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Re: Ban the user above you! Oh lovely. I get stuck having to run off my impertinent mouth to the first person who welcomed me onto this forum... :?BANNED because I need a live test subject for my prototype ban cannon...which I am developing with Stark Industries. :ugeek:

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Re: Ban the user above you! Banner for saying Voyager's 'Lost" is only 60% awesome and because I'm feeling vindictive about having my music ranked low in the 'rate the song above you' thread. :evil: Sixty percent just a passing grade. And not enough to earn credit hours...but enough about my calculus course.

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Re: Ban the user above you! Like I said, I'm feeling vindictive. It is lifting me beyond reason into a world of pure rage and self-hatred, sparking my inferiority complex and causing us to question the validity of our own existence. The Norwegianses, they don't like us, yes, nasty people with their corpsepaint and pickled herring, they don't understand us... -But they're honest, yes, that they are, and we mustn't get on their case for that. 'Tis only fair we lets them say what they wants... -But why must we always bow to other peoples, hmm? We's always having to apologize for our feelings, yes, apologize to the Vikingses, 'tis time we stands up! -Yes, but he stands up too! We's got to respect his honesty, not like the pop fans, oh no, not like the weenieses which listens to pop, no! We's better than that... -You're a noob, and a whiner. Nobody likes you! What would we be without me? -Not listening...Not listening...no, go away...LEAVE NOW, AND NEVER COME BACK! Ah, good, my schizophrenic fit is over. Banned for making me plagiarize LOTR.

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Re: Ban the user above you! Ahh. Catharsis. It's soothing. Kinda like letting out a big fart after a dinner of bacon hamburger, home-style fries and 3 glasses of Coke. :D And that's what ah mean win ah say theat Umericuh stainds fer greatniss, fowks. Cuz we's got FREE REFILLS ohn them TWENNY OUNCE glassiz, not nun uv these teensy li'l thangs they's gaht in Italy whar it's smaller'n a dern'd shatgun sheil'n it'll cost yeh fer every refill you git... I don't want to ban you either. I'm happy to have a friend on the Baltic, all the best metal comes from right there- BOOOM :shock: Aw dang. One of my ban bombs went off. It was nice knowing you... :(

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