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	<title>Dan Allen &#187; danisms</title>
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		<title>Never fight in a war if your last name is Medic.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOUNDED SOLDIER #1: MEDIC!! MEDIC: What?? WOUNDED SOLDIER #2: MEEEEDIC!! MEDIC: What the fuck do you want from me? WOUNDED SOLDIER #1: MEEEDIC!! Help me! MEDIC: I&#8217;m trying to shoot people over here for God&#8217;s sake. Leave me alone.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><strong>WOUNDED SOLDIER #1:</strong><br />
MEDIC!!</p>
<p><strong>MEDIC:</strong><br />
What??</p>
<p><strong>WOUNDED SOLDIER #2:</strong><br />
MEEEEDIC!!</p>
<p><strong>MEDIC:</strong><br />
What the fuck do you want from me?</p>
<p><strong>WOUNDED SOLDIER #1:</strong><br />
MEEEDIC!! Help me!</p>
<p><strong>MEDIC:</strong><br />
I&#8217;m trying to shoot people over here for God&#8217;s sake. Leave me alone.</p>
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		<title>Dancing is the only* art form where most people have to get drunk first to &#8220;create&#8221;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Karaoke is not art.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>*Karaoke is not art.</p>
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		<title>Is it in bad taste to send balloons to a funeral?</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2011/05/is-it-in-bad-taste-to-send-balloons-to-a-funeral/</link>
		<comments>http://taoofdan.com/2011/05/is-it-in-bad-taste-to-send-balloons-to-a-funeral/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 12:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m assuming black ones or perhaps chocolates in a coffin-shaped box.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I&#8217;m assuming black ones or perhaps chocolates in a coffin-shaped box.</p>
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		<title>My Watch is Special</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2011/03/my-watch-is-special/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get offended when people tell me my watch is slow. I like to think of it as chronologically challenged.~Danocrates Allenopolos I also get offended when people use the word fucktard, not very PC. I like to say mentally fucked.~Danocrates Allenopolos]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I get offended when people tell me my watch is slow. I like to think of it as <em>chronologically challenged</em>.~Danocrates Allenopolos</p>
<p>I also get offended when people use the word <em>fucktard</em>, not very PC. I like to say <em>mentally fucked</em>.~Danocrates Allenopolos</p>
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		<title>My battery charger is a necromancer.</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2011/02/my-battery-charger-is-a-necromancer/</link>
		<comments>http://taoofdan.com/2011/02/my-battery-charger-is-a-necromancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<title>If pediatricians are doctors who treat children and pedophiles are adults who are attracted to children&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/08/if-pediatricians-are-doctors-who-treat-children-and-pedophiles-are-adults-who-are-attracted-to-children/</link>
		<comments>http://taoofdan.com/2010/08/if-pediatricians-are-doctors-who-treat-children-and-pedophiles-are-adults-who-are-attracted-to-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;then pedestrians are people who ride children. Furthermore, if octopus means &#8220;eight-legged&#8221; and Oedipus means &#8220;swollen foot&#8221; shouldn&#8217;t an iPod be called an iPus.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>&#8230;then pedestrians are people who ride children.</p>
<p>Furthermore, if octopus means &#8220;eight-legged&#8221; and Oedipus means &#8220;swollen foot&#8221; shouldn&#8217;t an iPod be called an <a href="http://www.thegourdconnection.com/discount.html">iPus</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Phrase &#8220;Flame Retardant&#8221; is a Little Harsh</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/08/the-phrase-flame-retardant-is-a-little-harsh/</link>
		<comments>http://taoofdan.com/2010/08/the-phrase-flame-retardant-is-a-little-harsh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to say, &#8220;My pet ant is a homosexual with a learning disablity&#8221;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I like to say, &#8220;My pet ant is a homosexual with a learning disablity&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Do cucumber farmers eventually become gay?</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/08/do-cucumber-farmers-eventually-become-gay-2/</link>
		<comments>http://taoofdan.com/2010/08/do-cucumber-farmers-eventually-become-gay-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Anyone can master digital wizardry&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/08/anyone-can-master-digital-wizardry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;I want to master digital necromancy. Who cares if you can Photoshop? I will be able to resurrect my dead computer into a zombie computer.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>&#8230;I want to master digital necromancy. Who cares if you can Photoshop? I will be able to resurrect my dead computer into a <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/zombie-computer">zombie computer</a>.</p>
