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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:22 PM Author: well-lubricated university As in, his sports coat and pants are LITERALLY COVERED WITH QUESTION MARKS. He's an old grey-haired man with glasses, wearing a corduroy jacket & pants that have big red question marks sewn all over them. Were he wearing something normal he would look like rich old money.
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:23 PM Author: Ruby Factory Reset Button Love Of Her Life Ask him if he knows how to get free gov't money. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695310) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 4:17 PM Author: pale razzle-dazzle reading party toaster 175 (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696735) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 5:50 PM Author: razzmatazz rehab ratface Brilliant. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4697497) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 5:52 PM Author: well-lubricated university Well, it WAS that guy, so it's not brilliant so much as accurate. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4697523) |
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Date: January 8th, 2006 8:44 PM Author: Ruby Factory Reset Button Love Of Her Life Nah, it was brilliant. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4767005) |
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Date: January 8th, 2006 8:45 PM Author: well-lubricated university Upon reconsideration, I'll grant the point. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4767018) |
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Date: January 8th, 2006 8:51 PM Author: Ruby Factory Reset Button Love Of Her Life My average score for this thread was 177.5! (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4767070) |
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Date: November 12th, 2026 5:38 PM Author: insightful godfather era Andy Garcias & Goldens... (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#50254499) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:23 PM Author: insanely creepy comical locus IT'S THE DUDE FROM THE COMMERICALS!
ask him how to make money, he will flip out and start yelling. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:24 PM Author: well-lubricated university What? I know of no such commercials. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695314) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:24 PM Author: Ruby Factory Reset Button Love Of Her Life Just ask him!
THIS IS A CHANCE OF A LIFE TIME!!!!!!!!! |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:26 PM Author: well-lubricated university God...I'm half tempted. On the other hand, this seat was hard-won. I don't want to have to get up and leave if he turns out to be insane.
NOTE: he just took out his laptop. Looks like he'll be here for some time. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 5:06 PM Author: walnut associate Oh, I know who you're talking about. That dude sucks. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4697173) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:25 PM Author: honey-headed razzle locale http://www.mlesko.com/g2/store.htm (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695320) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:26 PM Author: well-lubricated university OH MY FUCKING GOD IT'S HIM. THAT'S THE GUY. What should I do?
He just asked me to help him plug in his laptop. I'm sitting by the outlet. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:27 PM Author: 180 prole lol
You've got to say something. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:28 PM Author: well-lubricated university This is crazy. What a coincidence. Guess we all know now that he lives near Rockville Pike in Maryland. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695337) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:30 PM Author: Plum bbw field you are from montogomery county?
what HS?
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:31 PM Author: well-lubricated university (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696006) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:35 PM Author: Plum bbw field ah (I see you posted this below).
QO would have been my home school, but I went to a prep school (partly because QO sucks).
I'll keep mum on which one though. If I keep on releasing all of my personal info in snippets, outtage will happen soon. (not that it matters because im probably the least memorable poster ever, which is fine by me).
It's kind of boring around here isn't it? I kinda can't wait for school to start again... |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:37 PM Author: well-lubricated university Georgetown Prep? Landon? Bullis?
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:41 PM Author: Plum bbw field
How did you like IB? Were the kids kind of nerdy or just normal?
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:42 PM Author: well-lubricated university Some uber-nerdy, mostly very normal albeit much smarter than average. Quite a few attractive girls. The IB was the best thing could have ever happened to me in high school. One teacher in particular turned me from a completely academically indifferent kid into someone who loved learning, and especially history. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696073) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:48 PM Author: Plum bbw field You know, I have to wait until LS until I can verify this, but I find that the more prestigious of a school/program you go to, the more you find that the poeple don't really work any harder, they are just naturally smarter.
None of my college roomates or I work particularly hard, just about average for college students. I kind of think at some level you have it or you don't. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:48 PM Author: well-lubricated university (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696100) |
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Date: September 17th, 2006 11:45 AM Author: Vivacious abusive roast beef faggot firefighter (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#6628906) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 4:27 PM Author: Disrespectful Galvanic Therapy Parlour Man, I was in Rockville today! And you're telling me I missed the ? mark screaming government money guy?! DAMN!!! DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!! (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696852) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 4:29 PM Author: well-lubricated university Sorry, girl. Would've loved for you to drop by. You could've confirmed for me! (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696860) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:28 PM Author: Ruby Factory Reset Button Love Of Her Life This dude is sweet. At least say you think he's kewl. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695338) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:28 PM Author: honey-headed razzle locale Address him as Mr. Lesko and tell him you're having trouble paying for school. Does he know of some way to help you out? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695340) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:32 PM Author: well-lubricated university All right, I did. He said he'd give me some advice in a second, after he went to the bathroom.
