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06-27-2008, 09:58 PM
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Peruvians really don't shoot lasers from their eyes. You got that, right? Nor due black people have any proclivity for taffy, that I'm aware of.
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06-27-2008, 10:04 PM
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Well, there was that one song, "Shake that laffy taffy" but I think that is referring to something other than the food...
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06-28-2008, 09:43 AM
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Umm, the black people and taffy (as well as the Peruvians and laser-eyes thing) were both from The Onion Movie.
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06-28-2008, 10:08 AM
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I don't know many stereotypes except for the one about Germans...apparently 'you can always tell a German but you can't tell 'em much.' Being married to an American of German heritage I can attest that this is perfectly true.
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06-28-2008, 12:07 PM
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Most have a grounding in reality. People don't just go out there and dream them up.
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06-28-2008, 01:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mandax
Hey, I'm Irish, and I don't drink!
*slinks off to the casino*
*engages in a random brawl*
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Really? Your Irish, Mandax? Never knew. I don't drink either, but I used to on a regular basis.
The damned Internet keeps dropping so forgive me if I don't respond to you this side of next week.
*Looks for the biggest fu**er he can find to start a fight with*.
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06-28-2008, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Writ-with-Hand
Mandax, do you have red hair too?
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Unfortunately not. I have blonde hair. And my sister inherited all of the freckles.
And Sam, I wasn't born in Ireland, but pretty much everyone in my family's past was from Ireland. So it just runs in my veins. I live in the States. |
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06-28-2008, 05:07 PM
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The Onion Movie was absolutely awful. I couldn't even get past the twenty minute mark. So fucking dated. I think they wrote it years and years ago, and it just got made recently.
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06-28-2008, 05:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Malone
Black people eat taffy? I've never heard that one. I've never seen a black person eat taffy either.
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I don't even know what taffy is.
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06-28-2008, 05:22 PM
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I was all set this morning to deal with the stereotype about women and excessive shopping, but there was this killer shoe sale. . .
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06-28-2008, 05:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom
I don't even know what taffy is.
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You poor, poor bastard...
Although, your teeth are probably much healthier for you lack of taffy knowledge. |
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06-28-2008, 05:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom
I don't even know what taffy is.
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Go down to the strip on Virginia Beach.
You'll find yummy saltwater taffy there. |
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06-28-2008, 05:45 PM
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06-28-2008, 05:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hack
You poor, poor bastard...
Although, your teeth are probably much healthier for you lack of taffy knowledge.
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See. By saying that, I've got the urge to search it on wikipedia, study it, re-read it and make sure I'm knowledgable in all its criteria, just so next time, if ever, someone has a conversation about it, I'll be able to take part.
EDIT: Thanks A-L, Now I'm one step closer 
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06-28-2008, 05:48 PM
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Hold it! WTF is Taffy?
Where I come from taffy is a Welshman.
No referrals no wink nudge.
WTF is taffy?
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