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gowerboy
7/14/2008 11:40 am |
how does it go? "always remember you're unique..... just like everybody else" oh, please try being unique really different I mean wear your pants on your head sleep under your bed sing out loud in the street talk to everyone you meet be like Juan Mann, make just one "unique" stand and see who comes to call (it won't be your friends) it'll be the forces of law and the forces of order and the uniforms, batons and handcuffs of the new world order |
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7/14/2008 12:00 pm |
excellent ** guaranteed Goody free **
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 7/14/2008 12:17 pm |
"always remember, you are unique ... just like everybody else." There's so much right there: the forced insistence that we're ALL unique, perhaps to discourage us from trying so hard to be so. It's best to shine secretly. Only our friends even care how unique we are. Until or unless our brilliance radiates outward on its own, without being pushed. ~ Brian
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7/14/2008 1:21 pm |
sing out loud in the street Oh I do this. Yep, even when sober. But I need a friend around...for a bit of courage. Come on I would just look insane if I sang with no one around. Am I still unique? lol great poem. Much Love,CaptainPrincess 
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7/14/2008 1:25 pm |
Nice rhyme scheme you got going there. Also, (I love parenthesis). Seriously, brilliant. Very unique. Cheers! 
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7/14/2008 1:40 pm |
We're all unique, yet by law, we must conform, to be acceptable clones Treat me with respect and I'll treat you the same 
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7/14/2008 1:54 pm |
And if we're all unique, doesn't that mean, none of us is unique? Wishing you happiness Misty
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7/15/2008 2:10 am |
Being unique does not necessarily mean how you should behave. It is what we are. Nothing can take it away, as it has been long internalized. Agnes
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7/15/2008 3:52 am |
Yes, we all are unique in our own unique way .... I usually eat my dessert before my main course  As long as it's legal, it's okay to be different from the rest  It's nice to be insane when No one is looking 
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7/15/2008 6:11 am |
I already do sing out loud in the street! Wanna make something out of it, huh? Huh? I'm dyslexic. I scream Ho Dog instead of Oh God in the throes of passion.
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7/15/2008 6:12 am |
Unique? It's a hard measure trying to pull off normal. Perfection Isn't Sexy
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 7/15/2008 6:47 am |
excellent
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7/15/2008 6:49 am |
"always remember, you are unique ... just like everybody else." There's so much right there: the forced insistence that we're ALL unique, perhaps to discourage us from trying so hard to be so. It's best to shine secretly. Only our friends even care how unique we are. Until or unless our brilliance radiates outward on its own, without being pushed. ~ Brian
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7/15/2008 6:50 am |
sing out loud in the street Oh I do this. Yep, even when sober. But I need a friend around...for a bit of courage. Come on I would just look insane if I sang with no one around. Am I still unique? lol great poem. Of course you're unique. There can't be two of you, surely? (thanks)
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7/15/2008 6:54 am |
Nice rhyme scheme you got going there. Also, (I love parenthesis). Seriously, brilliant. Very unique. (me too) Thanks.
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7/15/2008 6:57 am |
We're all unique, yet by law, we must conform, to be acceptable clones Interesting idea.
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7/15/2008 7:02 am |
To be truly unique don't wear jewelry or ink on your skin don't talk to strangers or have abnormal kin. Wear really plain tee-shirts no slogans at all walk around baggy (but not with your pants about to fall). Peace .. elaine67
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7/15/2008 7:08 am |
And if we're all unique, doesn't that mean, none of us is unique? neither is unique, because they share the quality of being unique?
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7/15/2008 7:09 am |
Being unique does not necessarily mean how you should behave. It is what we are. Nothing can take it away, as it has been long internalized.
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7/15/2008 7:10 am |
Yes, we all are unique in our own unique way .... I usually eat my dessert before my main course As long as it's legal, it's okay to be different from the rest
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7/15/2008 7:11 am |
I already do sing out loud in the street! Wanna make something out of it, huh? Huh?
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7/15/2008 7:12 am |
Unique? It's a hard measure trying to pull off normal.
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7/15/2008 7:13 am |
To be truly unique don't wear jewelry or ink on your skin don't talk to strangers or have abnormal kin. Wear really plain tee-shirts no slogans at all walk around baggy (but not with your pants about to fall).
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7/15/2008 7:39 am |
To be truly unique don't wear jewelry or ink on your skin don't talk to strangers or have abnormal kin. Wear really plain tee-shirts no slogans at all walk around baggy (but not with your pants about to fall). Cheers!
