes with a little chicken gravy
Best choose your own adventure video game: Hard Rain Best Bourbon: Blanton's! 
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10-08-2010, 03:03 PM
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comfortably numb...
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Quote:
http://www.napacabs.com/Henry-McKenn...-1L-P5168.aspx
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 10-09-2010 at 02:25 AM.. |
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10-08-2010, 03:54 PM
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Best at just about everything: Leonardo da Vinci
Very close second: Isaac Newton
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10-08-2010, 04:02 PM
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follower of the child's crusade?
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The best boxer - Jack Johnson
The best king - William I of England / Duke William of Normandy The next best king - Edward I
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10-08-2010, 04:16 PM
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follower of the child's crusade?
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best artist - Carravaggio
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain without being uncovered." The Gospel of Thomas |
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10-10-2010, 03:44 AM
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comfortably numb...
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"categories are open - you can name/picture the BEST you think you have ever seen at anything in your life..."
most of you are staying with the theme of this thread as quoted above (key words: "you have ever seen...") and i appreciate your adhering to this. i personally think woodrow wilson was the greatest president the US ever had, but i never saw him, never met him, and wasn't alive when he was president... Read more: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/general...#ixzz11xHGqsgH
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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10-12-2010, 03:08 PM
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Alien Anthropologist
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The Best NBA Coach of All Time: Phil Jackson, The Zen Master.
The Best Impressionist Painter of All Time: Claude Monet (yes, I'm a diverse babe) 
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10-12-2010, 03:20 PM
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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10-21-2010, 12:28 PM
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comfortably numb...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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10-21-2010, 01:53 PM
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Psycho
Location: The Aluminum Womb
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best cartoon prior to 1990: Scooby Doo
best cartoon since 1990: South Park best molecule ever: alcohol best RTS video game ever: Starcraft: Brood War (starcraft 2 pending...)
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Does Marcellus Wallace have the appearance of a female canine? Then for what reason did you attempt to copulate with him as if he were a female canine? Quote:
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