Wow. I came to Starbucks intending to do my Torts readings and have had a brush with low-level internet celebrity instead.
Tell you what happened in a couple of minutes. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:35 PM Author: Ruby Factory Reset Button Love Of Her Life On second thought, the chances are high that it's not Lesko at all, and that it may be the Riddler. Be careful. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695376) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:36 PM Author: Wine Personal Credit Line 180. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695380) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:37 PM Author: crystalline soul-stirring orchestra pit turdskin This was my first impression, as well. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695386) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:39 PM Author: 180 prole This is a once in a lifetime opportunity -- like meeting Richard Simmons or Graham Haley. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695399) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:43 PM Author: emerald hairy legs stage a friend of mine hung out with Richard Simmons in the Vatican's restroom. unclear if he was cruising or not (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695420) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:44 PM Author: duck-like patrolman Subject: he was http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mrbeaver.net/images_weird/simmons.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mrbeaver.net/sections_weird/richardsimmonsnuts.html&h=430&w=550&sz=46&tbnid=afSave_RsZEJ:&tbnh=101&tbnw=130&hl=en&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drichard%2Bsimmons%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26hs%3DONi%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official_s%26sa%3DN (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695429) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:46 PM Author: emerald hairy legs stage nice sack, thanks for the nightmares (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695440) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:44 PM Author: 180 prole ick (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695432) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:44 PM Author: duck-like patrolman http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mrbeaver.net/images_weird/simmons.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mrbeaver.net/sections_weird/richardsimmonsnuts.html&h=430&w=550&sz=46&tbnid=afSave_RsZEJ:&tbnh=101&tbnw=130&hl=en&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drichard%2Bsimmons%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26hs%3DONi%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official_s%26sa%3DN (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695425) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:47 PM Author: well-lubricated university Turns out it wasn't the Riddler. It was indeed Lesko. Got some interesting advice on tax avoidance. Even more hilarious, other people approached him at random right after I was done, totally familiar-like, as in "Hey man, I've got some questions for you!"
Surreal day.
EDIT: Turns out his KIDS went to high school with me! I always WONDERED why that van covered in question marks was often parked in the parking lot... |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:50 PM Author: Ruby Factory Reset Button Love Of Her Life haha. nice. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695458) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:52 PM Author: supple indian lodge Your prestige score just jumped like 17.544 points. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695464) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:56 PM Author: Ruby Factory Reset Button Love Of Her Life Totally. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695486) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:23 PM Author: honey-headed razzle locale Ask him how you can make money through government programs. His name is Matthew Lesko. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695312) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 5:51 PM Author: Abnormal Exciting Stain So many observations to share, no IRL friends to share them with. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4697510) |
Date: December 30th, 2005 12:23 PM Author: well-lubricated university Addendum: he has PINK SHOES, and multicolored frames for his glasses. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695313) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:29 PM Author: Fragrant pozpig brunch Fire up the Bat-Signal. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695343) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:04 PM Author: buff mind-boggling rigor i was going to say something along the lines of the riddler. But now I know who he's talking about, a fellow poster (who shall remain nameless) actually knows that guy... (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695821) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:54 PM Author: Saffron stage really bad flame (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695476) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:56 PM Author: Ruby Factory Reset Button Love Of Her Life If it's flame is great. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695488) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:57 PM Author: supple indian lodge Agreed, its much more original than most. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695492) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 12:57 PM Author: Saffron stage well I just thought it was pretty obvious it wasn't true because his responses were really weird. I guess it was good in the sense that it tricked people. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695496) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 1:00 PM Author: Claret nudist volcanic crater (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695510) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 1:02 PM Author: Saffron stage lol, lesko wouldn't get pissed (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695519) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 1:03 PM Author: Ruby Factory Reset Button Love Of Her Life 174 (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695525) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 1:14 PM Author: well-lubricated university I promise you on my life it's not fucking flame. People have known me as a poster around here long enough to know that I don't do flame. He's still sitting next to me, typing on his laptop. We're in the Starbucks next to/inside of Barnes & Noble on Rockville Pike in Montgomery Co., MD.
