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I can see it now:
Dateline - October 2, 2004
John and Emily Smith left their son Timmy alone in their house in Buffalo, New York allowing him to be entertained by watching Nickelodeon. Under normal circumstances, Timmy would sit lifelessly on the sofa as he watched reruns of SpongeBob SquarePants and other tomfoolery. But this day would be different. Nickelodeon decided it would be a good idea to have a network blackout in the afternoon under the guise of encouraging kids to "get out and play." In Timmy's case, however, the result was more destructive.
Without television to entertain him, Timmy grew bored. He went outside and begain burning leaves and bugs with a magnifying glass. This too was not enough to satisfy him. So, Timmy decided to move onto larger game. He happened upon a dead pigeon and got to work focusing the magnifying glass upon its carcass. Soon, a great amount of smoke rose from it as it was lit ablaze. Nearby dry leaves and grass also caught on fire.
The fire quickly spread around the Smith's yard and house. It did not stop there. Neighbor's homes were also engulfed in flames. The fire department was able to respond and contain the fire before it spread too far. All in all, thirty-six homes were destroyed. It is estimated that there was six million dollars of total damage.
Only the Smith's lawyer could be reached. He said that they were considering suing Nickelodeon for criminal negligence.
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 Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:42 pm |
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| the sad thing is that nick would be sued if that happened. all people who sue for their own neglagence need to be shot. |
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| Tue Jul 27, 2004 4:05 pm |
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why did you pick buffalo as the city that happened in?
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| Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:04 pm |
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I needed to pick some place for it to occur. Buffalo seemed as good as any other place.
Why? Do you live in Buffalo? Did the story annoy you?
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| Sun Aug 01, 2004 2:19 pm |
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I'm just glad it wasn't Florida for a change. What is it with everybody? There are other states that do MUCH stupider stuff than us.
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| Sun Aug 01, 2004 3:46 pm |
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Actaully, no. Scientifically speaking, about 85% of America slopes down towards Florida. Meaning all of the nations stupidity sort of, floats down that way, creating a swirling vortex of stupidity . . .
God I love the Daily Show . . .
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| Sun Aug 01, 2004 4:32 pm |
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lol As much as I hate to admit it, I saw that on TDS and laughed my ass off lol All I blame Florida for is boy bands and Disney, and I think we've apologized for both of those on several occasions.
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| Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:07 pm |
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And our current average-man-hater of a president . . . that's a biggy that you missed.
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| Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:49 pm |
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| Alshoff wrote: |
I needed to pick some place for it to occur. Buffalo seemed as good as any other place.
Why? Do you live in Buffalo? Did the story annoy you? |
i live in buffalo more or less, no reason for it to annoy me though... just thought it was weird
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| Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:01 pm |
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First of all, no politics, I don't want to get dragged into that, and nobody here wants me to go there.
And is the title of this thread intentionally that suggestive?
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| Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:28 pm |
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Go ahead, go there. One of the 2 great lines from The Usual Suspects (AWESOME movie) is "He knew that the real key to power was to do what the other guy didn't have the guts to."
Don't ever be afraid to go there, sucka.
Just be aware that I ain't afraid either ^_^
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| Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:21 pm |
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| ROBRAM89 wrote: |
And is the title of this thread intentionally that suggestive? |
I do believe so, yes. |
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| Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:26 pm |
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I'm on a bit of a hiatus right now for debating anything whatsoever (I have a friend who never lets anything just BE, so I have to debate a lot already) so I don't want to get into any more arguments.
Which is why I always try to end my arguments before they start, as you can see from the "colorful discussions" I've gotten into on the boards already.
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| Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:28 pm |
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| ROBRAM89 wrote: |
| Which is why I always try to end my arguments before they start, as you can see from the "colorful discussions" I've gotten into on the boards already. |
Big difference being these debates are usually done in jest. 
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| Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:45 pm |
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lol If you'ld ever had a bunch of InuYasha freaks following you around with torches like you're frickin' Frankenstein, you wouldn't be saying that.
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| Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:54 pm |
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