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From: Stafford, VA USA
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posted February 14, 2007 07:16 PM         

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Subject: Idle Thoughts
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> > I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it.
> > *****
> > I had amnesia once -- or twice.
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> > I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart. Now what?
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> > Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.
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> > All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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> > If the world were a logical place, men would be the ones who ride horses
> sidesaddle.
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> > What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?
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> > They told me I was gullible and I believed them.
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> > Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home, and when he grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto the freeway.
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> > Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone
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> > One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.
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> > My weight is perfect for my height--which varies.
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> > I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
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> > The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.
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> > How can there be self-help "groups"?
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> > If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?
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> > Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I'll show you a man who
> can't get his pants off.
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> > Is it me--or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?
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posted February 14, 2007 09:01 PM         

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If the world were a logical place, men would be the ones who ride horses sidesaddle.

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Yeah, that doesn't hurt? Any equestrians care to offer insight?

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posted February 14, 2007 09:07 PM         

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LMAO!!!!!So insightful! I'll print this one!!!! "Buffalo Wings...."
Also the "Cost of Living..."

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posted February 14, 2007 10:22 PM         

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Thank you for my evening dose of laughter and levity!!Luv, Tuxedo MEow

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posted February 14, 2007 11:16 PM         

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All I can say, as a former equestrian, that the sidesaddle is a European invention of the Renaissance era and afterward, designed so a lady could wear a dress/skirt and not have to impolitely sit upon a rude beast with her legs splayed apart, lest her modesty be violated by the *ahem* stimulation. Of course, this was during a time and in a culture when any discussion of private parts was also impolite, so any discussion of men making themselves vulnerable to "intimate" injury by sitting astrided a horse in the more customary fashion was likely never brought up. Besides, men were allowed to travel further than women, and also often expected to be able to do various tasks on horseback, such as do battle. A sidesaddle is neither good for balance or long distance. In fact, it's pretty damn uncomfortable for your hips. The Persians and Mongols - the cultures from which Europe largely inherited its horseback riding traditions - were smart to not fuss over sexual modesty when it came to the practicality of riding a horse.

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posted February 14, 2007 11:55 PM         

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Ahh.

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posted February 15, 2007 09:39 AM         

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