I honestly had no idea who this guy was, or that he was anyone at all, until you all posted that he was some minor celebrity. I don't watch any TV at all except football/basketball/baseball games, and I've never seen this dude's ads, or whatever he's known for. But since there were so many "sitting next to a hot Asian chick in Starbucks" threads this week, I figured, "well I've gotta post this, don't I?"
AHAHA - he's clearly getting pissed at some loud-talking people behind us. He keeps giving them peevish looks.
Details: he's wearing pink slipper-shoes (no laces) with red socks, a white turtleneck sweater under the corduroy "?" jacket. Jacket itself is off-white with bright red/magenta question marks. Jacket has three buttons on each cuff --- HOLY SHIT. He changed socks! His socks were red before he went to the bathroom, they're yellow now. I am *not making this shit up*.
EDIT: Okay, I'm wrong, he DIDN'T change socks. Get this: his left sock is yellow, his right sock is red. That's why I was confused. This is funny stuff. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 1:17 PM Author: supple indian lodge I know you are a credible poster.
This is hilarious. lmao at the socks. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 1:26 PM Author: insanely creepy comical locus Do you live around there? Did you go to high school in the area?
I grew up in the area.
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Date: December 30th, 2005 1:29 PM Author: well-lubricated university Yeah. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695633) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 1:56 PM Author: offensive set What's IB? International Baccalaureate?
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:04 PM Author: well-lubricated university Yes. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695817) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:10 PM Author: offensive set Is this a separate part of the school? At my school you could do certificates, the diploma, or both, but the courses were all your typical AP courses. You just did a little extra outside of class to get the IB stuff.
Out of curiosity, did you do the diploma? If so, did you think it was worthwhile? |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:12 PM Author: well-lubricated university (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695872) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:19 PM Author: offensive set Interesting. I only did a couple of certificates (lit, spanish)--and I did have great fortune with both in the AP department (thank god I got to skip my foreign language requirement and the freshman writing class)--because the diploma seemed a little too intense.
I wasn't the best student in hs. I figure getting through hs school is more about surviving the psychological trauma of it all than anything else. Thank god for Bono. ;-D |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:32 PM Author: Plum bbw field potomac?
so I guess you don't have trouble paying for school : ) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:36 PM Author: well-lubricated university Not even close. I pay for every single dime of law school myself. Parents cut me off completely. I'll be in debt forever, especially because I got no money at my school - ~$150,000 in loans, baby. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696039) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:41 PM Author: Plum bbw field ouch.
yay biglaw! |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:45 PM Author: well-lubricated university Damn right. Yay T6, too. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696092) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:49 PM Author: Plum bbw field what was the reason your parents aren't paying. Do they just want you to learn responsibility and be ony our own, or is there some acrimony?
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:55 PM Author: greedy hunting ground i'd imagine there are about 150 thousand reasons.
health care isn't free - you'd be amazed at how much money you can burn through with at-home medical care. you could put a freebaser to shame on an hourly basis. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:56 PM Author: Plum bbw field why are we talking about healthcare??
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Date: December 30th, 2005 3:02 PM Author: greedy hunting ground try visualizing expenses in the last decade of life. read again, slowly. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696186) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 4:15 PM Author: well-lubricated university The former: they want me to be responsible for myself. I do too. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696709) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 5:28 PM Author: Plum bbw field hey.
I'm curious on your opinion of the whole HYS v. CCN with $$ thing. Which do you think is a better move...
Assuming I get rejected from Yale (pretty safe), but get into Stanford and get money from one of CCN, what course of action would you reccomend.
In terms of pure happiness, I'd want to go to Stanford. I want something new and I *really* don't like cold weather. But there isn't that large of a gap between Columbia and Stanford, so why would I pay full price at Stanford when I could get money from Columbia. But then as long as I'm going to choose a school based on rep/finance, I should just go to Harvard and get it over with...
ack.
of course, I should probably wait until Stanford and Columbia offer me this lovely dilemma (already in at H), but still. Life is confusing.
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Date: December 31st, 2005 1:03 AM Author: well-lubricated university Unless CLS gives you a full ride or something similarly huge, take Stanford, even with no money: the difference in prestige IS somewhat noticeable, the difference in your QoL will be EXTREMELY noticeable. Assuming you don't want to work as a public defender for the rest of your life, your salary coming out of SLS will make paying off any loans quite easy (and besides, that's not exactly 'bad' debt to have if you're proactive enough to leverage it by investing). You'd have less to pay at CLS if they gave you $$$, but the difference probably isn't enough for you to sacrifice three years of greater happiness PLUS the "HYS" prestige, if that's what you want.
