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  1. 09-30-2002, 11:01 AM #1
    Hugh Casey
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    Talking This is just sooooooo wrong...

    From www.newsoftheweird.com...

    September reports in the New York Post and the Toronto Star, quoting parents' Web site "reviews" of the Mattel $19.99 Nimbus 2000 plastic-replica broomstick from the latest Harry Potter movie, highlighted its battery-powered special effect: vibration. Wrote a Texas mother: "I was surprised at how long (my daughter and her friends) can just sit in her room and play with this magic broomstick." Another said her daughter fights her son for it but complains that "the batteries drain too fast." A New Jersey mother, sensing a problem, said her daughter could keep playing with it, "but with the batteries removed." Still another mother, age 32, said she enjoyed it as much as her daughter. [New York Post, 9-7-02; Toronto Star, 9-7-02]

    That whooshing sound you hear is the ladies of these boards running off to Hogwarts...

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  2. 09-30-2002, 12:06 PM #2
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    Yeah, baby!

    Why do people have to make such a big deal out of people havin' fun?
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  3. 09-30-2002, 12:35 PM #3
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  4. 09-30-2002, 12:40 PM #4
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    Originally posted by StyroFoam Man
    So this is why Liz keeps sending me out fer batteries....
    ROFLMAO
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  5. 09-30-2002, 01:27 PM #5
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    Originally posted by StyroFoam Man
    So this is why Liz keeps sending me out fer batteries....
    You know, I have an image of Liz ecstatically riding a broomstick, orgasmically screaming "Surrender Dorothy!" at the top of her lungs.




    Strange thoughts for a monday...

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  7. 09-30-2002, 04:24 PM #7
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    Tell me why ...

    I don't like Mondays.

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  9. 09-30-2002, 09:22 PM #9
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    Ladies, wouldn't it be much easier to use a vacuum cleaner? It comes with an AC power cord.
    Anyhoo, just some random thoughts...

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  10. 10-01-2002, 01:46 AM #10
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    But a vacuum cleaner doesn't... ... er, never mind...
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    Cool

    Just get the one with a reversible switch. Make sure it's a wet-dry (rotating brushes optional).
    Anyhoo, just some random thoughts...

    "My philosophy is 'you don't need me to tell you how to play -- I'll just provide some rules and ideas to use and get out of your way.'"
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    I bet this is just part of a conspiracy to undermine equal rights for women. I mean, come on, can't you see it?
    A few more household implements like this and in a few years women will be conditioned to be most happy when handling brooms and vac cleaners. Soon they will be content just to stay at home and do household chores instead of trying to get into traditional male jobs. It's gonna be like Pavlov's dog: Just looking at a broom will have women feel happy and ...satisfied. Soon it won't matter if the broom has a vibration feature or not.
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  14. 10-01-2002, 08:22 AM #14
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    Originally posted by Steven A Cook
    Tell me why ...

    I don't like Mondays.

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    Dance a Tango to Hell,
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  15. 10-01-2002, 09:00 AM #15
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