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21 March 2006

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over:
-antibacterial products
-getting drunk
-abs

under:
-corn nuts
-Black Sabbath
-back scratches

post by: Specklet at: 13:44 | 45 comments

over:
-junk food
-pop culture
-socialism

under:
+anarchism
+me
+hard work

posted by Eideteker 21 March | 13:49

TRUE!

posted by safetyfork 21 March | 13:49

over:
-the actual taste of starbucks coffee
-led zeppelin

under:
-french pressed coffee
-the stooges

This is too hard. But I wanted to play! Speclet, please answer my question!

posted by richat 21 March | 13:50

over:
- tired/wired

under:
- under/over

posted by kindall 21 March | 13:50

over:
- power car windows and doors
- almost any chain restaurant
- call waiting

under:
- mid-day naps
- planetariums
- thrift stores

posted by amro 21 March | 13:52

Over:
Pitt The Elder

Under:
Lord Palmerston

posted by arse_hat 21 March | 13:56

YES!

posted by safetyfork 21 March | 13:56

I can't believe I mis-typed your name!

posted by richat 21 March | 13:58

Over:
- Oregano
- Kanye West
- Me having long hair.
-Jetskis.

Under:
-Paprika
-The Black Angels
-Urgent haircuts.
-Wooden fishing dorys.

posted by Divine_Wino 21 March | 13:58

Over:
Almost anything on the radio

Under:
My band, Hestene

posted by sveskemus 21 March | 13:59

Over: Sex
Under: Cilantro

posted by pieisexactlythree 21 March | 14:03

over:
Coffee!
Tea!
Hot beverages!
Alcoholic beverages.

under:
non-bottled water

posted by Eideteker 21 March | 14:04

rickhat, I posted in your thread.

posted by Specklet 21 March | 14:08

Over:
Norah Jones

Under:
Holly Cole

posted by arse_hat 21 March | 14:09

richat, remember to Spellchecklet

posted by pieisexactlythree 21 March | 14:15

overrated:

Condoleezza Rice
Frank Gehry

underrated:

Pierre Chenal (MeFi post coming soon)
Luca Beltrami

posted by matteo 21 March | 14:16

over: Maradona
under: Pele

posted by Hugh Janus 21 March | 14:20

over:
-shoes with pointy toes
-fast food "salads"
-backrubs

under:
-flavored coffee
-home cooked meals
-back scratches

posted by kellydamnit 21 March | 14:22

Over:
Michael Jordan
Under:
Mugsy Bogues

posted by Divine_Wino 21 March | 14:24

over: people
under: people

posted by Hugh Janus 21 March | 14:24

Over
- Jesus
- X Box

Under
- Wasabi Peas
- Carl Wilson

posted by Quartermass 21 March | 14:25

damn you specklet...you got me back. although, maybe I like rickhat.

/tries on rickhat. nope. takes rickhat off.

posted by richat 21 March | 14:25

Over:
detached irony

Under:
open eyed wonderment

posted by arse_hat 21 March | 14:27

Over:
Farting noises

Under:
Sound of hungry stomach

posted by eatitlive 21 March | 14:28

Oh, I like that one arse_hat!

posted by richat 21 March | 14:29

Agreed, matteo, Frank Gherry is teh suck. As far as rockstar architects, Calatrava's got it goin' on!

posted by pieisexactlythree 21 March | 14:34

Over:
-Bird Flu
-Indoors
-Buildings

Under:
-Fish Flu
-Outdoors
-House Boats

posted by Divine_Wino 21 March | 14:38

Over:
Youth
Gym workouts

Under:
Married sex
Solitary exercise

posted by sarah connor 21 March | 14:43

Over:
Le Corbusier

Under:
Antoni Gaudí

posted by arse_hat 21 March | 14:43

over:
Red Bull

under:
Milky Way Chocolate Milk (I had one on Sunday. The aftertaste is eerily MilkyWayesque).

posted by jonmc 21 March | 14:56

over:
* alcohol, fizzy drinks and fruit juices
* cats, dogs, fish
* the modern way
* silver electronics, useless gadgetry
* gold and other precious metals
* diamonds and other precious gems
* tatoos, earings and other piercings
* patterned wallpaper, carpets and curtains

under:
* PVA glue
* bunnies
* chintz-free homes
* woolly bags, hats, coats and jumpers
* cute cars

posted by flopsy 21 March | 15:36

Over:

- sitting at home all day
- metafilter
- mudpuppie

Under:

- pommelos
- being quiet
- mudpuppie

posted by mudpuppie 21 March | 15:36

Over—
Lost
Harry Potter
The Arcade Fire

Under—
The new Battlestar Galactica
Sabriel and sequels, by Garth Nix
The Dresden Dolls

posted by Zozo 21 March | 15:42

over: SHOUTING
under: You're disqualified!

posted by Hugh Janus 21 March | 16:06

Hugh,
You need to add an airhorn to that.

Blurrrrrrrt! Disqualified!

posted by Divine_Wino 21 March | 16:12

CERTAINLY!

posted by safetyfork 21 March | 17:02

Over:
detached irony

Under:
open eyed wonderment

Arse_Hat just amazed me. Yay, thank you!

I also want to live on a houseboat, DW. At least for awhile.

posted by Eideteker 21 March | 17:44

I must say: my aunt lived on a houseboat, and the experience was, er, overrated.

HUGH, HOW DARE YOU SAY SHOUTING IS OVERRATED IN MY THREAD!!!

posted by Specklet 21 March | 17:54

Gentlemen, I'd like you to meet your captain, Captain Oveur.
Capt. Clarence Oveur: Gentlemen, welcome aboard.
Simon: Captain, your navigator, Mr. Unger, and your first officer, Mr. Dunn.
Capt. Clarence Oveur: Unger.
Mr. Unger: Oveur.
Mr. Dunn: Oveur.
Capt. Clarence Oveur: Dunn. Gentlemen, let's get to work.
Simon: Unger, didn't you serve under Oveur in the Air Force?
Mr. Unger: Not directly. Technically, Dunn was under Oveur, and I was under Dunn.
Mr. Dunn: Yep.
Simon: So, Dunn, you were under Oveur, and over Unger.
Mr. Dunn: Yep.
Capt. Clarence Oveur: Uhh, that's right. Dunn was over Unger, and I was over Dunn.
Mr. Unger: So, you see, both Dunn and I were under Oveur, even though I was under Dunn.
Capt. Clarence Oveur: Dunn was over Unger, and I was over Dunn.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 21 March | 18:06

over:
arriving

under:
getting there

posted by pliskie 21 March | 20:55

Man, what pliskie said!

posted by Lipstick Thespian 21 March | 22:48

But I want to live on a SHITTY houseboat. It'll be SHITTY!

posted by Divine_Wino 21 March | 22:49

Wha- whattt? D_W, isn't it way past your bed time or computer time or something time?? You're like getting all jiggy with the WC folk and shit.

Palabra!

posted by Frisbee Girl 21 March | 23:07

I was just rating my inventions, Specklet.

posted by Hugh Janus 22 March | 08:48

I am time shifting to see if it makes it easier to pretend I live on a SHITTY Houseboat.

posted by Divine_Wino 22 March | 09:56

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