And if you're choosing SLS v. HLS well, if you can get past the prestige-whore value of putting "Harvard" on your resume (and realize that SLS and HLS aren't going to have much difference in terms of placement), I'd take SLS unless you're dead set on going into politics or something. It just seems like a happier place.
Of course, if this were me, it'd all be moot. I'd take Chicago over any of these schools; its particular ethos appeals so strongly to me that the only school I think I'd take over it is Yale. (Though to be fair I never bothered applying to HYS b/c I assumed my numbers made me auto-ding material...so maybe my principles would wilt in the face of opportunism. I did get into CLS, though.) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:51 PM Author: frum gunner Not watching any tv, except for an occasional sports game is sad. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696113) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 1:30 PM Author: cordovan station people who are hurt This thread is very prestigious. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695634) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 1:30 PM Author: well-lubricated university I'm so proud. This feels better than the day I got into Chicago. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695637) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 1:37 PM Author: Saffron stage http://www.dcist.com/images/2005_020705_lesko.jpg
look in the parking lot |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 1:38 PM Author: well-lubricated university It's a different color. It's purple. But it's there, indeed, question marks and all. Same-looking make and model, too. Maybe he has a couple of cars.
As I said above, I'd seen this car parked in the parking lot of my high school quite a lot when I was there (this was 1994-1998). I was always like "WTF???" Now I realize why: his daughter went to school there. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:08 PM Author: Very tactful hell Amazing. Though it's odd that he's wearing the "?" suit at B&N. It's like the San Diego Chicken chilling at a bar in his costume. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695842) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:10 PM Author: cordovan station people who are hurt Yeah, but this guy makes his living selling books and stuff. Probably free advertising.
I wonder if his kids were embarassed when they were teenagers. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:16 PM Author: Very tactful hell Free advertising, sure ... but wearing the getup while having coffee at a Starbucks? As for his kids, can you imagine a self-conscious teenager getting picked up at school in a car spotted with question marks? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695897) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:27 PM Author: well-lubricated university Apparently this is exactly the case. I remember asking my friend "WTF is that car doing in the school parking lot?" (this must've been back in 1997) and she replied, "oh, it's [X]'s dad's," (name meant nothing to me), "she's pretty embarrassed by it." (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695966) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:42 PM Author: Very tactful hell Ask him about his daughter. I doubt she survived her childhood without becoming a social/emotional cripple. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696070) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:10 PM Author: well-lubricated university I know! I guess it's publicity. He's been getting approached by random people the whole time.
Including me! |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:11 PM Author: offensive set Tell us the tax avoidance advice he gave you. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695860) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:15 PM Author: well-lubricated university Honestly, I wasn't even paying that much attention. Something about avoiding extra hidden taxes in your state returns. I was just trying to have a conversation with him so I could say I did.
He's still here, by the way. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:16 PM Author: Stirring nursing home Poke him with a stick. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695895) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:17 PM Author: well-lubricated university C'mon man. He may be a celebrity, but he still looks dangerously crazy. You should see how he gesticulates wildly when he talks on his cell phone. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695908) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:19 PM Author: Very tactful hell You should see him on TV. He makes Tony Little look sedate. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695918) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:20 PM Author: Stirring nursing home http://omgwtfbbq.de/files/DANGERDOOM%2060.mov
BLAST THIS SHIT FULL VOLUME. DANGERDOOM!!! |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:59 PM Author: crystalline soul-stirring orchestra pit turdskin hahaha, excellent skit (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696171) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:21 PM Author: offensive set He's like a cross between Tony Little, Suze Orman, and Andy Dick. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695935) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:42 PM Author: Very tactful hell Andy Dick ... nice. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696072) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:20 PM Author: offensive set State returns. Bah. Unless you're making 7+ figures, state returns don't amount to much. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695930) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:14 PM Author: Stirring nursing home 180 for this thread. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695879) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:22 PM Author: offensive set Yes, esp b/c he chance TALKED to the guy. I would never dream of approaching a stranger, let alone that guy. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695942) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:25 PM Author: well-lubricated university It was definitely a bit weird. If I'd seen other people talking to him first, I would have felt much better. But I was the first to jump in. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695957) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:26 PM Author: Stirring nursing home Ask him how he felt about his inclusion in the book, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4695965) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:28 PM Author: well-lubricated university You're kidding me. Why was he included?
