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"A Remuera Battltank was parked in front of me, filling up of gas. The driver asked me if I wanted to pull up and share the pump, and when I said 'yes" he said 'Tough Cheese, inbred.'"
by D F Stuckey February 18, 2004
Get the Remuera Battletank mug.Bipedal creature found on Earth. First creature in the biosphere to succesfully refine abstract thought into more than the ability to lie and/or delude itself, humans developed the technique of picturing the way things might be and then planning ways to make reality fit the pattern.
This faculty turns in upon itself, however, when the attempt fails, leading to such emotional conflicts as self-loathing, bias against more succesful others, self-worship, or sublimation of individualism into a group mind.
Humans have borrowed many traits from other species such as hunting for pleasure ( from cats and squids ), enslaving other species ( from ants ), protecting and nurturing other species to gather products from them ( from ants ), spoiling other creatures habitats by their own constructs ( from beavers ), and creating and sharing habitats with other creatures ( from corals, rodents and birds ). Humans have invented several concepts for themselves, such as artistic endevour for its own sake, resource gathering and stockpiling for its own sake, ignorance and self-delusion as a natural right, love and attraction not solely for the purpose of reproduction, worship of the different, lack of diversity as a positive, and worship of the identical.
Humans are capable of percieving that they are less than what they imagine themselves to be. This is not only their major problem, it is also their major strength.
This faculty turns in upon itself, however, when the attempt fails, leading to such emotional conflicts as self-loathing, bias against more succesful others, self-worship, or sublimation of individualism into a group mind.
Humans have borrowed many traits from other species such as hunting for pleasure ( from cats and squids ), enslaving other species ( from ants ), protecting and nurturing other species to gather products from them ( from ants ), spoiling other creatures habitats by their own constructs ( from beavers ), and creating and sharing habitats with other creatures ( from corals, rodents and birds ). Humans have invented several concepts for themselves, such as artistic endevour for its own sake, resource gathering and stockpiling for its own sake, ignorance and self-delusion as a natural right, love and attraction not solely for the purpose of reproduction, worship of the different, lack of diversity as a positive, and worship of the identical.
Humans are capable of percieving that they are less than what they imagine themselves to be. This is not only their major problem, it is also their major strength.
" Some say modern humans are smarter than cavemen, some say we are less. I think we are exactly as smart as cavemen, and that is pretty smart indeed".
by D F Stuckey July 5, 2004
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" Ming noticed the tiniest flaw in the waiter's dress as he served James, and quietly told him ' Put your jacket in order when you serve my guests, or I'll slice off your Secret Sack for a change purse!' James was lost in wonder at the delicate beauty of the Mandarin language, which he himself knew little of."
" Ming noticed the tiniest flaw in the waiter's dress as he served James, and quietly told him ' Put your jacket in order when you serve my guests, or I'll slice off your Secret Sack for a change purse!' James was lost in wonder at the delicate beauty of the Mandarin language, which he himself knew little of."
by D F Stuckey April 15, 2004
Get the secret sack mug.to protect someone esle from the attention or criticism due for a particular activity; To help someone in the performance of a task, but not directly assisting in the task.
From American Football where certain players are detailed to prevent the opposing team from tackling the palyer with the ball, by interfering with them.
From American Football where certain players are detailed to prevent the opposing team from tackling the palyer with the ball, by interfering with them.
a:"How am I gonna get these Playboys into the house while mom's there?"
b:"You go round the kitchen door, I'll run interference by showing her the job I did on the lawn"
b:"You go round the kitchen door, I'll run interference by showing her the job I did on the lawn"
by D F Stuckey May 12, 2004
Get the run interference mug.Any task, activity or event which is painful, humiliating, upsetting, violent or distressing to the person experiencing the said task, activity or event.
A sarcastic use of the phrase, as most people believe that the difficult events in our lives contribute the most to our character and personality. Sadly, pyschologists would tend to agree; Not for the better in many cases.
A sarcastic use of the phrase, as most people believe that the difficult events in our lives contribute the most to our character and personality. Sadly, pyschologists would tend to agree; Not for the better in many cases.
A:"My boyfriend just called. . . He's left me!"
B:" Really?"
A:" For my BROTHER!!!! (Sniff)"
B:"Well . . . It builds character, something like that. . . "
A:"Oh, go kiss a walrus!"
B:" Really?"
A:" For my BROTHER!!!! (Sniff)"
B:"Well . . . It builds character, something like that. . . "
A:"Oh, go kiss a walrus!"
by D F Stuckey July 8, 2004
Get the builds character mug.Homaosexual male who enjoys performing fellation upon uncircusised males, preferably with poor personal hygiene.
by D F Stuckey February 14, 2004
Get the cheese master mug.Slang phrase for "I'll accept that gladly" from the movie Robocop.
Derived from a slang phrase in a famous scince fiction story "The Marching Morons" by C.M.Kornbluth, in which a popular catchphrase for asking 'would you believe it?' was "Would you buy it for a quarter?". In the intervening years, inflation has been occurring.
Derived from a slang phrase in a famous scince fiction story "The Marching Morons" by C.M.Kornbluth, in which a popular catchphrase for asking 'would you believe it?' was "Would you buy it for a quarter?". In the intervening years, inflation has been occurring.
by D F Stuckey May 12, 2004
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