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Topic: More or Less?
filetted
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posted August 07, 2003 10:51 PM
Likely preaching to the choir here on the specific nuances of our existence that might tip the scales from chronic discomfort to rapture (or computer/couch-potato coma to a spring in the step). I could use a few More courteous dog-owners and Less leash laws.
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Book
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posted August 07, 2003 10:53 PM
More. Definitely more.
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filetted
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posted August 07, 2003 10:57 PM
more or less of what would you like? more scripts, less improvisation.
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Kayla
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posted August 07, 2003 10:59 PM
More laughing at my jokes. Less people trying to seriously comment on them, like they thought I was serious.
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Fitz
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posted August 07, 2003 11:02 PM
More time, more sleep. Less work.
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Paul Goldner
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posted August 07, 2003 11:05 PM
More dates fewer rejections More money Less need for it More time Less stress More love Less anger More friends Less distance
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tonguetied&twisted
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posted August 07, 2003 11:16 PM
more smiles less frowns more country less city more time less work more hugs less complications
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tonguetied&twisted
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posted August 07, 2003 11:18 PM
"less" really stops looking like a proper word when you write it so many times. Just like some words stop sounding like real words when you say them lots... Or is that just me?!
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Avadaru
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posted August 07, 2003 11:19 PM
Fewer soldiers, more pirates! Toretha made a shirt that has that on it. Actually, hers says "less soldiers, more pirates", but I want mine to be grammatically correct, so when I make it, "less" will be replaced by "fewer".
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Fitz
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posted August 07, 2003 11:22 PM
It's not just you, tonguetied. The word 'think', repeated many times, loses all meaning for me.
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ludosti
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posted August 07, 2003 11:23 PM
more truth, less deception more kindness, less cynicism more music, less noise more beauty, less pain more love, less fear more sharing, less selfishness more Jatraqueros, fewer idiots Paul - I love your "More money, Less need for it" [ August 07, 2003, 11:24 PM: Message edited by: ludosti ]
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 01:26 AM
more free-range, less pigeon holes more ?, less! more me, less you
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Morbo
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posted August 08, 2003 02:17 AM
mo' money, less blues.
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 02:25 AM
more hugs, less sweeping under the rug
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Zotto!
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posted August 08, 2003 02:27 AM
More incredibly delicious oh-so-very-good best Homer Simpson impression type pop-tarts. Less fat. More brain. More brawn. Less skull. Less lethargy. More partay!
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T_Smith
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posted August 08, 2003 02:32 AM
More taste! Less filling!
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The Wiggin
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posted August 08, 2003 02:34 AM
More Hatrack! Less Work! /|\ /\
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 02:35 AM
More keeping up with the T_Smith's, Less keeping up with the Joneses. (?)
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tonguetied&twisted
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posted August 08, 2003 05:53 AM
Less of the sneaky bumping... more of the legitimate responses!
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:02 AM
more clarity, less transparent manipulation?
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tonguetied&twisted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:04 AM
oh right. filetted! Stop with the posting fullstops already! Clear enough for you?
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:05 AM
more punctuation, less punctuation?
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:07 AM
T&T, a fullstop is not so much a period as a question mark? [ August 08, 2003, 06:08 AM: Message edited by: filetted ]
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tonguetied&twisted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:09 AM
More is better I'd say, filetted. More people posting on Hatrack at this time of night, less of me being bored.
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tonguetied&twisted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:11 AM
Is a fullstop not a period? Is a fullstop a question mark?
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:17 AM
fullstop/period - depends on the overall use of the punctuation. what do you perceive?
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tonguetied&twisted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:21 AM
Well my dictionary says:full stop n. a punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence or an abbreviation. Which is precisely what I thought a full stop was. I'm confused as to how it could be a question mark? [ August 08, 2003, 06:23 AM: Message edited by: tonguetied&twisted ]
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:25 AM
more flexibility, less dictionaries.
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:28 AM
why resort to dictionary then?
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:30 AM
More laffs, Less one-upsmanship?
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tonguetied&twisted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:33 AM
quote: why resort to dictionary then? I don't like to be wrong, and wanted to make sure I didn't keep on being wrong (if I was). More happy, less worry.
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:35 AM
More blatant errors, less worries.
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:50 AM
More Norah, Less Nelly (all of 'em)
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 06:54 AM
More pitter-patter, Less prattle
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filetted
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posted August 08, 2003 07:36 AM
More starlight, Less sodium.
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