What an awesome distinction to have to one's name. My new goal is to make this list someday. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:30 PM Author: Stirring nursing home Name doesn't ring a bell, you say. Maybe this will help: You're watching cable television, probably late at night, a commercial comes on, and there's a "grown-up" man wearing big eyeglasses, a black suit emblazoned with lime green question marks, and a lime green bow-tie emblazoned with lime green question marks, and while he's prancing around in front of the Capitol building in Washington, he's shouting in a high-pitched voice about all the "free money" the government has… just for you!
Want $100,000 to start a business in your own house? Lesko tells you how to get it. How about $75,000 to remodel that house? You say you always wanted to open a bookstore? The government's got $140,000 for you, and Matthew Lesko will help you get your grubby little hands on it. And, of course, there's all that "free money to pay your bills."
Right, that Matthew Lesko! The sort of embarrassing doofus you pray your daughter will never bring home and introduce as her fiancé. So, no, as evil goes, he's not exactly in the same league as Osama bin Laden.
Yet this character, who has devoted what passes for his adult life to peddling his books and CDs on how to get "free college money" and "free stuff for moms" and "free money to change your life" does stand for something disheartening that's happened to this country in recent years. Once, it was understood by almost everyone that there is no free lunch and that you got yours, as the old commercial had it, "the old-fashioned way"—you earned it! But now, this joker caters to a mindset that believes there's not only free lunch, but free dinner, and free midnight snacks, and a takeout bag if you're still hungry later on. Matthew Lesko is the Pied Piper for way too many Americans who are interested only in themselves.
Because, of course, the "free money" Lesko is talking about isn't really free at all. It's "tax money," which, in his way of thinking, is "everybody's money," otherwise known as "nobody's money."
A lot of us would argue that it's bad enough that slimy politicians take our money in the first place so they can hand it out as "free money" to somebody who wants to open a pizza parlor in Akron. But do we really need Matthew Lesko making himself the go-between, the conduit, between our money and the pizzeria?
And then, in December 2004, the New York State Consumer Protection Board issued a report suggesting that Mr. Lesko may have been —oh, let's be generous —exaggerating in his commercials.
For example: Lesko once claimed that a researcher was given $500,000 by the government "to travel the world." Turns out, the researcher was a physicist from Georgetown who won a grant from the National Science Foundation.
For another example: Lesko has said his books tell you how to get free car repairs. Actually he was talking about an automobile recall by the manufacturer.
And then there was the pitch about how you could get $400 a week if you were out of work. True enough. It's called "unemployment insurance."
"Lesko is now promoting a new book… by claiming that the federal government has more than $350 billion in hidden money that ordinary people can use to pay their credit-card bills and get out of debt," said Teresa Santiago, the chairwoman of the Consumer Protection Board. "That claim is simply not true."
On his Web site, Lesko shot back: "I provide my customers with legitimate sources of government money for business, education, housing and, yes, to pay bills."
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:34 PM Author: well-lubricated university AHAHAHA, I've just had a brush with a conman.
He's still here, by the way. If I really had balls I'd ask him this on the way out. It would be a stab in the back considering my previously friendly conversation with him. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:37 PM Author: greedy hunting ground finding a niche and exploiting the hell out of it isn't being a conman, it's being an entrepreneur.
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:39 PM Author: well-lubricated university Well I have no strong opinions either way. I'm just finding this all rather amusing. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696053) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:40 PM Author: greedy hunting ground i'm sure it is more than a little surreal.
trying having c-grade celebrities in your immediate family. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:41 PM Author: well-lubricated university I was named after the brother of TV's Catwoman. How's that for a connection with a C-grade celebrity? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696064) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:43 PM Author: greedy hunting ground not to be confused with karl kyle, the CHARACTER's brother, of course. (king of all kats...) (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696075) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:44 PM Author: well-lubricated university If I explained in any further detail it would out my first name (which is already probably known to any Chicago posters, but still). (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696085) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:46 PM Author: greedy hunting ground well, there were two actresses in that role, neither of whom seem to have famous brothers, so you're probably in the clear.
but i'm sure that any parents who came up with 'eartha' might have another zinger. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:50 PM Author: well-lubricated university It's Julie Newmar's brother. She of "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything..." fame. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696112) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:53 PM Author: greedy hunting ground fascinating bio, just read it.
