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We get some hair-raising spam around here. submitted by Musicat
I once knew a guy who swallowed a fly. But this is worse. submitted by IvoryTowerDenizen
Because feet long to be free. submitted by Ellen Cherry
It all ghost to show you. submitted by Musicat, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
Must have been a stick-up. submitted by JoseB, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
Here's a thread that goes hog wild. submitted by Musicat, who also helped with the tag, thanks!
We welcome our newest Doper. submitted by Truman Burbank
The jokes, they just keep Beethoven. submitted by Musicat (NOTE: Attempts at humor.)
Nothing looks like a bestiary. submitted by Gyrate
Milk it for all it's worth. submitted by Musicat, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
You have the right to ZAP! submitted by Marley23
You had me 'til the end.
It's just a line. submitted by Rico
Old enough to know better.
Look up in the sky and do it yourself.
Maybe it blocks his view of Venus.
Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my! submitted by Daniel Chait
Too much, magic bus. submitted by Ellen Cherry, who also helped with the tag, thanks!
Some people claim that there's a Doper to blame. submitted by Musicat
Dude look like a car ad. submitted by Musicat
WWJD? What would a Jedi do? submitted by Musicat, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
It's the fractured fairy tales of facts. submitted by Musicat
I am what I am. Oh dear. submitted by JoseB, who also helped with the tag, thanks!
Bedsheet does not enable user to fly.
It's Career Day at the Dope. Stupid questions to follow. submitted by Ellen Cherry
I don't know what it is but it's what's for dinner. submitted by Ellen Cherry
The true tale of the tape. submitted by Musicat
It's all so bad it's naughty! (NSFW) submitted by Rico (NOTE: Adult discussion, might not be safe for work.)
Yes, we have no bread bowls, we have no bread bowls today. submitted by Heart of Dorkness
And the Lion shall lie down with the Dogg. submitted by Musicat, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, pedants gotta … whatever. submitted by Musicat
Are you a woman or a mouse? (NSFW) submitted by Musicat, who also wrote the tag, thanks! (NOTE: Adult language.)
They were quiet Dopers who mostly kept to themselves. submitted by JoseB
For God so loved the world that he sent us email submitted by Musicat, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
Dopers discuss the perils of DHM. submitted by cards
Chix flix nix dix. submitted by Musicat
If you cut corners it's going to be a real rocky road. submitted by Immanuel
Books we're not taking to the beach.
Freud would say it's unbearable.
A question for seafood lovers. (NSFW) submitted by Musicat (NOTE: Adult subject matter, may not be safe for work.)
Listen to the Teeming Millions solve the musical mystery. submitted by Jkellymap
The study of science can drive one mad, I tell you, mad! submitted by Musicat (WARNING: Science, mad and otherwise)
Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane ... it's a cat. (NSFW) submitted by Musicat (NOTE: Difficult subject matter. No cats were harmed.)
You'd do it for Ridley Scott. submitted by Wargamer
Jesus, don't be so angry. submitted by jeeves
The nerd is the word. submitted by Ellen Cherry
Letters, they get lots and lots of letters. submitted by Ellen Cherry
Precious memories, how they stink. submitted by Ellen Cherry
Terrible plotlines from horrible movies.
What's in a name? It's infectious! submitted by Musicat, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
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