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Old 09-19-2012, 02:28 AM   Top  -  End  -  #871
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Why aren't these things posted on the noticeboard?
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Old 09-19-2012, 04:04 AM   Top  -  End  -  #872
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Wouldnae a town caller be be'er?
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Old 09-19-2012, 04:36 AM   Top  -  End  -  #873
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Why do your write "beer" with an apostrophe?

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Old 09-19-2012, 06:45 AM   Top  -  End  -  #874
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Could it be gentlemen o'fortune can't spell?
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Old 09-19-2012, 03:30 PM   Top  -  End  -  #875
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Can we assume he is not a caster, if he cannot spell?
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Old 09-20-2012, 12:11 AM   Top  -  End  -  #876
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Is this another "fighters are dumb" crack?
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Old 09-20-2012, 12:55 AM   Top  -  End  -  #877
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Aren't fighters just as likely as other people to be of a respectable level of intelligence?
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Old 09-20-2012, 02:25 AM   Top  -  End  -  #878
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But if they were intelligent wouldn't they talk their way out instead of fighting?
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Old 09-20-2012, 03:49 AM   Top  -  End  -  #879
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What if they were so intelligent that they knew violence was not the answer, but rather the question, the answer of course being yes?

@V It's a quest-ception
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Isn't what you just said the question, though?
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Old 09-20-2012, 04:44 AM   Top  -  End  -  #881
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Perhaps matters of philosophical debate should be discussed when we aren't all so tired?
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Old 09-20-2012, 04:45 AM   Top  -  End  -  #882
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Old 09-20-2012, 12:30 PM   Top  -  End  -  #883
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Aren't you supposed to ask questions, not answer them?

((Also, why do I have the feeling that a bunch of people are going to go berserk over me ignoring the three-post "rule"?))
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Old 09-20-2012, 01:22 PM   Top  -  End  -  #884
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Are rules not there to be broken?
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Old 09-20-2012, 02:03 PM   Top  -  End  -  #885
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are you an anarchist?
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Old 09-20-2012, 02:27 PM   Top  -  End  -  #886
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Do you have a problem with anarchy?
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Old 09-20-2012, 02:42 PM   Top  -  End  -  #887
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What would you do if I have?
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Would you really like to find out?
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Would explosions be involved?
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With this group of people/robots, do you really have to ask that question?
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Does not a question have to be asked before it can be answered?
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:38 AM   Top  -  End  -  #892
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What if I'm a psychic and answer the question before it's asked?
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More discussion about telepathy and such?
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But doesn't telekinesis seem to be a bit better than telepathy?
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Doesn't that depend on your level of proficiency with each?
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Is that what THEY want you to think?
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Who are "they"?
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Why do you want to know?
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Isn't the answer to that question normally "everything but the information that would kill or incapacitate me just for knowing it" or "how can I make a million dollars?"
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Isn't the most direct method of making money printing your own?
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