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by TAKS
Sat Mar 09, 2002 6:48 pm
Forum: Man-Man Comics
Topic: Web comics
Replies: 12
Views: 1965

Re: sporks The correct term for a spoon that has fork-like tines is a runcible spoon. In fact, the word 'runcible' is a word that can only be used to modify 'spoon', which perhaps explains why I have a strange fondness for it. For those who are interested, the term 'runcible spoon' was invented by E...
by TAKS
Tue Feb 19, 2002 7:59 am
Forum: Man-Man Comics
Topic: Lend me your clever brains!
Replies: 3
Views: 612

Another one:

In action and inaction.
by TAKS
Mon Feb 18, 2002 6:06 pm
Forum: Man-Man Comics
Topic: Lend me your clever brains!
Replies: 3
Views: 612

Damn. All I can come up with are words that sound like they should be opposites, but in fact mean the *same* thing... flammable and inflammable, ravel and unravel.

How about...

Time flies like an arrow;
Fruit files like a banana.
by TAKS
Thu Jan 24, 2002 1:49 am
Forum: Man-Man Comics
Topic: Idle Thought
Replies: 13
Views: 1360

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Steve-o:
<B>Salt comes from pigs?</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>
You've never heard of salt pork?
by TAKS
Fri Jan 04, 2002 8:46 am
Forum: Man-Man Comics
Topic: Memento: a DAMN FINE movie.
Replies: 11
Views: 983

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Shepherd: <B> It didn't take a LOT of suspension of disbelief for me to think that the information had been "burnt in" as something he knows. </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>It only stood out because the movie did such a ...
by TAKS
Thu Jan 03, 2002 6:10 am
Forum: Man-Man Comics
Topic: Memento: a DAMN FINE movie.
Replies: 11
Views: 983

A fine movie indeed. Although I kept waiting for Shelby to explain how he *knew* he couldn't create new memories...<P>
by TAKS
Thu Dec 27, 2001 11:29 am
Forum: Man-Man Comics
Topic: Cool Contest?
Replies: 7
Views: 913

It was the greatest contest in the history of mankind.<P>Now where's my prize?
by TAKS
Thu Nov 15, 2001 11:08 am
Forum: Man-Man Comics
Topic: Shakespeare: GAY?
Replies: 23
Views: 1867

1) Did Shakespeare exist? <P>Unquestionably. Not only are there baptismal records, land lease records, a marriage licence, birth records for his children, a record of his death and a known burial site, but there are also scores of references to a living, breathing human being named William Shakespea...