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Old 12-28-2008, 04:13 PM
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So, what is it about man's sense of smell, when in fact so many natural things he perceives by it, are deemed "unsavoury?" Since nature doesn't really "stink" or, give a damn, why should we? Indeed, it would seem most "unnatural" that we do.
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Old 12-28-2008, 04:20 PM
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All I have to say to this stinky thread is :rarrow: :stinky:
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Next time, Farren is forced to use the portable toilet that's broken and has been sitting in the sun all day.
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All I have to say to this stinky thread is :rarrow: :stinky:
Hm... deep...

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Also, chicken in a lemon and herb dressing, if I'm not mistaken
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Is it natural for a man to suck cock, after all most of the universe is a vacuum and vacuum's suck. If nature sucks and cocks exist in nature. Nature sucks cock. Therefore gays should be allowed to suck teh cock.



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Old 12-28-2008, 05:05 PM
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It's only natural if it doesn't require them to think. Natural is a "dead" and non-thinking process.
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Old 12-28-2008, 05:14 PM
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Is it natural for a man to suck cock, after all most of the universe is a vacuum and vacuum's suck. If nature sucks and cocks exist in nature. Nature sucks cock. Therefore gays should be allowed to suck teh cock.

and get married.
In the ancient fable of The Rooster's Egg, the proud rooster and his mistress are denied their place among the sacred animals because they were insufficiently sycophantic in their offerings, only to be afforded equal status when the sacred animals are stripped of their special status.

Neither rooster nor hen are particularly noble in the entire affair, agreeing to return with a bounty of eggs when rebuffed, only to find the diminishment of the status of the sacred animals rendered such an offering worthless. The fable thus famously illustrates the arbitrary nature of power and how swiftly fortunes can reverse.

But, with the benefit of modern science, we can infer, as bey has done so concisely and elegantly above, that all of nature sucks cock. So teh rooster was, in fact, in the pound seat all along.

And what of the eggs? Mother hen was quite willing to offer a bounty of eggs to the Gods in exchange for special status, but it is common knowledge that gods don't have sphincters. It naturally follows that the Gods would not consume the eggs but keep them in perpetuity, or at least until they began to give off a sulphurous odor. Its not unwarranted to infer that such an odor is pleasing to the senses of the Gods.

So, in light of modern knowledge, this ancient fable unintentionally illuminates other truths: That sometimes you're so consumed by your ambitions that you don't even notice teh awesome pole job you're getting right now. And that to "ew" is human, but to savor a fine stink, divine.
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"This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me." ~ Matthew 15:8
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Old 12-28-2008, 05:35 PM
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"This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me." ~ Matthew 15:8
Yeah, sometimes I look down and notice that vacant look in their eyes, too. Still - its nice getting to know people in the biblical sense.
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"This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their fart is har from me." ~ Matthew 15:8
Fixed...To repair the misinterpretation of earlier scribal efforts and inadvertant transpositioning of textual characters.
Or...was it 'inadvertant'?
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Is it "natural" to stink?
Only for jews, and then they endeavor to fool everyone else that we stink as well so they can get ever richer off their multi-trillion dollar deodorant and perfume rackets.
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Isn't it funny how our beginning is so close to our end? It's a fertility issue. Defecation is just incidental.
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I really don't wish to come across as "super straight" but, it is more a matter of proper alignment, otherwise we wouldn't be here.
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Defecation is never 'just incidental'.

Well...maybe it is to you, but then, you're often full of it.
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I really don't wish to come across as ... straight.
Don't worry, you come across as a selfloathing cocksucker.
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Nice to know our bigot still cannot quote a reliable translation.

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You'd be better served by finding an excuse for breathing.
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Defecation is never 'just incidental'.

Well...maybe it is to you, but then, you're often full of it.
What, are you saying it's a lot like having a baby? Maybe you're not getting enough roughage?
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Nice to know our bigot still cannot quote a reliable translation.

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Can you quote one that says God is not looking for suckups? ... or, anything other than that?
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Defecation is never 'just incidental'.

Well...maybe it is to you, but then, you're often full of it.
What, are you saying it's a lot like having a baby? Maybe you're not getting enough roughage?
I wouldn't know about having babies; I'm just a regular guy.
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Posting this for that "regular guy", godfry.

Regular Baptists not regular at all

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"These numbers have to be skewed," he said. "No self-respecting Baptist is gonna talk openly to some researcher about poop."
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