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7/15/2008 9:46 am |
HEY bro good to see you again yeah unique can be hard sometime but as long as you are brave enough to be unique  good posting bro  straight from the heart 
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7/15/2008 11:13 am |
Awesome. Peace .. elaine67
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7/15/2008 1:46 pm |
Hey how do you know so much about me????  Tone. 
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7/15/2008 11:16 pm |
Striving to be different makes us the same eh? Wow, how depressing  Sensy between the stars, beyond the planet mars, there Sens will be
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7/15/2008 11:20 pm |
Striving to be different makes us the same eh? Wow, how depressing Sensy *dances on Penguin Flipper toes* DANCING QUEEN I AM A DANCING QUEEN!!! or somthing like that I suppose  being unique is hard workSensy  (by the way, I am recruiting Munchie to help me get you into trouble) between the stars, beyond the planet mars, there Sens will be
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7/16/2008 5:13 am |
I usually walk on my hands early in the morning. It's supposed to be good for the bloodcirculation If you love someone, set them free 
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7/16/2008 5:15 am |
ohh, forgot to ask, is that you with the yellow hair in the pic? If you love someone, set them free
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7/16/2008 5:19 am |
HEY bro good to see you again yeah unique can be hard sometime but as long as you are brave enough to be unique good posting bro Thanks, mac
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7/16/2008 5:20 am |
Hey how do you know so much about me???? Tone.
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7/16/2008 5:21 am |
Striving to be different makes us the same eh? Wow, how depressing Sensy At least we know we're not alone.
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7/16/2008 5:22 am |
Appaarently My response wasn't unique either *dances on Penguin Flipper toes* DANCING QUEEN I AM A DANCING QUEEN!!! or somthing like that I suppose being unique is hard workSensy (by the way, I am recruiting Munchie to help me get you into trouble) (MM needs no encouragement when it comes to trouble.)
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7/16/2008 5:23 am |
I usually walk on my hands early in the morning. It's supposed to be good for the bloodcirculation It's the only thing that gets my circulation going.
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7/16/2008 5:24 am |
ohh, forgot to ask, is that you with the yellow hair in the pic? I thought it was you.
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7/16/2008 9:12 am |
Nice flippers. (MM needs no encouragement when it comes to trouble.) You do realize what you're getting yourself into here? Those penguin flippers are just the tip of the iceberg. I'm dyslexic. I scream Ho Dog instead of Oh God in the throes of passion.
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7/16/2008 9:38 am |
The pants line was written especially for you, Tone. Tone.
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7/16/2008 1:41 pm |
what's the sense to be different if you are indifferent(numb)?! from Juan Mann.good night!
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7/17/2008 5:52 am |
But what point is there in being unique if you can't express it? Can expressing it make you even more unique? Agnes
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7/17/2008 5:53 am |
What can I say? I'm a bloody self-motivated individualist, too. You do realize what you're getting yourself into here? Those penguin flippers are just the tip of the iceberg.
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7/17/2008 5:55 am |
Yeah I agree, everything about me is "Pants" Tone.
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7/17/2008 5:57 am |
what's the sense to be different if you are indifferent(numb)?! from Juan Mann.good night! Here's a Juan Mann right back at ya.
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7/17/2008 7:35 am |
you are you, I am me, isn't that enough for being unique? Can expressing it make you even more unique? Juan Mann started the free hugs campaign in Sydney, Australia. He simply offered free hugs in the street to anyone who wanted them. The police tried to stop him. He had to collect 10,000 signatures before he was allowed to continue. Why? Because what he was doing didn't fit with what the forces of law and order saw as being "normal". This is just a small example. Even the most liberal government will quietly chip away at the rights of the individual, especially if those rights are not being exercised. We owe certain obligations to society via the state, of course. But the state owes us the right to freedom of expression.
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7/17/2008 3:07 pm |
Knickers.
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7/18/2008 2:27 am |
Thong.
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7/18/2008 5:22 am |
Being unique means being different, being different means being an individual. For individuality to have any meaning it must be allowed to be expressed. Everyone should be free to express their individuality in any way that does not infringe on the liberties of others. Without this right society becomes a faceless mass at the mercy of authoritarian (and not so authoritarian) regimes. Juan Mann started the free hugs campaign in Sydney, Australia. He simply offered free hugs in the street to anyone who wanted them. The police tried to stop him. He had to collect 10,000 signatures before he was allowed to continue. Why? Because what he was doing didn't fit with what the forces of law and order saw as being "normal". This is just a small example. Even the most liberal government will quietly chip away at the rights of the individual, especially if those rights are not being exercised. We owe certain obligations to society via the state, of course. But the state owes us the right to freedom of expression. Sorry for my ignorance. The notion of liberty is always relative. The expressing of being unique sometimes may only be fulfilled at the sacrifice of one's own life and blood. We have too many such examples. *sign* Agnes
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7/18/2008 6:44 am |
Y fronts. (men discussing undies, and here I thought we gals were risque) I'm dyslexic. I scream Ho Dog instead of Oh God in the throes of passion.
