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  <title>Taylor Shellen - Plinky Answers</title>
  <updated>2009-02-09T03:27:20-06:00</updated>
  
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    <id>http://www.plinky.com/answers/17348</id>
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    <title>My fear of  Same-Sex Marriage</title>
    <updated>2009-02-09T03:27:20-06:00</updated>
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          <p>No threat is as threatening as a well-dressed threat.</p><br />
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  *Sarcasm Spoiler*  Thanks to the &quot;Yes on 8&quot; campaign, I now realize what a huge threat Gay Marriage is to my family life and the day to day operations of my household.  I am gripped with fear when I think of what a slippery slope exists when we begin to grant ALL citizens access to the same rights.  The line to drop my kids off at school is already too long, imagine if GAY couples had kids to drop off too?  Good god!  And what if we let Gay people vote?  Imagine what THEY would vote for!  Why, just the other day I saw a gay (riding in the back of the bus where they belong) and this particular gay was so &quot;uppity&quot; that he was dressed head to toe in designer fashions!  He looked as sharp as a tack, but that&#39;s not the point.  If we let the gays dress as snazzy as they like, they will think they can do anything at all!  We&#39;ve come a long way America, don&#39;t drop the ball now.  *End Sarcasm*
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    <id>http://www.plinky.com/answers/17346</id>
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    <title>T-A-Y then do it again.</title>
    <updated>2009-02-09T03:03:24-06:00</updated>
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  During my tenure as a lifeguard with the City of Fremont, one of the duties of the lifeguard was to fully document any rescue activity that occured at our man-made lakefront facility.  We had a binder called the &quot;Rescue Log&quot;, and if anyone was rescued it was customary to take down their name and info along with a statement detailing the events that led to the near drowning.  One day, a 12 year old African-American girl was plucked from the deep end by one of Fremont&#39;s Finest after overestimating her aquatic abilities.  It was my honor to chronicle her harrowing ordeal in the Recue Log.  She told me that her name was &quot;Ray-ray&quot;, and when I asked her how she spelled it she responded with as much sass as possible, &quot;R-A-Y then do it again.&quot;  She had the full head sway going and may have even snapped her fingers in a Z formation as she spoke.  As I relayed the conversation to my co-workers back at the Guard Shack, someone piped up, &quot;T-A-Y then do it again!&quot;  Fifteen years later, my buddies from my lifeguarding days refer to me as &quot;Taytay&quot;.  It may not be the best nickname, but I never get tired of telling the story.
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    <title>America needs Aunt Jemima</title>
    <updated>2009-02-03T23:42:11-06:00</updated>
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            <p><strong>Daniel Craig</strong><br />
  Best. Bond. Ever.</p>
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  <p><strong>Adam Carolla</strong><br />
  Solid ranting skills.  Plus, I hear his nasal voice inside my head.</p>
  <br />
  <p><strong>Curious George</strong><br />
  That monkey gets away with EVERYTHING.  This adorable little guy never sees any consequences beyond the occasional broken bone or Ether high.</p>
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  <p><strong>Aquaman</strong><br />
  Scientist schmientist.  This dude is part fish, let's find out what's really going on with the environment.</p>
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  <p><strong>Aunt Jemima</strong><br />
  We need a woman to round this out.  She seems like a sweet lady.  Also, I love pancakes.</p>
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    <title>If you pour enough whiskey down my throat, I still won't sing at a karaoke bar</title>
    <updated>2009-02-03T01:37:59-06:00</updated>
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Primus+Tommy+the+Cat&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="Grab this Song from Amazon">
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Primus+Tommy+the+Cat&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="Grab this Song from Amazon">Tommy the Cat</a>
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Primus&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="More from this Artist on Amazon">Primus</a>
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      Singing a Primus song isn&#39;t so much singing as it is mimicking a cartoon voice.  Plus I know all the words.
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Primus+Jerry+Was+a+Race+Car+Driver&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="Grab this Song from Amazon">Jerry Was a Race Car Driver</a>
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Primus&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="More from this Artist on Amazon">Primus</a>
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      See #1.  Added bonus, there is no karaoke bar in the Universe that has Primus on their machine.
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Herbie+Hancock+Rockit&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="Grab this Song from Amazon">Rockit</a>
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Herbie+Hancock&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="More from this Artist on Amazon">Herbie Hancock</a>
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      Ha, it&#39;s an instrumental!  Seriously, it&#39;s Primus or nothing... and nothing bodes better for your ears.  Trust me.
