Anyone here ever wear a monocle? - Democratic Underground

Zuni

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:10 AM
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Anyone here ever wear a monocle?

I do and call myself "Count Zuni", but other people do not seem to take my claims of nobility seriously

:hi:

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Zuni

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:20 AM
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1. my monocle thread sinks like the proverbial stone

sigh

:(

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Richardo

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:21 AM
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2. St. Werner, Patron Saint of single-lens corrective eyewear....

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Zuni

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:23 AM
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5. Richardo, how would you like a one way ticket...

to the Russian front?!?!

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XNASA

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:43 AM
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19. Dammit Richardo!

I was gonna use the Colonel in a lounge joke today. Now you've beaten me to the punch, and ruined any hopes I had for enjoying my day.

I hope you're happy now. :cry:

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Richardo

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:54 AM
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20. Snooze=lose, bud. You can always work in a gratuitious 4'33" reference

Those are always good for a laugh.

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Zuni

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:56 AM
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21. or if you want to continue with 60s TV shows

you could always fit a Gomer Pyle joke in somewhere

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XNASA

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Thu Nov-03-05 10:00 AM
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22. Just for that....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4245730

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Richardo

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Thu Nov-03-05 10:11 AM
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23. .

I totally did not see that coming... :rofl:

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Rising Phoenix

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:21 AM
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3. Count Zuni...

:hi:

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Zuni

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:25 AM
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6. hey Mrs. Sniffa

:hi:

great to see you!

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Rising Phoenix

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:32 AM
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9. and you...

hope you are having a wonderful morning because...:yourock:

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Zuni

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:36 AM
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14. same to you

:loveya:

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Midlodemocrat

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:22 AM
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4. Did you say something, Your Royal Highness?

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Zuni

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:27 AM
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8. It was only some light conversation

Edited on Thu Nov-03-05 09:27 AM by Zuni

about astrophysics and the mating habits of Australasian marsupials.

:hi: Midlo :loveya:

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Midlodemocrat

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:33 AM
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11. Zuni. Haven't we beaten that topic to death?

Can't we move on to the galapagos tortoises?

:loveya:

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Zuni

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:35 AM
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12. only when you admit the truth about the duck billed platapus!

Edited on Thu Nov-03-05 09:40 AM by Zuni

:mad:

or shoul;d I say "platapi"? :shrug:

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Midlodemocrat

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:40 AM
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15. I can't. You know I have

*ahem* issues with that creature.

Why must you torture me so?

:cry:

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Zuni

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:42 AM
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16. Alright. Who stole my nose hair clippers?

sorry---autofill took over when I could not think of a valid response

:D

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Devra

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:25 AM
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7. no

but I never had any other form of corrective eye ware either. I have 20/10 vision

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StopTheMorans

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:32 AM
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10. all the time; my coworkers constantly refer to me as "Gov" though

:cry:

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Zuni

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:35 AM
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13. and I refer to you as "skillet"

but only behind your back

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ElsewheresDaughter

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:42 AM
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17. they don't go down as easy as the nut tho......

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Zuni

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Thu Nov-03-05 09:42 AM
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18. the shards of glass and metal are hell on the lower GI tract

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