the imdb bio mentions him. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 3:02 PM Author: greedy hunting ground here's some ephemera about her dad:
http://www.bucpower.com/labucs.html
notice he kicked a couple of FGs, too. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:34 PM Author: racy garnet pit Although this is entirely unfeasible, it would be great if you could put on a question mark suit yourself then go sit next to him to see what he'd do. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696025) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:38 PM Author: emerald hairy legs stage Maybe a suit covered in Exclamation Points would be more interesting (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696050) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:39 PM Author: well-lubricated university I would be his "Unbreakable"-style arch-enemy! (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696054) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:40 PM Author: greedy hunting ground or you could be his partner, with upside-down question marks for the latino market. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696063) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 3:20 PM Author: Purple Beady-eyed Native 172 (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696301) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:38 PM Author: greedy hunting ground an ampersand or semicolon would be a better conversation-starter. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696052) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:40 PM Author: Stirring nursing home More feasible would be to get a Batman costume. It would be fight to the death. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696060) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 3:03 PM Author: crystalline soul-stirring orchestra pit turdskin hahahaha (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696194) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:43 PM Author: arousing principal's office hominid One of my sister's friends took a pic with him at the Baltimore Airport a couple of years ago, so I knew he lived in the DC area. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696077) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:48 PM Author: well-lubricated university Alright, I'm getting out of here, after getting only half of my 30pgs of Torts reading done. It's been a damn amusing day. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696099) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:50 PM Author: Stirring nursing home why the fuck are you reading torts? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696108) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:51 PM Author: well-lubricated university Because class is on the 2nd and we were given a 30pg assignment by a notorious hardass of a Professor. It's either do it now or do it on New Year's Eve/New Year's Day. I know what I prefer. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696114) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:58 PM Author: Cracking Umber Institution Levmore? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696163) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 4:16 PM Author: well-lubricated university Yup. I just checked and the first class is actually not on the 2nd, thankfully. But still, it's 30 frickin' pages. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696732) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 2:53 PM Author: Claret nudist volcanic crater (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696123) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 3:21 PM Author: Purple Beady-eyed Native This whole thread gets an A. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696312) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 3:24 PM Author: Submissive twinkling travel guidebook police squad YOU CAN EVEN GET THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY YOUR CABLE BILL!!! (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4696333) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 4:46 PM Author: Disrespectful Galvanic Therapy Parlour I just told one of my DC-based friends about this and he said that he used to have to run this guy off of National Parks grounds back when he was a ranger cause he kept trying to film his infomercials on the property illegally. What a funny image! (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4697027) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 6:06 PM Author: Haunting Scarlet Persian Dopamine cue the Benny Hill chase-scene music (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4697632) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 4:47 PM Author: seedy forum You must be in suburban maryland. I know the dude. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4697043) |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 5:05 PM Author: well-lubricated university You are exactly right.
Incidentally, I think I may have peaked in life with this thread. |
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Date: December 30th, 2005 6:12 PM Author: henna cuckoldry roommate Top ten xoxo threads of 2005? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4697653) |
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Date: January 1st, 2006 4:07 PM Author: Sable spot main people This thread should be encased in gold.
180/2400/A+/4.0/all that shit |
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Date: January 8th, 2006 5:56 PM Author: salmon black woman http://www.friendster.com/profiles/schwartz (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4765612) |
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Date: January 8th, 2006 8:13 PM Author: duck-like patrolman (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4766738) |
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Date: January 8th, 2006 8:13 PM Author: well-lubricated university hell yeah. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4766743) |
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Date: January 8th, 2006 8:16 PM Author: Haunting Scarlet Persian Dopamine I have a feeling that you are PEM. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4766759) |
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Date: January 8th, 2006 8:22 PM Author: well-lubricated university PEM?
