General discussion - "gossip and tittle tattle"
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Hell's Cat
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by Hell's Cat » 22 Oct 2004, 17:37
oxymoron
Meaning - A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined. eg. a deafening silence. Here are some more...
State Worker
Exact estimate
Act naturally
Found missing
Resident alien
Genuine imitation
Airline food
Good grief
Government organization
Alone together
Small crowd
Business ethics
Soft rock
Butt head
Military Intelligence
Sweet Sorrow
"Now, then..."
Passive aggression
Clearly misunderstood
Peace force
Extinct Life
Plastic glasses
Terribly pleased
Computer security
Political science
Tight slacks
Definite maybe
Pretty ugly
Rap music
Working vacation
Religious tolerance
Microsoft Works
Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find, that money cannot be eaten.
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DG
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by DG » 22 Oct 2004, 18:59
Hells Cat, you've got more there than you could shake a stick at...to be honest
DG
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by bellybabe » 25 Oct 2004, 22:43
Hell's Cat wrote:
Microsoft Works
Hm, I think that one's more of an outright lie than an oxymoron!
Hell's Cat, are you in the middle of writing an essay, or do you just have way too much time on your hands?!
And I'm dying to know how your avatar manages to stay upright and not fall flat on her face - the laws of physics and all that. But don't mind me, it's only jealousy.
BB
All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!
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by Hell's Cat » 26 Oct 2004, 14:03
Actually I wish I had more time so I could be out taking lots of piccies again like Wangi. Truth is I've got internet access at work
so I can just dip in and out of the internet when the mood takes me oh yes and do some work as well of course. I've got to have something to break the monotony of IT after all
Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find, that money cannot be eaten.
