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The Holy Therns
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Father Knows Best State

Postby The Holy Therns » Mon Dec 05, 2016 5:44 am

Ethel mermania wrote:Time to make the donuts.


Hahaha silly people with jobs!

And money.

And a life.
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Val Halla
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Postby Val Halla » Mon Dec 05, 2016 5:49 am

Ethel mermania wrote:Time to make the donuts.

Make doughnuts, bribe employers, win.
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The Holy Therns
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Postby The Holy Therns » Mon Dec 05, 2016 5:58 am

Val Halla wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Time to make the donuts.

Make doughnuts, bribe employers, win.


So are they called that because of their resemblance to those hardware nuts you put on bolts? I never got the name.
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Postby Val Halla » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:02 am

The Holy Therns wrote:
Val Halla wrote:Make doughnuts, bribe employers, win.


So are they called that because of their resemblance to those hardware nuts you put on bolts? I never got the name.

Something to to with the Danish, according to Wikipedia
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Postby Sungai Pusat » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:03 am

The Holy Therns wrote:
Val Halla wrote:Make doughnuts, bribe employers, win.


So are they called that because of their resemblance to those hardware nuts you put on bolts? I never got the name.

Etymology of the word is apparently it being a small round lump, so... yeah; it actually is kinda because they looked like the nuts at hardware stores.


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The Holy Therns
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Postby The Holy Therns » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:08 am

Sungai Pusat wrote:
The Holy Therns wrote:
So are they called that because of their resemblance to those hardware nuts you put on bolts? I never got the name.

Etymology of the word is apparently it being a small round lump, so... yeah; it actually is kinda because they looked like the nuts at hardware stores.


EDIT: Serce


Well slap me backside, who'd have guessed I'd be right about something?
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Ethel mermania
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Father Knows Best State

Postby Ethel mermania » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:21 am

The Holy Therns wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Time to make the donuts.


Hahaha silly people with jobs!

And money.

And a life.

One out of three ain't bad.
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:23 am

Val Halla wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Time to make the donuts.

Make doughnuts, bribe employers, win.


And fellow employees as well, bring a dozen donuts to a meeting and people become a whole lot more cooperative.
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Postby The Holy Therns » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:24 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Val Halla wrote:Make doughnuts, bribe employers, win.


And fellow employees as well, bring a dozen donuts to a meeting and people become a whole lot more cooperative.


A strategy often called the Trump card.
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Postby Hladgos » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:30 am

The Holy Therns wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:
And fellow employees as well, bring a dozen donuts to a meeting and people become a whole lot more cooperative.


A strategy often called the Trump card.

I thought that was when you insulted everyone in the room and complained when everyone starts insulting you back.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:30 am

The Holy Therns wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:
And fellow employees as well, bring a dozen donuts to a meeting and people become a whole lot more cooperative.


A strategy often called the Trump card.

Huge donuts. The most terrific donuts, all made by Mexicans, we will serve them at the wall. It will be the greatesr. Make american donuts great again.
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:46 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
The Holy Therns wrote:
Hahaha silly people with jobs!

And money.

And a life.

One out of three ain't bad.


Well, Hamilton tickets will let you lose #2, and gain #3. For a few hours.

And then a few minutes.
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Postby Sungai Pusat » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:47 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
The Holy Therns wrote:
A strategy often called the Trump card.

Huge donuts. The most terrific donuts, all made by Mexicans, we will serve them at the wall. It will be the greatesr. Make american donuts great again.

Wouldn't Trump not want those donuts served there, tho?

I mean, the Mexicans could steal them back. O:
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Postby Ethel mermania » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:49 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:One out of three ain't bad.


Well, Hamilton tickets will let you lose #2, and gain #3. For a few hours.

And then a few minutes.


With any luck.
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:51 am

Sungai Pusat wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Huge donuts. The most terrific donuts, all made by Mexicans, we will serve them at the wall. It will be the greatesr. Make american donuts great again.

Wouldn't Trump not want those donuts served there, tho?

I mean, the Mexicans could steal them back. O:


The same with jobs in the midwest.
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The Princes of the Universe
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Postby The Princes of the Universe » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:53 am

Tempted to say It's 5:00 somewhere and indulge. Fucking car.
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Postby Kannap » Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:55 am

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Postby Luziyca » Mon Dec 05, 2016 7:01 am

Kannap wrote:I accidentally slept in this morning and showed up to work 35 minutes late. Since that was the first time that had happened this semester, he was actually quite worried about me instead of angry about my late arrival.

Sorry to hear. :( At least he was understanding.
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Postby Luziyca » Mon Dec 05, 2016 7:18 am

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Sunrise is at 8:59 am. Sunset is at 4:56 am.

It's definitely winter 'ere.
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Mon Dec 05, 2016 7:24 am

Luziyca wrote:Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Sunrise is at 8:59 am. Sunset is at 4:56 am.

It's definitely winter 'ere.


*Snownami ensues*
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Postby The Princes of the Universe » Mon Dec 05, 2016 7:29 am

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Luziyca wrote:Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
Sunrise is at 8:59 am. Sunset is at 4:56 am.
It's definitely winter 'ere.

*Snownami ensues*

Hopefully followed by a heat burst.
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Postby Yoshida (Ancient) » Mon Dec 05, 2016 7:32 am

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Postby Luziyca » Mon Dec 05, 2016 7:36 am

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Luziyca wrote:Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Sunrise is at 8:59 am. Sunset is at 4:56 am.

It's definitely winter 'ere.


*Snownami ensues*

Currently -10 degrees outside, with light snow. Wind chill's at -18.
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Postby Sungai Pusat » Mon Dec 05, 2016 7:43 am

Luziyca wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:
*Snownami ensues*

Currently -10 degrees outside, with light snow. Wind chill's at -18.

Ack, why? D:

It's like the opposite of what we have here in the Sou- I mean in the tropics.
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Postby Luziyca » Mon Dec 05, 2016 7:43 am

Sungai Pusat wrote:
Luziyca wrote:Currently -10 degrees outside, with light snow. Wind chill's at -18.

Ack, why? D:

It's like the opposite of what we have here in the Sou- I mean in the tropics.

I live in Saskatoon.

Of course it's fucking cold in the winter.
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