Texas Teach
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| Quote (Acartia_Bogart @ May 18 2016,15:12) | | Quote (stevestory @ May 18 2016,13:51) | | if i even tried to make that more pompous I'm not sure how. Maybe spell it 'endeavour' and glue some fancy-looking accent marks to 'cachet'. |
You could throw in a phrase like "setting alight a strawman soaked in oil of red herring...". That always adds pomposity to a statement.
And don't you be badmouthing the use of the letter "U" in words. |
You can find all our superfluous Us at the bottom of Boston harbor along with the tea.
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"Creationists think everything Genesis says is true. I don't even think Phil Collins is a good drummer." --J. Carr
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