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  1. 06-24-2021, 06:13 PM #31 | Top
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    It's not a story that interests me.
    Yet here you are.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    The boys on the island held the conch when expressing their ideas.
    We had to read that in h.s. We called it "Bored of the Flies." lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    We had to read that in h.s. We called it "Bored of the Flies." lol
    So bored that even the flies left the carcasses.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    Ignore him, he’s a prig.
    Well, I did read "Treasure Island" which is mentioned in it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    We had to read that in h.s. We called it "Bored of the Flies." lol
    That's it! I'm stopping now! LOL!

    Or not..in too deep. I know this is gonna suck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    That's it! I'm stopping now! LOL!
    I'll make the plot more interesting. OINK! OINK! Squish! Gasp!

    I know what the movie you are thinking of.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatFowlWoman View Post
    We had to read that in h.s. We called it "Bored of the Flies." lol
    No doubt you are bored with them. They're attracted to shit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    That's it! I'm stopping now! LOL!

    Or not..in too deep. I know this is gonna suck.
    We also were forced to read "Cyrano, The Bugs Are Back."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oozing Lesion View Post
    No doubt you are bored with them. They're attracted to shit.
    Which explains why there are no flies here. Poor Lesion. All that attention-whoring must make you tired. Your trolling is barely third-rate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    It's a she or are you assuming her gender?
    Nowadays, you have to go with the opposite of what you see.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    We also were forced to read "Cyrano, The Bugs Are Back."
    I hated my teacher for making us read "The Lottery". It's good, mind you, but the ending was awful.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gin Saké View Post
    Nowadays, you have to go with the opposite of what you see.
    True. Some people here see me as a retard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    I hated my teacher for making us read "The Lottery". It's good, mind you, but the ending was awful.
    Oh Lord, yes, I remember that one too. It was horrible. I don't know why they wanted us to read all that depressing stuff.
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    Some colleges are dropping literature as a major and some even entire English departments.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    Oh Lord, yes, I remember that one too. It was horrible. I don't know why they wanted us to read all that depressing stuff.
    Well society is depressing. They're just letting us know gently before we graduate.

    Now here we are on JPP full of retards.
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