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Sweeping: classic or dud?

An essay on American vomiting habits.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 18:48 (twenty-three years ago)

oh, and how often does this sort of misreading happen to you?

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 18:48 (twenty-three years ago)

All the time.

I read An essay on American vomiting habits too and was thinking, "URGHH! SIck!" Then I thought maybe it was a spin-off of the Dieting thread...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 18:57 (twenty-three years ago)

women and their choice of titties

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 16 January 2003 16:59 (twenty-three years ago)

The 12-foot penis of the Southern Left Whale.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 16 January 2003 17:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Jay-Z vs Giants Superbowl

― That Girl (thatgirl), Friday, 17 January 2003 03:18 (twenty-three years ago)

are you a jaw for jesus?

― donna (donna), Friday, 17 January 2003 05:02 (twenty-three years ago)

not a misread ILX title but a misread cd cover.

Im listening to Sam Prekop right now. Anyways, my friend came over to my desk and asked me what I was listening to. I handed him the cd. "Oh Sam Peacock huh? He any good?"

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 17 January 2003 18:16 (twenty-three years ago)

crust of shame, I thought it was going to be a thread about bad bread.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 19 January 2003 21:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Today: "have you ever written on your lower body?" I had no idea WHAT it might be about.

― , Sunday, 19 January 2003 21:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Do you get DJ Krush and DJ Krust mixed up too, jel?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 19 January 2003 21:44 (twenty-three years ago)

haha I was just going to say crust of shame as well!

― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 19 January 2003 21:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Would that be the state young men's* sheets can get into?

*Obviously we old men don't do things like that.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 19 January 2003 22:00 (twenty-three years ago)

All the guys I know do their sheets like 4 times a day, it's bizarre.

― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 19 January 2003 22:32 (twenty-three years ago)

"P.S. We Should Be Shopping Together Too"

― naked as sin (naked as sin), Sunday, 19 January 2003 23:01 (twenty-three years ago)

one I started, "NYC: Fancy a Rubber"--Felicity and I were looking for bridge partners in the five boroughs--was misinterpreted by Jess, as I recall.

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 20 January 2003 00:22 (twenty-three years ago)

'shopkeepers will be persecuted'

― minna (minna), Monday, 20 January 2003 01:13 (twenty-three years ago)

panties that start too early

― minna (minna), Monday, 20 January 2003 11:08 (twenty-three years ago)

'the point of prolapse'

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 20 January 2003 11:42 (twenty-three years ago)

t/s: miffy vs greg kitten

― g-kit (g-kit), Monday, 20 January 2003 12:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Crap Intimidation Techniques

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 25 January 2003 17:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Lots of ppl misread my "Walking With Beasts" as "Walking With Breasts".

― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 25 January 2003 17:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I just read "Fucked Country" as "Fucked Courtney" and thought, "Oh, here we go again..."

― Arthur (Arthur), Saturday, 25 January 2003 18:04 (twenty-three years ago)

WHAT IN THE HELL IS A SIZE 28 SEX?

― thom west (thom w), Saturday, 25 January 2003 20:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Rubbish Smiles

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 26 January 2003 17:42 (twenty-three years ago)

What do you think about when you masticate?

Put me right off my dinner, I tells ya.

― Lara (Lara), Sunday, 26 January 2003 17:52 (twenty-three years ago)

'Convince me that I shouldn't eat men'

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 27 January 2003 13:03 (twenty-three years ago)

I read FACK YOU AMERICANS as Fuck You Americans. Ha ha.

― Pete (Pete), Monday, 27 January 2003 13:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Gazza is the new God.

― Lara (Lara), Monday, 27 January 2003 14:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh hang on...

― Lara (Lara), Monday, 27 January 2003 14:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Rubbish Smiles

― smee (smee), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:54 (twenty-three years ago)

I got a better one: Rubbish Similies!

― Lara (Lara), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Is that smilies there, or are you being clever again?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 27 January 2003 17:03 (twenty-three years ago)

WHAT IN THE HELL IS A SIZE 28 SEX?

A stiffy so large that the easiest thing is just to measure it for a tuxedo.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 27 January 2003 17:07 (twenty-three years ago)

bitter living through acronyms

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 1 February 2003 13:56 (twenty-three years ago)

olsen twins dead

― rainy (rainy), Sunday, 2 February 2003 07:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Tom Ewing is smoother than a trunk full of milk.

