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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 12:54 PM
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If there were a DU Variety Show, what would your routine be?
I'd play my guitar and sing "Dead Hooker Blues." :evilgrin:

How about you?
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 12:54 PM
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1. The short retort
n/t
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 12:56 PM
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2. I would host 'Beat the Press'
and would lay the stick to so called journalists
until they couldn't spin anymore.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:01 PM
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3. That could definitely work.
;)
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:03 PM
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4. I'd just stand there silent until people got really uncomfortable.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:05 PM
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5. I'd do my impression of Katharine Hepburn, as Eleanor of Aquataine.
WITH the costume. :-)

But someone would have to be Peter O'Toole. I don't work alone.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:11 PM
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16. "Say it at noon, you'll say it to my horse's arse!"
"Lamb, I'll be rid of you by Easter; you can count your reign in days!!!"

How's that? :D
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:15 PM
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23. "Do you wonder...I wonder... if I ever slept with your father"?
Edited on Fri Aug-27-04 01:18 PM by terrya
PERFECT, elperromagico! :-)
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:08 PM
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43. 'We did it!'
'You were in the next room when we did it'

I played Henry in another life...
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:07 PM
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6. i'd striptease to the song: "Hey Big Spender"
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:08 PM
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10. you've just blinded...
my minds eye.

Thanks loads.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:12 PM
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18. fine. would you prefer i demonstrate my 'acrobatic peeing skills'?
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:13 PM
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20. thankfully, your first post exterminated my ability to visualize that
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:14 PM
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22. i can fart to "Let The Eagles Soar" as well
its really up to you
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:15 PM
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24. Now that I'd like to hear
I bet it sounds better than John Asskrack's performance of said jingoistic paeon to fascism
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:16 PM
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26. oh no. you see its ACTING TOO! - my farts get jingoistic for the occasion!
otherwise they wouldn't be TRUE Thesbians!
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:26 PM
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29. Hmmmm your idea intrigues me
is there a secret technique to creating jingoistic farts?
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:28 PM
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30. sure is!
i tear a hole in a tiny American Flag and tape it to my butt. Then I fart THROUGH THE HOLE!

pretty ingenious eh?
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:58 PM
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33. that's not ingenious, that's brilliant!
I want to be your agent!!! I'll take 15% off the top, and we'll split your groupies 50/50.

Whadda ya say?
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:59 PM
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35. will you pick up new flags every show?
they tend to get a little 'soiled'
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 02:00 PM
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36. I'll have them flown in straight from Taiwan with a precut hole
I'll by them by the metric ton...

We're going to make millions. You should go max your credit cards right now because we're going to be drying our selves off with new 100 dollar bills!!!
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 02:03 PM
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37. they are ALREADY MAXED!!
i'm WAAAAYYYY ahead of you :bounce:

:D
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 02:08 PM
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39. Get more... Go finance a Porsche, buy a plane...
Believe me, this is only the beginning of an entertainment megacareer! SPEND SPEND SPEND!

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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 02:12 PM
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40. YYYYAAAYYYYYY RICH!!!!!!!
:bounce:

i'm going to start a lavish Coke habbit and buy diamond-rimmed GLASSES!!!

:bounce:
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 02:14 PM
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41. Fuck that... hire someone to wear the glasses for you!
And let them do the coke, so you can control them like a slave...

I just ordered some ruby encrusted speedos and a cigarette boat to wear them on!

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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 04:16 PM
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44. Will you bring the ass-slappin' hippo with you? n/t
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:07 PM
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7. belly dancing
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liontamer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:41 PM
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31. me too!
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:08 PM
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8. Copycat Threads
:-)
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Libby2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:08 PM
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9. I would be the yes woman
as in yes, I agree.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:08 PM
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11. Poppin' and lockin', baby - poppin' and lockin'
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Union Thug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:09 PM
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12. I would host the "Radical Labor Hour of Power" show. /eom
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:09 PM
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13. Knife thrower.
I need a blindfold and a volunteer from the audience.
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MallRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:09 PM
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14. Kitten juggling.
Wholesome fun for the whole family.

-MR
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:10 PM
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15. Flatulent pyrotechnics!
nt
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MallRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:14 PM
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21. We didn't need to know that.
:-)
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dr.strangelove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:11 PM
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17. I'd sit in an office banging my head against my computer screen all day
Oh wait, I do that when I'm not on TV. I guess I would guess the date people lost their virginity.
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DemWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:13 PM
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19. I would do drag as Helen Thomas or Madeline Albright
and sing "Erotica" by Madonna


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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:16 PM
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25. I don't know
Something involving Froot Loops.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:25 PM
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28. Mmm... Froot Loops.
:D
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:25 PM
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27. Play acoustic guitar & blues harp and belt out "32-20 Blues"...
One of many Robert Johnson classics.

Or, I could play my uke and croon "Sloop John B"...:)
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:57 PM
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32. Jumping on a trampoline and doing flips...
Maybe I'll twirl a baton too if ya'll get really lucky. :P
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Crankie Avalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 01:59 PM
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34. I'd just squint and smirk...
...while going through my usual litany about war, torture, and "rape rooms", and then trip over my words and be at an utter loss when I had to talk about anything else.
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 02:06 PM
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38. Three words:
Porn. On. Demand.

(written and read, not acted)
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-27-04 02:14 PM
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42. Host the segment "Ask the homo".
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