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Old Apr 26, 2005, 05:55 AM   #1
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you make the craziest connections on myspace.com

Edit: All stalker references have been removed. Sorry guys, Jeff is right. Its no laughing matter(especially not online).

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So today started like any other day...I get up...I go to class...I fight with people in class and enjoy making my professors squirm in their seats(hey they should be happy they have a student that can give them a run for their money!!)...I eat lunch...i finish class...I head home.

I'm on the bus...I'm getting off the bus...I walk a few feet. I see a girl running towards the bus

BAM! Girl runs into me because shes a ditz or something.

I pick her up and help her brush herself off. She looks embaressed and gets on the bus. All-in-all it was really funny. I dont often have people run into me and fall flat on their backs(nor would I want such a thing to happen often)

So later...

My friends wanted me to check out Myspace.com. So I go there.. I click around. I decide to check out that 6 degrees of seperation business and see who my friends know. It leads to some shocking and disturbing revelations...and then BAM! I find this girl's blog. I swear to god its her. I have a photographic memory.

So what did I do? I took my best friend's suggestion(while he laughs at me) and emailed her.
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Old Apr 26, 2005, 06:07 AM   #2
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Now if this were me I would have not e-mailed a ditz because I would have gotten a reply like.

"omG thaz U!?> h0ly carp@!! waz up dide?"

And then I'd remember that oh famous quote from the Chappelle's Show.
"Is Wayne Brady gonna have to shoot a b!*ch?"
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Old Apr 26, 2005, 06:52 AM   #4
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omg dude add me :P
www.myspace.com/atomicjew

WHAT NOW oh and hook it up with her blog :P
hahaahhahah just messing around..

pretty cool..
ive met so many ppl that ive seen around school/places on myspace through my other friends its weird..
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THIS IS SERIOUS SHIT!!!!
I would take this very very seriously...
if your not a stalker by legal definition and this is some humorous prank or joke it can still be very very dangerous to your reputation. This isnt the world of Ward and June Cleaver, and this isnt Disneyland. I caution you on the basis of your affiliation with this website and your contributions to take this matter very seriously and be mindful of the legal implications. We routinely track internet stalkers here in Colorado and any communication be it sexual inuendo, overt activity or harmless prank is carefully screened by state and local officials to determine whether an investigation is warranted. Some DH members have crossed the line in the past as well, but that is best left unsaid, suffice to say that your activity on the web is not without impunity, be careful my friend, you never know who is watching.
In this letigious society, be careful old man.
Oh by the way, Myspace.com is screen very aggresively by some state and local groups as well as the organization itself to weed out threats, they just charged a stalker here in Colorado that was commiting illegal activity there, dont be a Troll......and be careful man.
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Old Apr 26, 2005, 07:06 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #6
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...

right all I said in my email was "hey you totally ran into me on the bus today"

basically.

And mostly I was joking.. Though I DID find her site by accident and she DID run into me today at the bus.

but you have a really good point Jeff. I probably shouldnt joke about such things.

Sorry man.
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I think it's time we finally did it. I mean we've all known about it and talked about it for a very long time. But the time has arrived.

We're going to castrate Gemini
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Old Apr 26, 2005, 07:21 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #8
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I think it's time we finally did it. I mean we've all known about it and talked about it for a very long time. But the time has arrived.

We're going to castrate Gemini
I think its already done considering my lack of balls in the last post
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Old Apr 26, 2005, 07:26 AM   #9
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I think its already done considering my lack of balls in the last post
Yeah but the last castration didn't work so we gotta do it again.

Except this time operate with a dull rusty butter-knife.
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Old Apr 26, 2005, 07:28 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #10
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omg dude add me :P
www.myspace.com/atomicjew

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hahaahhahah just messing around..

pretty cool..
ive met so many ppl that ive seen around school/places on myspace through my other friends its weird..
aight I added you, but my account is completely empty right now. I need to add some content soon.
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Old Apr 26, 2005, 07:28 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #11
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Yeah but the last castration didn't work so we gotta do it again.

