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Welcome to......
Kill This Thread LX
The following rules were established by Kent Shakespeare at the start of the first 24-hour version, adapted from the original rules by EDE:
The rules:
1. The Basic Idea: Post to this thread, if no one posts after you for 24 hours, you win!
2. Posts that are not direct responses to one of the five preceding posts are ineligible to win. The topic can drift, but no complete non-sequitors. Posts that are responses to non-sequitors are also ineligible to win. Posts that are responses to responses to non-sequitors, and response nses to those posts, etc., become eligible, however.
3. In the event that this thread is locked, there shall be no winner unless a new thread is started for the contest. Furthermore, any post that results in the banning of the poster shall also be ineligible to win.
4. So, more precisely, one wins if one makes a post, and then no one makes another post that's eligible to win for 24 hours.
Here's a history of our various felons, along with a few missed opportunities.....
I - walkwithcrowds (7-day version)
II - none
III - none
IV - Quislet, Esq
V - Rockhopper Lad (the first 24-hour version)
VI - Rockhopper Lad
VII - cleome
VIII - Rockhopper Lad
IX - Rockhopper Lad
X - none
XI - none
XII - none
XIII - Invisible Brainiac
XIV - Invisible Brainiac
XV - Invisible Brainiac
XVI - Invisible Brainiac
XVII - Invisible Brainiac
XVIII - cleome
XIX - cleome
XX - cleome
XXI - Jfposey
XXII - Invisible Brainiac
XXIII - jfposey
XIV - Invisible Brainiac
XV - PALADIN (eff YEAH!!!)
XVI- Quislet, Esq.
XVII - Invisible Brainiac
XVIII - none
XIX - none
XX - Quislet, Esq.
XXI - thoth lad
XXII - Ann Hebistand
XXIII - Quislet, Esq.
XXIV - Invisible Brainiac
XXV - Invisible Brainiac
XXVI - Quislet, Esq.
XXVII - thoth lad
XXVIII - Quislet, Esq.
XXIX - Eryk Davis Ester
XXX - Invisible Brainiac
XXXI - Invisible Brainiac
XXXII - Ann Hebistand
XXXIII - Invisible Brainiac
XXXIV - Invisible Brainiac
XXXV - none
XXXVI - thoth lad
XXXVII - Ann Hebistand
XXXVIII - Invisible Brainiac
XXXIX - thoth Lad
XL - Invisible Brainiac
XLI - thoth lad
XLII - Ann Hebistand
XLIII - thoth lad
XLIV - thoth lad
XLV - Ann Hebistand
XLVI - Invisible Brainiac
XLVII - Invisible Brainiac
XLVIII - Invisible Brainiac
XLIX - Ann Hebistand
L - Ann Hebistand
LI - Ann Hebistand
LII - thoth lad
LIII - Ann Hebistand
LIV - Ann Hebistand
LV - Ann Hebistand
LVI - thoth lad
LVII - thoth lad
LVIII - Gaseous Lad
LIX - Invisible Brainiac
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Sixty of these threads!
Where does the time go?
Still "Fickles" to my friends.
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into killing these threads, apparently 
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LOL Yeah, but it's such fun that it's time well spent. 
Still "Fickles" to my friends.
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totally! here it's the journey and the company, not the destination
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Legionnaire!
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I like to think of it as the destination WITH the company so you can party down.
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why not both indeed
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We can have our cake, and eat it too! 
Still "Fickles" to my friends.
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I never understood that cake quote. I did hear an explanation last year that made sense but now I can't remember what it was.
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I never understood that cake quote. I did hear an explanation last year that made sense but now I can't remember what it was. I don't understand it either TBH. I just enjoy quoting it because I love cake.
Still "Fickles" to my friends.
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I also don't understand it! i did read the explanation was: if you've already eaten your cake, you can't have it again. but gosh, they sure could have picked a better metaphor!
how about -
you can't read your limited edition untouched comic book, and still have it retain its maximum monetary value?
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Maybe something like "You can't save your money and spend it too"?
The original is weird because nobody just wants to possess cake without eating it. Having it or eating it isn't really a difficult choice.
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Its certainly better than "have your pie and throw it in the face of a ceo"
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Maybe something like "You can't save your money and spend it too"?
The original is weird because nobody just wants to possess cake without eating it. Having it or eating it isn't really a difficult choice. I know right, when I first heard it I thought: do some people just want to keep the cake in a display case?
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It could be a fancy cake.
It could also be fake...
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There is a tradition of saving part of your wedding cake, but I never really thought that's what the saying is referring to.
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my husband wouldn't be able to save the cake for more than a day. He likes his sweets!
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There is a tradition of saving part of your wedding cake, but I never really thought that's what the saying is referring to. I never understood this. I've heard of saving the knife that you use to cut it (that's what we did) but not the cake itself.
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maybe it's a fast-food cake that won't rot for hundreds of years
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I think it dates from a time when wedding cakes tended to be more like fruitcakes than modern wedding cakes. my husband wouldn't be able to save the cake for more than a day. He likes his sweets! And so he would soon discover that you can't have your cake and eat it too!
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I think it dates from a time when wedding cakes tended to be more like fruitcakes than modern wedding cakes. Aha! Back when wedding receptions were actual melee events!
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"I don't like how that groomsman is looking at me!"
*Throws brick-hard fruitcake into guy's face*
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Well we all have seen the wedding scene in Holy Grail. That was a bloodbath!
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I guess that movie was before your time, Ibby, but that's okay. It's a very funny movie that makes a mockery of all the King Arthur tropes. Certainly worth watching in the present day.
Still "Fickles" to my friends.
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