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A Dead Body

Old 09-05-08 | 09:23 AM
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You can beat another cyclist to the finish line, you can beat your best commute to work time, but you sure can't beat a..........
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Old 09-05-08 | 10:41 AM
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You should have just stood in the darkness looking creepily at them with a smile on your face, licking your lips every so often.
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Old 09-05-08 | 10:47 AM
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Lucky stiff.
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Old 09-05-08 | 10:54 AM
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I've heard of "blow-outs" on the ride home, but...
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Jeebus. I thought I had a hard time dodging Hummers while riding on the road!!!!
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Man that tale really blew me away...
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Lucky stiff.
This story is yet another example of how people suck.
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Old 09-05-08 | 11:16 AM
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Good storytelling. You hid the punch well.
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Old 09-05-08 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by HOV
This story is yet another example of how people suck.
People "SUCK"... get it??!!

Ha Ha Ha! Ha! Ha....ha.
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Old 09-05-08 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by harleyfrog
Lucky stiff.
If I were a judge, I would choose this comment as winner.

That was a great story. I felt really bad for OP. Now I just feel bad for the couple whose fun was interrupted!
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Old 09-05-08 | 11:57 AM
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I'm having a hard time swallowing this story.
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Old 09-05-08 | 12:51 PM
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Dude, you forgot rule number one of checking dead bodies, poke it with a stick.

Man, this thread has got to have set a record for double entendre.
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Old 09-05-08 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Ka_Jun
Dude, you forgot rule number one of checking dead bodies, poke it with a stick.

Man, this thread has got to have set a record for double entendre.
I tried to pay it some lip service but came up short
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Old 09-05-08 | 12:59 PM
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Old 09-05-08 | 01:04 PM
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I tried to pay it some lip service but came up short
It's ok. Better to be modest than get big headed over it.
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Old 09-05-08 | 04:34 PM
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This thread is making me feel rather spent...
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Old 09-05-08 | 07:06 PM
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You dropped the ball:

You should have yelled "Police, If your not gone in 5 seconds, your busted". Then watch the guy trying to run around with his pants down.
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Old 09-05-08 | 08:27 PM
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The TRUE meaning of MUP!
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Old 09-08-08 | 03:08 PM
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not afterwards. The vampire is asleep for the night and must not be disturbed.
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Old 09-08-08 | 03:11 PM
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Wow....from the title of this thread I was almost afraid to read it.
Didn't see that one coming.

The rock throwing theory would work....but what if you had hit the guy or his chick?
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Old 09-08-08 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by talleymonster
Wow....from the title of this thread I was almost afraid to read it.
Didn't see that one coming.

The rock throwing theory would work....but what if you had hit the guy or his chick?
That would really blow the deal!! ROFLMAO
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Old 09-08-08 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Intheloonybin
FINALLY!!!

The TRUE meaning of MUP!
Messy Usurious Proceedings?

Matriarch Unlawfully Philandering?

Man Unapologetically Probing?
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