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out_thereThis made me giggle on the train. Jeremy quotage!
Has anyone won the decathlon and the pentathlon?
Jim Thorpe won both at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. At the medal ceremony, King Gustav V of Sweden presented him with the golds and said, "You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world," to which Thrope replied, "Thanks, King." A 1950 poll of Associated Press sportswriters agreed, voting Thorp the greatest athlete of the first half of the twentieth century.
"The Handy Sports Answer Book", Hillstrom et al, p389
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marry_a_ljuser. It's kinda amusing, even if I keep reading the LJ name and thinking of bad spam emails.
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celli posted SN porn: Homecoming. Really *good* porn. Mmmmm...
And, the combination of those two points seems to point to the logical conclusion that I should ask Celli to marry me. But if I did, I think I should do it in person, with the SN DVDs and an accounting textbook. (Distract her with the DVDs and then whack her with the textbook until she gives in.)
Huh. Violence probably shouldn't feature in a planned marriage proposal. This could be why I am, and probably always will be, single.
ETA: Oh! I just found out the Flying Dutchman class of sailing was removed from the Olympics in 1996, and replaced with the Laser style. I'm still mentioning it.
Has anyone won the decathlon and the pentathlon?
Jim Thorpe won both at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. At the medal ceremony, King Gustav V of Sweden presented him with the golds and said, "You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world," to which Thrope replied, "Thanks, King." A 1950 poll of Associated Press sportswriters agreed, voting Thorp the greatest athlete of the first half of the twentieth century.
Other stuff:
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marry_a_ljuser. It's kinda amusing, even if I keep reading the LJ name and thinking of bad spam emails.-
celli posted SN porn: Homecoming. Really *good* porn. Mmmmm...And, the combination of those two points seems to point to the logical conclusion that I should ask Celli to marry me. But if I did, I think I should do it in person, with the SN DVDs and an accounting textbook. (Distract her with the DVDs and then whack her with the textbook until she gives in.)
Huh. Violence probably shouldn't feature in a planned marriage proposal. This could be why I am, and probably always will be, single.
ETA: Oh! I just found out the Flying Dutchman class of sailing was removed from the Olympics in 1996, and replaced with the Laser style. I'm still mentioning it.
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Date: 2004-05-26 09:55 pm (UTC)*grins* I'll keep that in mind. :) (and yes, the icon was chosen deliberately)
Huh. Violence probably shouldn't feature in a planned marriage proposal.
Well, if you're gonna get all traditional about it...
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Date: 2004-05-26 10:10 pm (UTC)*looks at icon*
*cracks up*
See, I don't know if that's encouragement, or not...
Well, if you're gonna get all traditional about it...
Huh. Good point. I don't think the gay smut plays a big role in the traditional marriage, so I probably shouldn't worry about traditions.
...Hmm...
I'd probably have a better chance showing up with SN DVDs (to distract) and good SN porn. The old idea of using a dowry to entice someone to marry you does have it's merits.
(...Oh, and thinking of missing icons, I don't have my Sleazy Lex icon (the "I'm not feeling myself today, can I feel you?" one). How can I flirt without Sleazy Lex? Fine, I'm being reduced to using porny icons instead.)