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on churnalism, kewpid said:
"Where press releases are printed verbatim. Exacerbated by job redundancies and other cutbacks in the newspaper industry. And general crapness." more...
on 3, kewpid said:
"≈ π" more...
on 37, kewpid said:
"The “random” number people always think of." more...
on 69, kewpid said:
"The greatest number you can factorial-ise on a standard ten-digit scientific calculator." more...
on suddenly, i'm not half the m..., kewpid said:
"♫ Oh yesterday, came suddenly." more...
on one bad apple, kewpid said:
"As in: “Are we going to let one bad apple ruin the entire orchard?”" more...
on textpectation, kewpid said:
"Alternative: When expectations for a date are sky-high due to their charm and skill with the typed word." more...
on equipoise, kewpid said:
"“A tense equipoise cur­rent­ly pre­vails among the Justices of the Supreme Court, where four hard-​core con­ser­va­tives face off against..." more...
on americanonymous, kewpid said:
"i.e., Canadian." more...
on swank, kewpid said:
"Ten times more addictive than marijuana!" more...
on beetroot, kewpid said:
"Why does it split people so? I have never come across anyone indifferent to beetroot." more...
on wordie for iphone, kewpid said:
"We (I) want more details :)" more...
on lilo, kewpid said:
"Lindsay Lohan." more...
on sukuk, kewpid said:
"An Islamic financial instrument; one that is structured in accordance with sharia law, which forbids the charging of interest." more...
on i know it when i see it, kewpid said:
"Potter Stewart's famous test for ‘indecency’." more...
on bitch virtuosity, kewpid said:
"Anne Baxter had it, but not Jeanne Crain." more...
on the list Legal phrases that sound cool, kewpid said:
"Ah, that depends on how high I set the bar for "sounds cool". Shall I risk opening the flood gates?" more...
on blackberry, kewpid said:
"Invented by John McCain." more...
on jesus fish, kewpid said:
"Track has it tattooed on his calf." more...
on left-handed, kewpid said:
"For the southpaws shall inherit the Earth." more...
on nucular, kewpid said:
"And will be around long after. Sarah Palin pronounces it like this as well." more...
on 0_o, kewpid said:
"I interpret it as a kind of one raised eyebrow look." more...
on revolution, kewpid said:
"You tell me that it's evolution." more...
on it, kewpid said:
"A dynamic, indefinable quality. A certain je ne sais quoi." more...
on reasonable person, kewpid said:
"Reasonable minds can differ. Wildly." more...
on country first, kewpid said:
"Sounds like a home lender." more...
on antimetabole, kewpid said:
"Woo, wordies are ahead of the ball." more...
on speglunking, kewpid said:
"This sounds disgusting!" more...
on liberal, kewpid said:
"‘liberal’ has somehow come to mean ‘left-wing’ in the US, which is … not right." more...
on dorothy dixer, kewpid said:
"The UK's question time is the pinnacle of accountable democracy compared to its antipodean equivalent. Count yourselves lucky :)" more...
on lawyered up, kewpid said:
"A very sensible thing to do." more...
on vpilf, kewpid said:
"It was certainly a “maverick” choice." more...
on tetrix, kewpid said:
"Maybe a woman who is good at tetris." more...
on hot-tubbing, kewpid said:
"Where expert witnesses give their evidence together — enabling them to take each other up on various points." more...
on latte, kewpid said:
"why is it annoying?" more...
on iced tea, kewpid said:
"Maybe because it is always freezing in Britain." more...
on medal count, kewpid said:
"Has that always been their practice, or is it engineered to put the USA on top?" more...
on pussify, kewpid said:
"Pussies are in fact muscular and strong. Just think what they have to put up with! Scrotum is a much better insult. They're thin, weak, and easily..." more...
on rain, kewpid said:
"Fantastic is just the right word." more...
on forked tongue, kewpid said:
"'twas believed in ancient times that a venomous snake injected poison not from its fangs but through its forked tongue." more...
on maltesers, kewpid said:
"I can confirm that Violet Crumble gets stuck in your teeth VERY easily." more...
on puma, kewpid said:
"“Party Unity My Ass!” some say." more...
on op-ed, kewpid said:
"rolig, I was under the same delusion :| Thanks for clarifying!" more...
on national interest, kewpid said:
"Euphemism for "that other girl is..." more...
on swiss army knife, kewpid said:
"Oh. My. God. They sell replacements as..." more...
on swiss army knife, kewpid said:
"I have managed to lose both the toothpick and the tweezers on mine :(" more...
on mutually assured destruction, kewpid said:
"It's a mad world." more...
on silk, kewpid said:
"They only make SCs these days." more...
on manglish, kewpid said:
"Malaysian English, i.e., mangled English." more...
on globalwarming, kewpid said:
"Next thing it'll be punctuation, then we're all screwed." more...
on romcom, kewpid said:
"I liked My Best Friend's Wedding." more...
