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Starkly contrasted amongst the leaves with an involuntary contraction

18:38 / 28.04.04

ever wondered just how long the summary can be? so did i

18:42 / 28.04.04

Been done before

18:48 / 28.04.04

mine's longer, and better

but, still been done i guess

18:58 / 28.04.04

the instead thread is overrated

02:17 / 29.04.04

BLASPHEMY!!!!

...oh you shall pay for such careless bashing of my favourite thread....

03:38 / 29.04.04

(this has nothing to do with my planned revenge, but: ) ...just in case the abstract finds itself contracted in the next few hours, and for the benefit of future generations, this is what it was:

in the name of science! i begin my quest to push the envelope on summary size. i will type meaningless stream of consciousness (meaningless and misspelled stream of consciousness) until the feature cuts me off like a ninety year old behind the wheel of a cadillac brougham. no reason for it really, ninety year olds having cadillac broughams. eventually they're all gonna crash those fucking things, so i say fabricate softer cars for the elderly. yes, that's even a catchy slogan: "Softer Cars For The Elderly!" i can see the t shirts and bumper stickers now. perhaps black text on a white background. simplicity really works sometimes. the movement will have it's opponents of course. namely, ninety year olds with cadillac broughams. but once we've explained the benefits of softer cars, i'm sure they'll come around. lower insurance rates alone will allow them to have their doctors prescribe tons of extra medications and perform all kinds of wonderful, experimental elective surgery procedures. it'll be good for the health care industry. it'll be good for the insurance industry. it'll be good for highway safety. it's a no lose situation from all conceivable angles. well, looks like i've accidently gone and made a point in what was to be a pointless rambling body of text. for that, i apologize.

04:59 / 29.04.04

You're a good person, Baz.

06:53 / 29.04.04

(blush)

15:59 / 29.04.04

I applaud the idea of softer cars. I would extend the concept to all road vehicles. They should also be lighter so that there is less momentum when they hit things. It seems to me that making them heavier (i.e., SUV) is the wrong way to go. It makes more sense to make them lighter and less dense. They could even be really, really huge in the USA where they like really, really huge things, as long as they are also soft and fluffy.

Imagine the scenario: person strolling on the sidewalk, SUV comes around the corner at a speed that exceeds its limits of control and/or adhesion, SUV slams into person, person exclaims jovially "hey, it tickles," driver replies, "sorry about that, buddy - my giant, fluffy Cadillac Escalade tends to do that from time to time due to the lack of road grip from these giant, fluffy tires."

16:48 / 29.04.04

how do you mods sleep at night? just go ahead and add a mustache and devil horns to whistlers mother

augmented art no longer reflects the soul of the artist, and that screen hogging summary was my soul, WAS

and ya, the softer cars thing seems so obvious, why hasn't it been done? nerf could probably whip up a concept version before next years models hit the dealers, the frames and engine components need not be soft, but the exterior panels could easily be fashioned of some all weather, spongey material

20:12 / 29.04.04

Don't you think heavy, hard frames and engines might fly through the light, soft body and hurt someone?

01:34 / 30.04.04

*Cringes and runs past Dupre while he has his back turned*

*Runs into Conversation with tail wagging between legs*

So is this really F2B territory then, this thread? I'm not officially on Barbelith soil?

*looks over the edge of thread into Barb convo......*

01:51 / 30.04.04

i will type meaningless stream of consciousness

Ahh, that brings back fond memories.

02:20 / 30.04.04

how do you mods sleep at night? just go ahead and add a mustache and devil horns to whistlers mother

I tried, but my sharpie died while I was defacing "The Scream." Cause that guy had no teeth.