― rainy (rainy), Monday, 3 February 2003 08:52 (twenty-three years ago)

I also thought it was milk!

― kate, Monday, 3 February 2003 09:48 (twenty-three years ago)

I actually read it as a "truck full of milk" and thought "mmm, smooth"

― kate, Monday, 3 February 2003 09:48 (twenty-three years ago)

what do you do when you realize you are stuck at your "chosen profession"?

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 22:18 (twenty-three years ago)

frank kogan needs to know the diff between a pubic hair

― Chris P (Chris P), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 02:33 (twenty-three years ago)

"horny"

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 02:37 (twenty-three years ago)

I read this correctly: "Having cute girls barge into your room late at night telling you they've 'heard about your equipment'"

But misread the post: "Classic or Free Jizz?"

― Curtis Stephens, Wednesday, 5 February 2003 02:38 (twenty-three years ago)

This is the thread where we cure cancer.

― Wintermute (Wintermute), Thursday, 6 February 2003 13:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Mariah Carey: why is she black?

― g.cannon (gcannon), Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't blame Zodiac Mindwarp

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 6 February 2003 18:15 (twenty-three years ago)

"this is the thread where we discuss the alternatives to evil"

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Friday, 7 February 2003 15:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Hovercraft - classic or dud?

― Alan (Alan), Friday, 7 February 2003 15:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Lesbian Cover Versions

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 9 February 2003 17:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Like TaTu's How Soon Is Now, presumably?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 9 February 2003 19:38 (twenty-three years ago)

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Which are John Paul's 140 fave albums?

― kim jong illin' (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 30 April 2026 10:38 (five months ago)

“No, I’m not a viking,” our president said. “I-- I get-- I-- I don’t laugh": American Politics, May 2026

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 9 May 2026 16:59 (five months ago)

map's trial notes

i was really worried about you there for a second map

― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 11 May 2026 11:13 (five months ago)

ILM 2016 Listing Club

― sarahell, Monday, 11 May 2026 15:51 (five months ago)

two weeks pass...

Extreme-late Pixies Panning

― Strait of Merzbow (Eazy), Sunday, 31 May 2026 00:32 (four months ago)

In Praise of BOB WILLIS

― bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Wednesday, 3 June 2026 06:21 (four months ago)

otm

― Tom D, focussed with getting on with the job (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 June 2026 06:30 (four months ago)

Lol just came to post that

― 99 gram lychee (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 June 2026 09:02 (four months ago)

Lol, I've been misreading that thread all week.

― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, 3 June 2026 11:45 (four months ago)

Your sleep apnea/CRAP thread

― Tom D, focussed with getting on with the job (Tom D.), Friday, 5 June 2026 12:48 (four months ago)

https://i.ibb.co/qMp41YrR/2026-06-05-15-56-06.png

This is the cure for ILXORS IN THEIR 50s

― mick signals, Friday, 5 June 2026 19:58 (four months ago)

*feces flung everywhere* "Different PLACES!" -- Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl

― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 5 June 2026 20:35 (four months ago)

Albums referred to my alternative names

― Tom D, focussed with getting on with the job (Tom D.), Friday, 12 June 2026 12:43 (four months ago)

a thread for Ticketmaster

― cryptosicko, Thursday, 18 June 2026 20:59 (four months ago)

Are You Cut Off from Social Media?

― cryptosicko, Friday, 19 June 2026 16:52 (four months ago)

If the Turks Succeed, then Victory Follows ····· · · · NBA Offseason 2026

― stanes on the knees and blood on the jumber (Tom D.), Monday, 22 June 2026 21:16 (four months ago)

I always read the Olivia Rodrigo one as “you seem so sad for a girl”

― The Immortal Bird of Avon (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 22 June 2026 21:33 (four months ago)

Yordan Alvarez: The Greek God of "I'm the Best Hitler on the Planet Right Now"

― stanes on the knees and blood on the jumber (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 June 2026 06:42 (four months ago)

"Larger, and harder, musicals than most": American Politics, June 2026

― stanes on the knees and blood on the jumber (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 June 2026 20:22 (three months ago)

For EZRA KLEIN v MATT YGLESIAS

I invariably see

EZRA KLEIN y MATT YGLESIAS

― Scott Baiowulf (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 1 July 2026 14:12 (three months ago)

For EZRA KLEIN v MATT YGLESIAS

I invariably see

EZRA KLEIN y MATT YGLESIAS

― Scott Baiowulf (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 1 July 2026 14:12 (three months ago)

Do you consider yourself a patriot?

