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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 05:52 PM Original message |
With One Word, Children’s Book Sets Off Uproar |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. ...simply shocking |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Be careful, John Ashcroft is lookin' for you. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. My oh my...... what will we tell the puppies?? nt |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. My dog was neutered the day I adopted him from the pound |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. and you didn't get him neuticles? for shame! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. dogs really don't care |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. "My humans really love me... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
60. what was the Far Side cartoon |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. heehee, I don't think I saw it but that's pretty funny |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
84. That sounds about right |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Gee, I always thought David was Jewish. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Puritanical silliness is still around and turning noses blue. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Think about supporting "AS IF!" --anti-censhorship group of children's authors: |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
83. Thanks for showing a way to do something about this madness n/t |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #83 |
89. you are welcome! n/t |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. What the fuck is wrong with saying "Dog Scrotum?" |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. other than how repulsive it sounds? |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. What would you call it, then? "Poochie nad sac"? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #57 |
66. Booji Boy icon! Sweet. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
71. so am I |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #71 |
85. Ah. Gotcha. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Not many elegant ones for the other half either |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. Excuse me |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. that must be why it won a newbery award, eh? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Would you have rather she have written that the snake bit the dog on the |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I can't believe |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. She may have needed more options to choose from. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. I always learn something new |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. It's one of the most common motivations for using the dictionary at that age. |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
90. Funny story |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Stop it! I'm DYIN' here! |
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Monkey see Monkey Do (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 07:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
56. Brings to mind Eric Idle's "Penis Song" |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
81. My feelings |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. The teacher asked WHY? She/He deserved a CRUDE answer! |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
68. I was wondering the same thing! |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
79. Yep |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
48. The book isn't ABOUT a dog scrotum, fer chrissakes. |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. God forbid a librarian should choose . . . |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
72. Yup. It would have been so much better if they |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Scrotum is actually a vocabulary-expaning word |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Well, I know my 10yo knows the vernacular because her brother |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think that the writer should have known that the word would not |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Seems pathetic there is such a fuss over a word that is not even a swear word, just an |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. But if the book won THE award for its genre, then exactly which standard is amiss? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
49. Now, think about that a minute. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
61. I like to give kids more credit than that. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. Pssstt.... SCROTUM!! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. i see no reason for author to chose the dogs "scrotum" as the place |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. the author herself explains it . it's based on an actual experience and |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. i dont need a lecture on being ashamed or not with body parts. inevitably |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. Oh, I see. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. Because 10 year old boys are intrigued by their body. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. i grew up on a farm too.... elementary school.... no, they didnt |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Actually, yes it is a school choice. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's my dream that my kids will learn ALL their anatomy from Newbery |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'll be impressed when Lynn Cheney writes douchebag in her next book. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Only if it's an autobiography |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Or the biography of her old man. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Dear god. First it was "vagina" and then "vulva" |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
88. fancy? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #88 |
91. I like that! |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Simply nuts! |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. no, that would have been banned too |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Still there's no need to get testis about this topic! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
78. I beg your pardon? |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. As a former school library tech, |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. PENIS!!! |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. taint nuttin' to get upset about. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. LOL |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. lol |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
33. I was SHOCKED when a fellow liberal said it was abusive for my kids to know the names of their body |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. anatomy? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. If ya teach em anatomy next comes sex edyoukashin and evilution. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Chuck Berry knew how to deal with it...:-) |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. Balls! said the queen |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. I almost posted that! But you just had to. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #45 |
87. I did ... and .. let me check .... I DO! |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
55. I've just recovered from blacking out... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 09:15 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. "moist open thing"? |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. :) |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. new pictures of him here |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
58. I just want to know if Roy is okay. n/t |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
62. For crying out loud! |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
63. Ashcroft ordering the statue of Lady Justice's breastices covered |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
64. I'd like to remind people the British insult "scrote" is available for use |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
65. Would they have preferred that it said 'dog's bollocks'? |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
67. Back in the good ol' days of the 50's, scrotums could have leading roles in film. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
69. Welcome to George Bush's Amerikkka |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
77. That poor dog. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
80. This kind of puritanism is going to turn our children |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
82. Shades of my mopther - SHe took the novel Flicka |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
92. Something I Once Read About Roald Dahl's Success With Children's Lit |
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