What's that mean? |
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Date: January 8th, 2006 8:42 PM Author: well-lubricated university Once more: WTF does PEM mean? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4766985) |
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Date: January 8th, 2006 8:43 PM Author: Haunting Scarlet Persian Dopamine Sorry, Professor Edgar Martinez. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4766990) |
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Date: January 8th, 2006 8:45 PM Author: well-lubricated university I take it this is another XOXO poster. All I can say is that I swear/promise/protest/whine that I am nobody but myself. I don't do pseudonyms. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4767010) |
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Date: January 8th, 2006 8:45 PM Author: Haunting Scarlet Persian Dopamine http://www.friendster.com/profiles/schwartz
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Date: January 8th, 2006 8:15 PM Author: Brilliant range Classic. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#4766750) |
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Date: March 19th, 2006 2:54 PM Author: appetizing sapphire mexican market Yup. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#5374412) |
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Date: March 19th, 2006 3:03 PM Author: well-lubricated university Indeed, the moment where I came into my own as a XOXO poster. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#5374462) |
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Date: March 19th, 2006 3:25 PM Author: Fighting mediation point It appears that this is what Mr. Lesko was most likely doing on his laptop while sitting at Starbucks: http://www.leskoblog.com/2005/12/in_the_top_6_fo.html (notice the date). (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#5374597) |
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Date: September 17th, 2006 3:41 AM Author: Glittery library half-breed nice find (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#6628228) |
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Date: July 30th, 2006 10:34 PM Author: contagious yapping dragon That yellow mini with all the ?'s is parked on my street (in Adams Morgan in DC) like every day. Haven't seen the guy yet, though. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#6340076) |
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Date: July 30th, 2006 10:35 PM Author: Wine Personal Credit Line This was a great thread. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#6340087) |
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Date: July 30th, 2006 10:45 PM Author: thriller liquid oxygen old irish cottage yup, great bump (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#6340176) |
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Date: July 30th, 2006 10:35 PM Author: Demanding knife you must be in new york. then again, if you lived in new york this wouldnt have surprised you. |
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Date: July 30th, 2006 10:50 PM Author: thriller liquid oxygen old irish cottage read the thread, noob (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#6340205) |
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Date: September 17th, 2006 2:07 AM Author: Disrespectful Galvanic Therapy Parlour (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#6628008) |
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Date: September 17th, 2006 2:11 AM Author: Vibrant slippery boltzmann did you see him? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#6628017) |
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Date: September 17th, 2006 2:15 AM Author: Disrespectful Galvanic Therapy Parlour His commercial just aired. Only it was an old commercial, cause he referred to President Clinton. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#6628023) |
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Date: September 17th, 2006 11:40 AM Author: Gaped Trump Supporter wow.
best thing i've read in a reeeally long time. |
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Date: November 1st, 2006 3:57 PM Author: silver temple (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#6899935) |
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Date: November 1st, 2006 4:00 PM Author: Laughsome Parlor Mad Cow Disease u in the dupont circle starbucks? I've seen him in the area a bunch. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#6899971) |
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Date: November 1st, 2006 4:13 PM Author: thriller liquid oxygen old irish cottage (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#6900092) |
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Date: January 25th, 2007 12:50 PM Author: peach floppy stead ape I hadn't ever seen this thread before. So... BUMP! (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#7483368) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2007 10:23 AM Author: magenta trip piazza Bump because I just saw a Matthew Lesko commercial. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#7864844) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2007 10:28 AM Author: Flesh cruise ship idea he suggested nice. im boys with his son. His closet is INSANE, nothing is normal (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#7864863) |
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Date: April 6th, 2007 2:41 PM Author: well-lubricated university DANGERDOOM!!! (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#7885154) |
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Date: May 29th, 2007 1:42 PM Author: violent chapel woop (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#8183407) |
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Date: May 29th, 2007 1:44 PM Author: cordovan station people who are hurt This is one of my favorites. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#8183412) |
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Date: May 29th, 2007 2:07 PM Author: bateful macaca I just saw this guy TWICE this week, once at Seattles Best Coffee in Borders books in Bethesda and yesterday walking down M street in Georgetown. (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#8183480) |
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Date: May 29th, 2007 2:12 PM Author: Slimy Translucent State are you new d00d? (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#8183493) |
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Date: December 18th, 2007 5:03 PM Author: emerald hairy legs stage Saw his book today. Its hilarious bullshit. DID YOU KNOW THE GOVERNMENT GIVES OUT MONEY FOR PEOPLE TO TRAVEL!?!?!??!!?!
Inside: you can receive this money by either joining the military or winning a fulbright. |
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Date: December 18th, 2007 5:12 PM Author: Charismatic elite shitlib filthpig lol.
I've seen this guy around Georgetown and Bethesda. He's actually a pretty nice guy. |
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Date: June 22nd, 2008 10:53 PM Author: Aquamarine business firm fortuitous meteor (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#9913878) |
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Date: November 12th, 2026 5:36 PM Author: nyuug (https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=329753&forum_id=2#50254490) |