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Kleefeld DENOUNCED

I hereby DENOUNCE AND REJECT ERIC KLEEFELD
He has spurned all my amorous entreaties and I THROW HIM UNDER THE BUS.

Besides, I am in now in love with PAUL KEIL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHYIX0thvB8


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John:

You are so.......FICKLE!!!!!!! :)

She asked for the glass and make sure she had her glasses with her finger prints on them. Sounds like she is afraid.

Sorry to quibble, but having studied the philosophy of language, I feel a compelling need to make you aware that while "I DENOUNCE AND REJECT ERIC KLEEFELD" is a performative utterance, meaning that in simply saying, "I denounce..." you accomplish the denunciation, just as by saying, "I pronounce you man an wife," a minister (or reverend) establishes the marriage union, "I THROW ERIC KLEEFELD UNDER THE BUS" under the bus is not, meaning that you cannot succeed in throwing anyone under any buses simply by stating that you do so, though you can throw Eric Kleefeld under the bus by saying "I DENOUNCE AND REJECT ERIC KLEEFELD", so you have in effect accomplished your objective of throwing Eric Kleefeld under the bus, but you accomplished this objective through the first sentence rather than the second, rendering the latter not only meaningless but redundant.

Clear?

Absolutely. Your shirt must be radiating some nasty waves there.

Scorned in Bro-mance?

There are plenty more fish in the dumpster.

Meheheheh.

I feel like such an idiot because I had to look up "hortatory subjunctive". :(

Just don't admit you know how to use a dictionary, or even worse, an encyclopedia. That would make you an elitist and utterly unfit for presidency.

Mind you, even writing "hortatory subjunctive" without any misspellings is mighty suspicious!

Unlucky in life
Unlucky in love

Sigh

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