Kerfuffle week is nearly over, children. (Be glad about that.)

Jul 09, 2010 16:45

A couple of things, by way of introduction, before the free soup. Firstly, do you remember when the manufacturers of orange juice-in-cartons started making a huge fuss about their stuff being "not from concentrate"? I bet you thought that was a good thing.

Not me. My reaction was, "Oh great - this is going to be full of unrefined pith, bits of ( Read more... )

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This just in...GodBlock! sensaes July 9 2010, 15:58:59 UTC
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Re: This just in...GodBlock! herne_kzn July 10 2010, 19:11:06 UTC
Titter, titter.

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dativesingular July 9 2010, 18:17:05 UTC
Guilty as charged, but at least the brouhaha is over and my LJ will return to (relative) normalcy. ;)

Also, I paint, nyer nyer, your logic, it is flawed. (Sorry, I can't think of any wittier comebacks, I'm still in the OMG WE WON frame of mind.)

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sensaes July 9 2010, 20:02:22 UTC
Is it? Oh good.

I've never claimed anything about my logic, but stormy teacups are stormy. And...teacuppy. ;o)

(I could've sworn this was going to be about Marcia Reynolds ruffling feathers, and pissing off feminists wholesale. Just goes to show.)

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dativesingular July 9 2010, 21:45:56 UTC
It is: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25968987278&sid=1

I look forward to this Electronic Owl Sanctuary of which you speak.

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