Re: But A Greater Friend To The Truth

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No, but I've never pretended that I have.


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 6:01 PM
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Did you just see something like that?


Posted by: eb | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 6:04 PM
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I've laughed through a cigarette, blowing hot ashes all over my keyboard. Does that count?


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 6:22 PM
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I can't remember spitting up (dribbling, maybe). But on several occasions in my high school art class I had to walk over to the sink because I was laughing so hard that I couldn't stop drooling and crying.


Posted by: tom | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 6:23 PM
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I'm pretty mouth-continent.


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 6:31 PM
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Yes.

Not very many times, though. And, to be clear, I'm talking about being in the middle of swallowing a drink of something.


Posted by: Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 6:43 PM
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I have occasionally rolled on the floor, laughing out loud, but never in reaction to anything I've read on a computer screen.


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 6:53 PM
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My family have successfully made me spit beverages, but it takes timing -- nothing I read is going to do it.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 6:55 PM
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I couldn't stop drooling and crying

That was pretty much my high school experience too, minus the lead-in laughter.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 6:58 PM
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In college, my friends and I used to practice our spit takes. Good times. The sad thing -- and it really is sad -- is that now the only occassions I really have to execute a good spit take are when I'm alone reading blogs. It's not the same. This really isn't the life I envisioned for myself.


Posted by: pjs | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 7:01 PM
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I've choked. And I think once I did kinda do a "pfft."


Posted by: bitchphd | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 7:11 PM
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I once laughed so hard that my stomach hurt.


Posted by: eb | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 7:12 PM
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11: ATM.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 7:32 PM
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12 also.


Posted by: text | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 7:47 PM
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Jackmormon -- yes, but did your ass actually come off?


Posted by: Jeremy Osner | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 8:34 PM
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I L'edMAO just the other day, and I'm still looking for it. I think Jesus nicked it and took it to his hideout behind the sofa.


Posted by: Lackey | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 8:44 PM
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I've laughed continuously for over an hour, with some help from libations. That was fun.


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 8:45 PM
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To me the worst of it was being shackled to a bolt in the middle of the room and being forced by my captors to laugh continuously for over 40 hours.


Posted by: Jeremy Osner | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 9:07 PM
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After I read the Poor Man's "These are the Voyages of the Starship Boboprise" I kept laughing at random times throughout the day. I just heard the little Star Trek voice saying that, and it cracked me up. No beverages, though.


Posted by: FL | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 9:15 PM
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These are the voyages of the starship Boobyprize.


Posted by: eb | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 9:25 PM
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15.

Did I ever claim that I had? No. Would some enthusiasts like to allege that I had? Yes. Are there persistent ass-detachment allegations circulating among the marginal, conspiratorial critics? Yes. Will their laughable--nose-snorting laughable, not floor-loving laughable--rumor-mongering deter my efforts? Well, that would be irresponsible.


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 9:53 PM
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I have and just did again. When I read this.

Cmon, you know you want to click on through.


Posted by: BTD Venkat | Link to this comment | 11-21-05 10:50 PM
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Hey you know, I once rolled in the aisles. No joke (well that is "yes joke" but no, I am not making a joke when I posit this claim) -- Me and Ellen were in Paris once and there was a Marx Brothers festival playing. We went to see A Day at the Races (in English, with French subtitles), and at one point during the movie, I was actually laughing so hard I fell out of my seat.


Posted by: Jeremy Osner | Link to this comment | 11-22-05 5:45 AM
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Hey you know, I once rolled in the aisles. No joke (well that is "yes joke" but no, I am not making a joke when I posit this claim) -- Me and Ellen were in Paris once and there was a Marx Brothers festival playing. We went to see A Day at the Races (in English, with French subtitles), and at one point during the movie, I was actually laughing so hard I fell out of my seat.


Posted by: Jeremy Osner | Link to this comment | 11-22-05 5:46 AM
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That post should never have been doubled. I swear to you, I clicked on the "Post" button just once. As G-D is my witness.


Posted by: Jeremy Osner | Link to this comment | 11-22-05 5:48 AM
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Gary Danko is your witness? Impressive.


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Matt F | Link to this comment | 11-22-05 7:24 AM
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Gary Danko


Posted by: Matt F | Link to this comment | 11-22-05 7:25 AM
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Actually I overstepped. Harrison Ford is my Witness.


Posted by: Jeremy Osner | Link to this comment | 11-22-05 7:55 AM
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As a youngun I did once have milk come out my nose while laughing. It hurts a little.

But in all fairness to ROFLMAO I say other phrases out of politeness that are not meant to be taken literally.

"How are you," "Pleased to meet you," and "It looks great from this angle" for example.


Posted by: Tripp | Link to this comment | 11-22-05 7:56 AM
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