on advance australia fair, kewpid said:
"Emus would be more apropos." more...
on 100 billion dollar note, kewpid said:
"I have a gag US$1,000,000 note. Imagine how many Z$s that's worth :O" more...
on mamihlapinatapai, kewpid said:
"Eye-contact implying “after you…”" more...
on capitalist economy, kewpid said:
"I think J.K. Galbraith said this first." more...
on transport for the next gener..., kewpid said:
"I would definitely like to see that happen. Maybe this is a very cynical bus company?" more...
on transport for the next gener..., kewpid said:
"You can transport a lot more people per litre of petrol on a bus than a private car. I guess that's what they mean." more...
on punctuation, kewpid said:
"I guess an estranged father would be a sperm donor? How cold :|" more...
on quantum mechanics, kewpid said:
"“If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics”
— Richard Feynman" more...
on panadol, kewpid said:
"Americans know it as tylenol. It's generally safe for everyone and is available without a prescription." more...
on powerpoint singalong, kewpid said:
"Ah yes. It would be easier just to email the slides. Then we can discard with the charade of looking interested.

Observe Steve Jobs or any of the..." more...
on hunk, kewpid said:
"We need visual verification." more...
on lolmissile, kewpid said:
"When an axis of evil power decides to exaggerate its firepower." more...
on incompetence, kewpid said:
"I was met with a triple whammy of this whilst getting the Jesus phone. The two minute task of filling in a web form stretched to the better part of..." more...
on sunday rose, kewpid said:
"We should be thankful. It could have been a lot worse." more...
on vast majority, kewpid said:
"These ideas defy numerical representation. That would reduce the fluidity of language, and we wouldn't want that ;)" more...
on ice tea, kewpid said:
"Or, it could be an infusion of ice. Which would be water…" more...
on honi soit, kewpid said:
"Yes, it is." more...
on jumping, kewpid said:
"The act which connects a front page article to a page deep within the recesses of a newspaper." more...
on eggplant, kewpid said:
":( This kind of overthinking could destroy my love affair with an otherwise perfectly good vegetable (or fruit)." more...
on eggplant, kewpid said:
":( This kind of overthinking could destroy my love affair with an otherwise perfectly good vegetable (or fruit)." more...
on muffintop, kewpid said:
"What's truly impressive is the structural integrity of their pants." more...
on eggplant, kewpid said:
"It's just a short step away from eating body of Christ." more...
on eggplant, kewpid said:
"They are ridiculously yummy stir-fried in some olive oil." more...
on wombat leave, kewpid said:
"This is indeed bizarre. What about land rights for gay whales? Why does Mr. Henry hate whales?" more...
on bitch, kewpid said:
"Speaking of chemistry, Boron, Iodine, Technetium, Hydrogen: BITcH" more...
on diet joke, kewpid said:
"I'm more partial to joke zero" more...
on minimally exceptional, kewpid said:
"Would you want your children described this way?" more...
on the person on the clapham om..., kewpid said:
"Er, thinking of anyone in particular there jmp?" more...
on the man on the clapham omnibus, kewpid said:
"Well, there used to be. Now it's the 333 (omni)bus." more...
on the man on the clapham omnibus, kewpid said:
"Australian jurisprudence substitutes: “The man on the Bondi tram”. Notice that that the common law considered until relatively recently, the..." more...
on peoria, kewpid said:
"The money-question: “Will it play in Peoria?”" more...
on helicopter parent, kewpid said:
"*sigh* I know this well..." more...
on highway hypnosis, kewpid said:
"When you pull into your driveway but don't remember driving home." more...
on bookcase, kewpid said:
"A great name for a girl. Also sandstorm and hat, except hat is more of a boy's name." more...
on spray-on condom, kewpid said:
"I think the excited author thinks this will somehow result in more sex for him." more...
on the list What the H?, kewpid said:
"Baby got rhythm." more...
on dead people, kewpid said:
"I don't see them." more...
on batshit crazy, kewpid said:
"I think apeshit is more understandable, where someone gets sharply angry after being pushed there, whereas batshit is the more pathological, and..." more...
on batshit crazy, kewpid said:
"So simple, so evocative." more...
on facecrime, kewpid said:
"Jocelyn Wildenstein" more...
on visage, kewpid said:
"This makes me think of Ozymandias." more...
on bleachers, kewpid said:
"I don't know anyone who gets whiter in the sun." more...
on moran, kewpid said:
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on serendipity, kewpid said:
"Oh wait, never mind, I've worked it out" more...
on serendipity, kewpid said:
"What's the not-nice one, bilb?" more...
on 7457, kewpid said:
"That's why we love this place :)" more...
on fellatious, kewpid said:
"Not to be confused with fallacious." more...
on chad, kewpid said:
"It pops up once or twice a month, and its..." more...
on chai, kewpid said:
"As far as I know, it's chai everywhere." more...
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