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18 October 2000

Submitted by eve on Wed, 10/18/2000 - 11:13am. Funny

"Look at this this shirt is on sale now. That's so... irksome. I bought it just, like, a little while ago."
"Like back in the 1500s, when Shakespeare was the last guy to use the word irksome?"
--A guy and a girl at the Gap

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Tue, 07/17/2001 - 12:36pm.

Archived comment by Mandy:
Best quote from anything ever written by Shakespeare: "Nay, your dolphins are not lusty!" If only they had had someone to log random quotes in whatever the 16th century equivalent of this website was...

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 11/09/2000 - 9:10pm.

Archived comment by Cam:
hey... "irksome" is one of my favorite words. It's right up there with "perchance" and "indubitably". "Gesticulating" is a pretty nifty word also.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Wed, 11/08/2000 - 8:03am.

Archived comment by Zach:
Sorry, I think i'm in love with her. :)

How affected is this guy? And she pops him
completely...

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Wed, 11/01/2000 - 9:02am.

Archived comment by Zman:
Ok, listen up
A: If someone uses a word you don't fully understand, don't hate them-hate your own ignorance.
B: Shop wherever you want, children spend years being taught to be themselves and individual and adults spent the rest de-programming that with oppression. Avoiding a store because it's too trendy is just as idiotic as flocking there.
C: You can be yourself, but you'd better be one thick skinned bastard to pull it off in this society.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Tue, 10/31/2000 - 5:16am.

Archived comment by The Laughing God:
Hmm... "irksome" isn't really an archaic word. Describe someone as "toothsome" sometime and see what kind of reaction you get.

"Ah, but thou art a toothsome wench."
-Crow, to Gypsy

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 10/23/2000 - 6:07pm.

Archived comment by Meg:
Dear God...why were you in the GAP? ::shudders:; that place is a black hole, you can't look at it as you pass, it will suck you in ... you start off going "hmmm that jacket (fill in shirt or whatever ) looks cute, maybe i'll look around" next thing ya know youve been there for hours and CANT FIND YOUR WAY OUT! and those greeter people are just laughing at you and rubbing their hands greedily. Ok i think i've had a bad childhood experiance there or something. Maybe i was dropped numerous times as a child.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 10/23/2000 - 12:11am.

Archived comment by rachel:
Who shopped at the Gap in the 1500's?
Shakespeare?

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 10/20/2000 - 10:57am.

Archived comment by Jamdar:
Methinks the word "irksome" following the word "like" is so, what's the word, um, Californian. Like totally....

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 10/20/2000 - 3:45am.

Archived comment by Cymen:
Ok I guess I'm going to go off on a tangent here but what is with the Gap? I happen to think their jeans are somewhat decent but the last time I went in there (after a 2+ year hiatus) I had to ask where the T-shirts where. WTF! Tons of junk but the only essentials well stocked appeared to be jeans.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 10/19/2000 - 2:33pm.

Archived comment by Jill:
I just have one question. What on EARTH were you doing in the Gap? I mean of all places...
But I will admit, the strangest things ARE said there...

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 10/19/2000 - 2:14pm.

Archived comment by In Passing Admin:
Actually, Mike, the guy was the one who was shopping and the girl was the one with the comeback. Just to throw stereotypes for a loop. :-)
Just in general on the site, I tend to list speakers in the order that they spoke.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 10/19/2000 - 2:01pm.

Archived comment by mike clark:
I agree, irksome isn't all that rare of a word, but that's a pretty good line. Especially if he (Im assuming the girl was talking about the shirt) came back with it quickly.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 10/19/2000 - 1:43pm.

Archived comment by Candace:
I work at the Gap. Everything eventually goes down to at least 6.99. And we see it all. And we mark it all. Everything we wasted our money on. When we could have just waited til it became unfashionable and bought it for 5 bucks.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Wed, 10/18/2000 - 10:32pm.

Archived comment by Elli:
Irksome...now I've just learn a new word from a normal convo.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Wed, 10/18/2000 - 3:25pm.

Archived comment by Oedalis:
(in response to Renee)
My point exactly.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Wed, 10/18/2000 - 3:19pm.

Archived comment by Renee:
Hey people....Calm Down! It is only a word for god's sake.

Geez!

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Wed, 10/18/2000 - 3:03pm.

Archived comment by miss_lucy21:
Amen to that! i hate it when i get wierd looks for using "big words" in casual conversation...but hey, i'm not about to stop doing it

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Wed, 10/18/2000 - 2:34pm.

Archived comment by Oedalis:
What is so damn wrong with being literate and speaking like it?! I'd really like to know? What!? --Because I don't wallow in the vernacular and go "Chaw!" all the time, I'm some freak???

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