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    <title>Why I gave up on "War and Peace"</title>
    <updated>2009-02-01T17:22:24-06:00</updated>
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  I&#39;m not a quitter.  In fact, I&#39;ll stick with a crappy job, bad movie, even boring book way longer than necessary.  This book somehow made it&#39;s way to our downstairs restroom, where I do a fair amount of &quot;reading&quot;.  I MIGHT have made it through the first chapter before I realized that I did not hold enough hatred for myself to get halfway through this mind numbing lobotomy inducer.  Sorry Tolstoy, you suck.
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    <title>Going to Hell for that one.</title>
    <updated>2009-02-01T17:10:56-06:00</updated>
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          <p>Me &#39;n&#39; JC</p><br />
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  My wife likes to find weird gifts for me.  She assumes I will like them, as I am such a weirdo.  The weirdest of these gifts was the pink plastic, &quot;Answer Me Jesus&quot;.  A ten inch tall statue of our Lord and Savior with a Magic 8 Ball style answer window underneath.  He gives answers like, &quot;Sinner&quot;, &quot;I still love you&quot;, &quot;The Holy Water will sting&quot;, and &quot;Let me ask my Dad&quot;.  Answer me Jesus hasn&#39;t really helped me out of any jams yet, but that might be because I am such a sacreligous pagan.  Thanks, sweetheart.
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    <title>If I could tame a poo flinger.</title>
    <updated>2009-01-25T16:37:34-06:00</updated>
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          <p>Thank you Dr. Ross Geller for paving the way on this one.</p><br />
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  <img style="border: 0;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/37083094_159980a114.jpg" />
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  I&#39;ve always wanted a spider monkey (and to be a spider monkey, but that&#39;s a different prompt).  However, I think we have all learned from the mistakes of Ross from Friends.  Cute as a button?  Yes.  Masturbating, feces throwing nighmare?  Ok, that too.
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    <title>When I get home, I have already shed all unneeded work attire.</title>
    <updated>2009-01-23T03:08:46-06:00</updated>
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          <p>I normally transform from professional to man of leisure whilst driving home from work.</p><br />
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  Wearing my choice of clothing vs. a restictive dress code is the universal signal of freedom.  I will literally change out of a suit and tie and into shorts and flip-flops while driving my car home.  I&#39;ve had people meet me at work, then follow me to a 2nd location, and look at me in wild amazement as I step out of my car dressed like it&#39;s Spring Break.  It&#39;s a gift. 
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    <title>In defense of my vice: surfing</title>
    <updated>2009-01-23T02:54:13-06:00</updated>
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          <p>I don&#39;t talk like Spicolli, I&#39;m not blond, I don&#39;t even smoke pot.</p><br />
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        <a href="">Surfer, Newport Beach California</a>
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  I had a swim coach in Jr. High that once drove a vanload of teenage boys to the beach on a foggy summer morning with a stack of old boards and heavily ventilated wetsuits.  I stood up on a wave for about a half a second, and since then I&#39;ve been a slave to tide charts, hurricane tracks, and Aleutian storm systems.  Surfers get a bad rap for being slackers, but you never hear anybody get crap for going to the gym.  I suppose I&#39;ll have to stop when I die, but not a second before that.
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    <title>My first job: Lifeguard</title>
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  My first gig was as lifeguard for the City of Fremont at the Swim Lagoon.  They had this enormous man-made pond with a sand bottom and chlorinated and filtered water.  Busloads of kids would show up with distracted camp counselors and attempt to end their lives in 10 feet of murky brown water.  None were successful under my watch.  The &quot;goon&quot; would be my summer gig for 11 seasons until they shut her down in &#39;01.  The job sort of ruined me for regular work as I&#39;d look at every situation in comparison to a hectic afternoon at the goon and think, &quot;Who is going to die if this doesn&#39;t get done?&quot;
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    <title>My road-trip mix tape</title>
    <updated>2009-01-23T00:40:24-06:00</updated>
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Ted+Nugent+Stranglehold&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="Grab this Song from Amazon">Stranglehold</a>
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Ted+Nugent&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="More from this Artist on Amazon">Ted Nugent</a>
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      The Nuge. Enough said.
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Lynyrd+Skynyrd+Freebird&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="Grab this Song from Amazon">
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Lynyrd+Skynyrd+Freebird&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="Grab this Song from Amazon">Freebird</a>
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Lynyrd+Skynyrd&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="More from this Artist on Amazon">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>
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      Um.  Hello?
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Rush+Finding+My+Way&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="Grab this Song from Amazon">Finding My Way</a>
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      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Rush&amp;index=digital-music&amp;tag=wordprcom-20" title="More from this Artist on Amazon">Rush</a>
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      No classic rock mix is complete without some Geddy Lee screech in there.
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