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Old 09-28-04 | 09:34 AM
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Last night, after 1:00 but before 2:00 AM I was riding home up Archer Ave, which is generally deserted at that hour, when I spotted a cyclist in the distance. As I got closer I saw it was a 3 wheeler, the kind your Grandmother would ride. Closer still I saw a 70ish woman wearing baggy plaid flannel shorts (they looked like pajama's) and a brassiere, and I mean only a brassiere (the big kind, left over from the 50's). Actually, it's not that unusual, I live in a Polish neighborhood and have often seen Polish Grandmothers mowing their lawns wearing only brassieres. She was tooling down the sidewalk as happy as you could be and on the otherwise crowded street I said a very nice hello and how are you doing tonight. "Very good," she said in her thick Polish accent, "how are you." We exchanged smiles and went home and slept the sleep of the just.
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Old 09-28-04 | 01:09 PM
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Old 09-28-04 | 02:31 PM
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I just can't help but think of the old grandma in the Triplets of Belleville with the wistle in her mouth. And now I got that song in my head
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Old 09-28-04 | 02:35 PM
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Holy Schmoley, a Mayo post that doesn't induce a frothing rage in anyone!
some ***hole will be here shortly to read in some latent bigotry or racism, i'm sure.
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Old 09-28-04 | 02:37 PM
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or we could add our own?...that would make it complete, afterall
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Old 09-28-04 | 02:49 PM
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or we could add our own?...that would make it complete, afterall
our own frothing rage or latent bigotry?
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Old 09-28-04 | 02:57 PM
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why limit your jackassedness? Go for broke! Do both!
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Old 09-28-04 | 03:00 PM
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why limit your jackassedness? Go for broke! Do both!
whatever my little evil heart desires, eh? BRILLIANT!!
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Old 09-28-04 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by s2sxiii
our own frothing rage or latent bigotry?
How about frothy beer?
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Old 09-28-04 | 03:32 PM
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Old 09-28-04 | 03:33 PM
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By the way, who in this thread has the most "Z"s in their last name?
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I have a Z in my first name.
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Oh crap, does this make me Polish?
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Old 09-28-04 | 06:15 PM
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Oh crap, does this make me Polish?

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeee we go
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Old 09-28-04 | 06:23 PM
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You know Chicago has the largest Polish population for any city outside of Warsaw don't you?
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I went out with a Polish girl once. She had great bahzoomas.
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If she was czech, that might be great bohemians... But I digress.

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