Except this time operate with a dull rusty butter-knife.
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Old Apr 26, 2005, 07:31 AM   #12
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Old Apr 26, 2005, 07:34 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #13
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...I hang my head in shame.

^_^ was correct in his assumptions.

the email was replied to and the girl wrote in a disturbingly similar fassion to the sample of ditz-ese that ^_^ displayed for us.

Aw well. It was fun for a day to laugh about.

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Now this is the question.

Should Gemini be ashamed because I was right about her?

Or should I be ashamed for knowing a lot about ditzy girls?
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sounds like a lot of wanking to me...LOL
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sounds like a lot of wanking to me...LOL
Eh, not quite. I despise ditzy girls which cuts out like 3/4 of the girls out there for me -_-
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ditzy in what way(s)?
ditzy in that, she ran RIGHT into me when there was plenty of sidewalk and I was trying to get out of the way.

Ditzy in that her email reply was sickeningly similar to ^_^'s version mocking me...

And I've decided that her rant about our lovable Seattle means that shes a commie bastard and deserves to be shunned.

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sounds like a lot of wanking to me...LOL
Wow what a way to turn around Jeff. Just a second ago you were yellin at me, and now you're making refferences to masturbation
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www.myspace.com/atomicjew

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ive met so many ppl that ive seen around school/places on myspace through my other friends its weird..
dude, your thing is hella weird. It's funny .
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dude, your thing is hella weird. It's funny .
yeah word. His site is hot the HIZ-OOK!!!

I love the "J-j-j-j-j-j-jew unit!" Thats from some 50cent song isnt it? God I hate that song...but when my friends sing it its SOOO FUNNY!
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Yeah, well I dunno what's with everyone saying G-UNIT! It gets pretty annoying, especially when I hear it or see it all the time.
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LMAO! if only that was real.

I think Google should make a page like that. Kinda like their hax0r language setting for the search engine. EVERYTHING IS IN L33t!!!
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ditzy in that, she ran RIGHT into me when there was plenty of sidewalk and I was trying to get out of the way.

Ditzy in that her email reply was sickeningly similar to ^_^'s version mocking me...

And I've decided that her rant about our lovable Seattle means that shes a commie bastard and deserves to be shunned.



Wow what a way to turn around Jeff. Just a second ago you were yellin at me, and now you're making refferences to masturbation
wanking isnt just about polishing the polish, it is about just being a guy....being risque, being tongue in cheek about normal things, implying some sort of sexual inuendo of sorts...not necessarily about you know........
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wanking isnt just about polishing the polish, it is about just being a guy....being risque, being tongue in cheek about normal things, implying some sort of sexual inuendo of sorts...not necessarily about you know........
Polishing the Polish? Never heard that one before.

The newest one I heard just a few days ago was "Flogging the Dolphin"

I remember 2 summers ago when I was out in France. Me and my friend Gaby and some dudes on the Corsika were passed out on the road at around 2am(its Corsika...no cars'll come buy) We were just laying there and one of them mumbled something in french. The other dude was cracking up. Then they started asking for different ways of saying "jacking off" in english. for 4 hours we just said different names for wanking while Gaby laid there and covered her face in embaressment. It was some gooooood times
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Polishing the Polish? Never heard that one before.

The newest one I heard just a few days ago was "Flogging the Dolphin"

I remember 2 summers ago when I was out in France. Me and my friend Gaby and some dudes on the Corsika were passed out on the road at around 2am(its Corsika...no cars'll come buy) We were just laying there and one of them mumbled something in french. The other dude was cracking up. Then they started asking for different ways of saying "jacking off" in english. for 4 hours we just said different names for wanking while Gaby laid there and covered her face in embaressment. It was some gooooood times
And some girls might be avoiding this thread and embarassment. Careful not to cross any lines.
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i think gemini is the one being stalked. i think this girl is stalking him because she has never had sex with a 'balless wonder'
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