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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
 
See?
 

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Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
 
*biting tongue very very hard, as I have Turned Over a New Leaf
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
It is so unfair that you do that, Sara Sasse.
 

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Posted by Trisha the Severe Hottie (Member # 6000) on :
 
The fact that Spongebob was mentioned prominently on that page squicks me out.
 

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Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
 
I don't like this leaf sara has turned over
 

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Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
 
Well, it's a fig leaf. If that helps.
 

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Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
 

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I have Turned Over a New Leaf

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I only do that now if I'm wearing latex gloves or using tongs. You just never know what kind of icky things might be hiding under a leaf you turn over, especially after it rains. (shivers)
 

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Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
 
That's why I never turn over a new leaf, or an old leaf, or any leaf. That's where earwigs hang out.
 

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Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
 
Ahem, gentlemen.

I do not keep earwigs under my leaf. Nor are there these "icky things."

*reproving look
 

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Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
 
In my experience, you don't have to "keep" earwigs. They pretty much just go where they want to go. Like Wolverine, only ickier.
 

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Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
 
I do not think so.

*frosty voice
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 

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I have Turned Over a New Leaf.

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I missed it. Can anyone, please, kindly explain to a poor 14 year-old who never, ever learned enough English - what this expression means?

The best I knew was "take a leaf out of his/her book".
 

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Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
 
"To turn over a new leaf" means to make a positive change in your life. To abandon a bad habit and start trying to do better where the habit was concerned.
 

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Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
 
And I am, as anyone can see.

*preens


 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
Hmm. Sara, what I believe you are doing is simply putting a pile of new leaves over the old leaf. It makes me, even more, want to see that darn leaf!
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
Thanks, VtY.

I thought that's "start off a new page", but whatever.

Sara, this is winter, so the entire pile of leaves should have all been burned...

Am I talking "Jonny's Nonsense"(TM) again?
JH
 

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Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
 
Jonathan, you are not at all nonsensical. You are most straight-forward.

Rather, I am just in the habit of ensuring my leaves are properly arranged all the year round. It is a matter of propriety.

And I do not tolerate earwigs.

[ January 08, 2005, 04:04 PM: Message edited by: Sara Sasse ]
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
I'll send you an aeroplane full of them!
 

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Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
 
Fie on you, young heathen!


 

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Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
 
Hrm. I guess Sara's got her leaves in order...

Sometimes, a little bit of disheveling of the leaves is very nice. Especially those fig leaves.
 

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Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
 
I, too, am earwig-intolerant. That's why I don't play around with leaves.
 

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Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
 
While I'm quite sure that Sara harbors no earwigs or other icky-like creatures under her leaf I am equally sure that I've encountered young women that conceal licentiousness beneath theirs.

Edit to add that this pun was made purely for comedic purposes and no inferences should be drawn concerning my discernment as a young man.

[ January 08, 2005, 06:09 PM: Message edited by: punwit ]
 

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Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
 
Too late.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 

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Fie on you, young heathen!

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