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Sweeping: classic or dud?

An essay on American vomiting habits.

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

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

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

women and their choice of titties

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

Jay-Z vs Giants Superbowl

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

are you a jaw for jesus?

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

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

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

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

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

'shopkeepers will be persecuted'

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

panties that start too early

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

'the point of prolapse'

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

t/s: miffy vs greg kitten

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

Crap Intimidation Techniques

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

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

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

WHAT IN THE HELL IS A SIZE 28 SEX?

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

Rubbish Smiles

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

'Convince me that I shouldn't eat men'

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

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

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

Gazza is the new God.

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

Oh hang on...

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

Rubbish Smiles

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

I got a better one: Rubbish Similies!

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

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

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

bitter living through acronyms

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

olsen twins dead

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

Tom Ewing is smoother than a trunk full of milk.

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

I also thought it was milk!

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

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

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

frank kogan needs to know the diff between a pubic hair

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

"horny"

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

This is the thread where we cure cancer.

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

Mariah Carey: why is she black?

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

Don't blame Zodiac Mindwarp

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

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

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

Hovercraft - classic or dud?

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

Lesbian Cover Versions

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

Like TaTu's How Soon Is Now, presumably?

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

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Raging Puppies this time

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Ongoing box of Police Brutality Shipped to Your House each month

― sarahell, Thursday, 8 May 2025 19:10 (five months ago)

Is cushion in a permanent holding pattern?

― Wry & Slobby (Portsmouth Bubblejet), Tuesday, 13 May 2025 14:35 (five months ago)

Frances Bay: S/D (a.k.a. the How Is There No Frances Bay Thread thread)

― cryptosicko, Tuesday, 13 May 2025 23:55 (five months ago)

THE SKATEBOARDING THREAT

― brimstead, Friday, 23 May 2025 17:31 (five months ago)

NFT BOYZ thread

― "Don't ask me, I just work here." (Austin), Sunday, 25 May 2025 16:06 (four months ago)

NO SHT BOYZ thread

― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Sunday, 25 May 2025 16:17 (four months ago)

King of Hell

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 4 June 2025 17:03 (four months ago)

The Phoenician Scheme: Wes Anderson Smoking a Joint w/del Toro & A Cast of Thousands!

― brimstead, Monday, 9 June 2025 02:28 (four months ago)

tell me about bullying suitcases

― Blake the Messenger (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 June 2025 12:22 (four months ago)

str8 fire beautiful ilx

― Blake the Messenger (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 June 2025 07:09 (four months ago)

Decomposting containment thread

― the way out of (Eazy), Tuesday, 24 June 2025 20:50 (three months ago)

two weeks pass...

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― brimstead, Saturday, 12 July 2025 01:07 (three months ago)

ELO! SAD!

― Black Sabaoth (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 12 July 2025 18:09 (three months ago)

ELO! SAD! (which I'm imagining is thread of Trump's tweets about the band ELO).

― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 13 July 2025 18:27 (three months ago)

omg, xp!

― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 13 July 2025 18:27 (three months ago)

Wine in the 80s - Classic Or Dud?

― the way out of (Eazy), Tuesday, 22 July 2025 19:00 (three months ago)

I read it as "Were the 80s Classic or Dud?"

― Proust Ian Rush (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 22 July 2025 19:01 (three months ago)

post itt writers you think are bald

― epistantophus, Wednesday, 23 July 2025 00:49 (three months ago)

Bracewell Is Black!

― Posts That Witness Madness (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 July 2025 12:58 (three months ago)

Beasts you want to share with the world

― Lupita Geirhongro (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 4 August 2025 17:50 (two months ago)

yoo effin hot

― brimstead, Tuesday, 5 August 2025 19:21 (two months ago)

FUNKADELIC!! It's August!

― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 5 August 2025 22:39 (two months ago)

should you ever tell your kids to smoke weed?

― i hid your comb in the teapot (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 7 August 2025 02:41 (two months ago)

^^^

― Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 7 August 2025 02:53 (two months ago)

MAGA SOLO ALBUMS! [Started by Davey D in April 2007, last updated fifteen minutes ago by Naive Teen Idol on I Love Music] 2 new answers POLL results

― Evan, Friday, 8 August 2025 13:08 (two months ago)

Bretton Woods

― Black Sabaoth (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 8 August 2025 16:36 (two months ago)

TS: Quiet mouse sex vs Rowdy Neighbor!

― AI Jardine (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 August 2025 10:10 (two months ago)

two weeks pass...

Dildo - c/d?

― AI Jardine (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 September 2025 22:58 (one month ago)

Is Kamala by Phwoah Sanders the best record ever

― sarahell, Sunday, 7 September 2025 05:39 (one month ago)

^ everytime I scroll i think it’s a Kamala v Bernie thread

― sarahell, Sunday, 7 September 2025 05:40 (one month ago)

post movie posters done in a busy/Islamophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s

― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 11 September 2025 20:48 (one month ago)

David Goyper adapting Asimov's Foundation books for Apple+ (Previously: Jonathan Nolan adapting Asimov's Foundation books for HBO)

― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Thursday, 11 September 2025 21:03 (one month ago)

Cassette Tapas

― trm (tombotomod), Friday, 12 September 2025 01:57 (one month ago)

DJT post your mixes for download

― sarahell, Friday, 19 September 2025 21:30 (one month ago)

what are you doing with the time and girls given to you

― bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Saturday, 20 September 2025 09:18 (one month ago)

Decomposing containment thread
Thread for COMPOST, compost discussion, compost tea, etc.

― Etherwave, Saturday, 20 September 2025 09:21 (one month ago)

bus driver signifiers

― I Didn't Always Agree With What He Said But... (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 September 2025 18:08 (four weeks ago)

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― Si Carter (Si Carter), Monday, May 16, 2005
Why isn't there a thread about cumbria?
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Tuesday, January 3, 2023

― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 24 September 2025 18:18 (four weeks ago)

Scott Walker : Tit

― Lupita Geirhongro (The Yellow Kid), Thursday, 25 September 2025 18:04 (four weeks ago)

Awesome Audiophile Snake Oil - what are the essential recordings?

― budo jeru, Saturday, 4 October 2025 23:49 (two weeks ago)

Sam Prekop & John McEnroe, “Sons Of” (out July 2022)

― She's the Tariff (cryptosicko), Friday, 10 October 2025 18:45 (one week ago)

Songs that give potted histories of sciences

― Webinar in Wetherspoons (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2025 18:05 (one week ago)

Songs that give potted histories of sciences

That's how I first read it--I was ready to add half a dozen They Might Be Giants songs.

― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 19:57 (one week ago)

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas

― putting the cad in decadent (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 14 October 2025 22:43 (one week ago)

Biota / Mennonites

― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 17 October 2025 20:35 (six days ago)

Programming as a queer

― Labubu phalloplasty (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 18 October 2025 03:15 (five days ago)

flood youtube channels that are not terrible

― Webinar in Wetherspoons (Tom D.), Sunday, 19 October 2025 16:39 (four days ago)

terry collier: what do you think of him?

― Kim Kimberly, Sunday, 19 October 2025 16:49 (four days ago)

Do you have too many bad t-shirts?

― bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Wednesday, 22 October 2025 08:39 (yesterday)

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