Do you consider yourself a parrot?

― Bog Dork (koogs), Saturday, 4 July 2026 10:10 (three months ago)

true/false: bananas will always be OK

― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Saturday, 4 July 2026 13:23 (three months ago)

Yordan Alvarez: The Greek God of "I'm the Best Hitler on the Planet Right Now"

― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:00 (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yordan Alvarez: The Greek God of "I'm the Best Hitler on the Planet Right Now"

― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 28 April 2024 09:32 (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yordan Alvarez: The Greek God of "I'm the Best Hitler on the Planet Right Now"

― stanes on the knees and blood on the jumber (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 June 2026 07:42 (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

I'm always happy when it's "the best Hitler on the planet right now" season

― einmal ist keinmal (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2026 13:33 (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink

― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Saturday, 4 July 2026 13:25 (three months ago)

true/false: bananas will always be OK

― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Saturday, July 4, 2026 9:23 AM (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Let's not litigate that one again.

― jmm, Saturday, 4 July 2026 14:01 (three months ago)

Billy Bragg and Nico - Mermaid Ave poll

― 99 gram lychee (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 4 July 2026 14:12 (three months ago)

Coming to terms with your own mortality

Could say you'd end up with the same thread either way

― H.P, Monday, 6 July 2026 06:33 (three months ago)

Times you were in a band then one day forgot they existed

― mick signals, Thursday, 16 July 2026 20:00 (three months ago)

was a shame the time it happened while on stage

― If your ass is a Bible, 213 will regulate (Neanderthal), Thursday, 16 July 2026 20:19 (three months ago)

Public Image Ltd - Meal Box poll

― stick your cheffing job (ledge), Tuesday, 21 July 2026 13:19 (three months ago)

Exeter on Tour?

― stanes on the knees and blood on the jumber (Tom D.), Monday, 3 August 2026 07:09 (two months ago)

Geez: Why have music artists not been more vocal?

― shaking babies (map), Friday, 7 August 2026 18:17 (two months ago)

france (hot pants)

― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 10 August 2026 01:36 (two months ago)

tell me about milkshakes

― Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria de Episcopio, Tuesday, 18 August 2026 21:50 (two months ago)

ilxors <3 MOLLY

― coffee-themed romance ads (Eazy), Wednesday, 19 August 2026 05:40 (two months ago)

Your local wild pants

― Happiness is a warm gurn (Tom D.), Saturday, 22 August 2026 15:35 (two months ago)

Tired of Canadian Cinema

― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 28 August 2026 19:17 (one month ago)

What's Your Next Taco?

― coffee-themed romance ads (Eazy), Monday, 31 August 2026 16:03 (one month ago)

a thread for Jazzmaster

― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 5 September 2026 03:23 (one month ago)

ℝolliℵg Mεth Thr∑a∂

― mick signals, Tuesday, 8 September 2026 17:20 (one month ago)

New Music From Old Flappers

― The Yellow Kid, Friday, 18 September 2026 02:38 (one month ago)

your fucking buckfast

― Happiness is a warm gurn (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 September 2026 18:49 (one month ago)

Have you heard Chooglin' Texas by Ella Langley?

― Happiness is a warm gurn (Tom D.), Wednesday, 30 September 2026 11:04 (three weeks ago)

My new KPop/Country fusion band is called Chosin Texas

― Paprikachu (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 30 September 2026 11:16 (three weeks ago)

I originally considered buying a Casio calculator, but in the end I had to go with the classic brand.

― The Ella Langley Schools Music Project (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 30 September 2026 11:23 (three weeks ago)

ilxors <3 MOLLY

― AI Influencer Pope (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 8 October 2026 14:12 (two weeks ago)

Concierges: freaky shit or nbd

― oder doch?, Thursday, 15 October 2026 13:27 (one week ago)

Feelings - classic or dud?

― Paprikachu (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 15 October 2026 15:15 (one week ago)

Dud.

― (energetic rock music continues) (Tom D.), Thursday, 15 October 2026 15:26 (one week ago)

Greta Van Fleet’s Narnia movie

― Professor Woods and His Blues-singing Dummy (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 15 October 2026 15:47 (one week ago)

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