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7/18/2008 8:48 am |
Y fronts. If munch wasn't here I'd say pantyhose. lol Tone.
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7/19/2008 3:32 pm |
*sits on the sidelines watching this exchange and wondering how far it will go* (men discussing undies, and here I thought we gals were risque) (Y fronts? WTF?) Cheers!
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7/19/2008 5:09 pm |
*sits beside MM and shares her popcorn* (Y fronts? WTF?) Corn pops, that is? Tone.
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7/20/2008 4:51 pm |
Yum. You're wonderful. Especially the part were you wear your pants on your head. Kisses, LK
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7/20/2008 9:02 pm |
Stockings and suspenders....Oh oh oh. If munch wasn't here I'd say pantyhose. lol Tone. *gets some popcorn from MD and throws one at GB's back while he's writing something about gerunds on the blackboard* I'm dyslexic. I scream Ho Dog instead of Oh God in the throes of passion.
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7/21/2008 4:27 am |
I once saw the free hug campaign organized by some Chinese college students on TV here, but didn't know that the activity was initiated by Juan Mann. So I watched the clip accompanied by the song of "All the Same", and was almost touched to tears when the first old lady opened her arms to him. Am full of awe to his bravery and courage. Sorry for my ignorance. The notion of liberty is always relative. The expressing of being unique sometimes may only be fulfilled at the sacrifice of one's own life and blood. We have too many such examples. *sign* Some governments fear it so much, they kill.
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7/21/2008 4:28 am |
*sits on the sidelines watching this exchange and wondering how far it will go* (men discussing undies, and here I thought we gals were risque) I've seen your blog. You're kidding.
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7/21/2008 4:29 am |
Stockings and suspenders....Oh oh oh. If munch wasn't here I'd say pantyhose. lol Tone. Boxers.
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7/21/2008 4:31 am |
*sits beside MM and shares her popcorn* (Y fronts? WTF?) Have you never seen Mr Bean?
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7/21/2008 4:33 am |
Yeh I thought Y fronts was a bit "pants" Can I have some of yours?? Corn pops, that is? Tone. Some of the most decisive moments in history have involved Y fronts. Just don't ask me what they are right at this very moment.
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7/21/2008 4:33 am |
Yum. You're wonderful. Especially the part were you wear your pants on your head. Kisses, LK
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7/21/2008 4:38 am |
Pantyhose pantyhose pantyhose. Reckon fancypanties will show up now? *gets some popcorn from MD and throws one at GB's back while he's writing something about gerunds on the blackboard* I did some Street English Lessons the other day (it's a bit like busking except with more gerunds), and I got 17 euros, 37 cents, 2 buttons and a piece of popcorn (I assume that was you). *scans horizon for fancy*
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7/21/2008 4:32 pm |
Y Fronts (for those who never watched Are You Being Served), aka Whitey Tighties, briefs, jockeys: "In Britain the term "jockeys" has not caught on, and briefs are often referred to as "Y-fronts". The term derives from the inverted Y-shape formed by the seams at the front of the underpants which allows easy access to the penis for urination, etc. The colloquialism is used even when the fly opening may differ in style, and not actually form the shape of the inverted letter "Y" fly on Cooper Jockey brand briefs." How much fun it is to educate. There's a lovely picture on Wikipedia. He he. Love, LK
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7/22/2008 7:58 am |
Y Fronts (for those who never watched Are You Being Served), aka Whitey Tighties, briefs, jockeys: "In Britain the term "jockeys" has not caught on, and briefs are often referred to as "Y-fronts". The term derives from the inverted Y-shape formed by the seams at the front of the underpants which allows easy access to the penis for urination, etc. The colloquialism is used even when the fly opening may differ in style, and not actually form the shape of the inverted letter "Y" fly on Cooper Jockey brand briefs." How much fun it is to educate. There's a lovely picture on Wikipedia. He he. Love, LK
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7/22/2008 11:01 pm |
Being Unique brings fear into the minds of others......they try to pull you down as they are caused to question themselves.Their walls may start to crumble.Stand firm and confident in your isolation...its a hard ,hard ,world....nice post GB.......... Remember..live each day as it comes..it may be your last!!!xx " NAMASTE"
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7/23/2008 3:00 am |
Being Unique brings fear into the minds of others......they try to pull you down as they are caused to question themselves.Their walls may start to crumble.Stand firm and confident in your isolation...its a hard ,hard ,world....nice post GB.......... Good comment, Lydia. Thanks.
