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― (plurplurplur) ^_- DJ 'O' Nut -_^ (rulprulprulp) (donut), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

i would like to adopt your thread.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

i am going to teach it how to catch nightcrawlers.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

we'll crawl around in the dirt together in the wee morning hours.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

and then fish until dawn.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

it will be truly magical.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

until the thread tells it's parents.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

than all of the sudden that fatass seargent is at my door.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

harassing me.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

again.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

asking me stupid questions.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

like what i was doing wearing rubber pants.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

in the dirt.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

outside the elementary school.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

"i'm sorry, seargent."

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

"i thought this was fucking america."

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

"i thought it was perfectly legitimate for a man a man and the thread he's adopted to dig around in the cool mid-day soil for nightcrawlers outside the elementary school."

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

what a load of crap.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

what sort of world is this?

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

where a man can't teach his adopted thread how to catch nightcrawlers without catching funny looks.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

so what if i live in a van.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

and so what if the only song i ever listen to is a jazz-salsa rendition of the theme song to the dating game?

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

i have rights god damn it.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

you think you're such hot shit because your dad owns the town's biggest kareoke bar.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

well i've got news for you. kareoke SUCKS.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

AND YOU SUCK.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

AND...uuuh...AND-

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

you are you fucking asshole.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

what a piece of shit.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

i was gonna buy you a parrot.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

we were gonna teach it to say the words YOU wanted it to say.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

we were gonna feed it cocoa puffs

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

and mate it with a kangaroo.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

THAT WAS YOUR IDEA.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

I SUPPORTED IT.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

GOD WHAT AN IDIOT I AM.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

why did you have to go and tell your parents?

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

i thought what we had was special.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GO AND RUIN IT LIKE THAT?

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

I WAS GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO MIX TUNAFISH WITH MAC 'N CHEESE.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

WE WERE GOING TO BUILD A FIRE.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

I CUT LOGS.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

WITH AN AXE.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

IT WAS HARD WORK.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

I WAS GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO WHITTLE.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

WE WERE GOING TO MAKE MATCHING BELT BUCKLES.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

BUT NO.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

ASSHOLE.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

L@@K! Free CANCER

― detoxyDancer (sexyDancer), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

YOU WENT AND FUCKED IT ALL UP.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

LIKE A FUCKING BABY.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

BURN IN HELL YOU LITTLE BABY.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

BURN IN HELL. ITS OVER. I HATE U.

― bato (bato), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050207/images/score.jpg

― Le Marquis de Salade (noodle vague), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:49 (twenty years ago)

― (plurplurplur) ^_- DJ 'O' Nut -_^ (rulprulprulp) (donut), Monday, 14 November 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)

eight years pass...

Well THAT took a few years. But:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/business/media/judge-sides-with-google-on-book-scanning-suit.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&

This is actually very major news, but I also assume we haven't seen the end of it.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 November 2013 17:57 (twelve years ago)

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