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Re: Non-Honorverse one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sun Nov 30, 2014 5:50 pm

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TN4994 wrote:Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie and managing imaginative images emanating from imaginative imagination.


Good one, designation TN4994, tertiary adjunct to the Honorverse. :D

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Re: Non-Honorverse one-liners
Post by fallsfromtrees   » Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:11 pm

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cthia wrote:One of my favorite tv program intros, ABC's Wide World of Sports 1978 intro, which featured a 1970 ski crash of Vinko Bogataj ...
The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

treecat version

The shrill of victory and the agony of the feet.

http://youtu.be/P2AZH4FeGsc

I always preferred "The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat ... de legs, de arms, and de hands"
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Re: Non-Honorverse one-liners
Post by TN4994   » Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:38 am

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cthia wrote:
TN4994 wrote:Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie and managing imaginative images emanating from imaginative imagination.


Good one, designation TN4994, tertiary adjunct to the Honorverse. :D

(Bold lettering represents an unauthorized addition to the original author's original work and in no way represents original author's original sentiment or intent.)

Bold letter wording approved by original author wishing he had added the added additional wording. 8-)
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Re: Non-Honorverse one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:37 pm

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Hunger is the enemy, not the hungry.

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Non-Honorverse one-liners
Post by TN4994   » Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:39 pm

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cthia wrote:Anonymous
Hunger is the enemy, not the hungry.

So, the hungry
in Hungary,
deserve empathy.
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Re: Non-Honorverse one-liners
Post by Imaginos1892   » Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:55 pm

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Re: Non-Honorverse one-liners
Post by Imaginos1892   » Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:24 pm

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Re: Non-Honorverse one-liners
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    Re: Non-Honorverse one-liners
    Post by Michael Everett   » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:24 pm

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    He stands.
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    They don't pass.
    His stand is so awesome, that he eventually becomes their mythological guardian of the border between life and the afterlife.
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    Re: Non-Honorverse one-liners
    Post by Imaginos1892   » Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:43 pm

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