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7/23/2008 8:41 pm |
sleep under your bed Nearly 10 days after you posted this my daughter comes to me in the morning and says "Mom, I slept under my bed last night." me.."Oh?" she.."yeah is was much cooler than on the bed. only problem was you can't roll over under the bed, it is too tight!" me.....LMAO For a sixteen year old academic....she is indeed unique and I just thought I would share that with you. Oh and lovely post...I however, am not unique. Admitting that, does that make me 'special'? In a unique sort of way?? Michelle 
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7/24/2008 3:27 am |
sleep under your bed Nearly 10 days after you posted this my daughter comes to me in the morning and says "Mom, I slept under my bed last night." me.."Oh?" she.."yeah is was much cooler than on the bed. only problem was you can't roll over under the bed, it is too tight!" me.....LMAO For a sixteen year old academic....she is indeed unique and I just thought I would share that with you. Oh and lovely post...I however, am not unique. Admitting that, does that make me 'special'? In a unique sort of way??
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7/24/2008 11:47 am |
I half agree. I believe that it is possible to be unique - look at Bjork, Damien Hirst and Francis Bacon for example. The key is to be unique without offending others. Eccentric and interesting is fine. Eccentric and anti-social and offensive can get you in trouble in any historical time or place, in my opinion. Comments? HM
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7/25/2008 8:30 am |
I half agree. I believe that it is possible to be unique - look at Bjork, Damien Hirst and Francis Bacon for example. The key is to be unique without offending others. Eccentric and interesting is fine. Eccentric and anti-social and offensive can get you in trouble in any historical time or place, in my opinion. Comments? HM I think there were enough caveats there.
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7/25/2008 7:56 pm |
I half agree. I believe that it is possible to be unique - look at Bjork, Damien Hirst and Francis Bacon for example. The key is to be unique without offending others. Eccentric and interesting is fine. Eccentric and anti-social and offensive can get you in trouble in any historical time or place, in my opinion. Comments? HM Offending others, oddly enough, does not end up being relevant. It is simply a by-product of being who you are (e.g., we are all offensive in some way). What is relevant is being historical; i.e., commenting accurately on what's going on around you. ((and loving all the i.e.s, e.g.s and other alphabetical anomalies)) Gower, by the way, tends to effectively engender such conversations. And Kitty LOVES being in the parlor! Love, LK
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7/28/2008 3:25 am |
Once you have lived through a generation, you realize the "normalcy" (I have no other word) of being unique. Offending others, oddly enough, does not end up being relevant. It is simply a by-product of being who you are (e.g., we are all offensive in some way). What is relevant is being historical; i.e., commenting accurately on what's going on around you. ((and loving all the i.e.s, e.g.s and other alphabetical anomalies)) Gower, by the way, tends to effectively engender such conversations. And Kitty LOVES being in the parlor! Love, LK
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7/29/2008 5:15 pm |
God. I can only think....how are dealing with the onslaught????? Screw engendering, ies, egs, and all the rest of it. It was fun, but now I have my knickers in a knot.  What in HELL did I get myself into??? (You didn't do it; I did.) Love, LK
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7/30/2008 4:04 am |
God. I can only think....how are dealing with the onslaught????? Screw engendering, ies, egs, and all the rest of it. It was fun, but now I have my knickers in a knot. What in HELL did I get myself into??? (You didn't do it; I did.) Love, LK Hang on, that sounds wrong.
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7/30/2008 4:19 pm |
It's not so much what you got yourself into, as how you're going to get out of your knickers. Hang on, that sounds wrong. But I, being myself, have only the times when I get too grandiose for my own underwear. Me knickers are still on. I am happy to report that they were never out of my possession. Here's hoping that your school year is winding down and you are finding some time to loose your Inner Y-Fronts as you cruise the unbelievable beauty of a Mediterranean summer. Love, LK
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7/31/2008 7:50 am |
If I were Jake, I'd no doubt be saying "Gow, me wee lad..." But I, being myself, have only the times when I get too grandiose for my own underwear. Me knickers are still on. I am happy to report that they were never out of my possession. Here's hoping that your school year is winding down and you are finding some time to loose your Inner Y-Fronts as you cruise the unbelievable beauty of a Mediterranean summer. Love, LK Family beats sun, any day of the week.
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