<p><img src='http://taoofdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/slices-9909.jpg' alt='slices-9909.jpg' /></p>
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		<title>If Luke never found out that Leia was his twin sister, would their child have had &#8220;special&#8221; abilities?</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/08/if-luke-never-found-out-that-leia-was-his-twin-sister-would-their-child-have-had-special-abilities/</link>
		<comments>http://taoofdan.com/2010/08/if-luke-never-found-out-that-leia-was-his-twin-sister-would-their-child-have-had-special-abilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<title>I refuse to drink tap water, unless its disguised in a water fountain.</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/07/i-refuse-to-drink-tap-water-unless-its-disguised-in-a-water-fountain/</link>
		<comments>http://taoofdan.com/2010/07/i-refuse-to-drink-tap-water-unless-its-disguised-in-a-water-fountain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<title>If a person who balloons is called a balloonist and a person who bicycles is called a bicyclistâ€¦</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/07/if-a-person-who-balloons-is-called-a-balloonist-and-a-person-who-bicycles-is-called-a-bicyclist%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[â€¦shouldnâ€™t a person who races be called a bigot*. *I guess that makes sense because most people I know who are NASCAR fans are racists.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>â€¦shouldnâ€™t a person who races be called a bigot*.</p>
<p>*I guess that makes sense because most people I know who are NASCAR fans are racists.</p>
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		<title>â€œA maggot who seeks to know himself would never become a housefly.â€ ~Danocrates Allenolopos</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/06/revised-quote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Danocrates feels that butterflies are overrated. If scrutinized, a caterpiller is just a maggot with a fur coat and a butterfly is just a common housefly with pretty wings. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly. ~Andre Gide quotes (French writer, humanist and moralist, 1947 nobel prize for literature, 1869-1951)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Danocrates feels that butterflies are overrated. If scrutinized, a caterpiller is just a maggot with a fur coat and a butterfly is just a common housefly with pretty wings.</p>
<p><small>A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.</small><br />
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<small><em>~Andre Gide quotes</em></small><br />
<small><em>(French writer, humanist and moralist, 1947 nobel prize for literature, 1869-1951)</em></small></p>
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		<title>Change is always good, unless your house burns down then thats bad.</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/05/change-is-always-good-unless-your-house-burns-down-then-thats-bad/</link>
		<comments>http://taoofdan.com/2010/05/change-is-always-good-unless-your-house-burns-down-then-thats-bad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 13:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<title>I never eat cotton candy in the rain.</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/04/i-never-eat-cotton-candy-in-the-rain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<title>More words from Danocrates Allenopolos</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/04/more-words-from-danocrates-allenopolos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When I chew on a piece of Dentyne Ice Arctic Chill, I feel like a polar bear crapped in my mouth.&#8221;~Danocrates]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>&#8220;When I chew on a piece of Dentyne Ice Arctic Chill, I feel like a polar bear crapped in my mouth.&#8221;~Danocrates </p></blockquote>
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		<title>I&#8217;m writing a biography about Kevin Bacon in the sixth person.</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/01/im-writing-a-biography-about-kevin-bacon-in-the-sixth-person-2/</link>
		<comments>http://taoofdan.com/2010/01/im-writing-a-biography-about-kevin-bacon-in-the-sixth-person-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s about a busboy named Enrique who is blown by a waitress whose father is a chiropractor of a women who just bought an autographed DVD of Footloose off of eBayâ„¢ from a guy in Phoenix who was actually blown by Kevin Bacon.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>It&#8217;s about a busboy named Enrique who is blown by a waitress whose father is a chiropractor of a women who just bought an autographed DVD of Footloose off of eBayâ„¢ from a guy in Phoenix who was actually blown by Kevin Bacon.</p>
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		<title>Is the word &#8220;leotard&#8221; offensive?</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2009/12/is-the-word-leotard-offensive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[leÂ·oÂ·tard [lee-uh-tahrd] â€“noun 1. a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc. Slang: Disparaging a. a Spandex-ally leotarded outfit. b. a dumb lion c. a costume that is stupid, obtuse, or ruined [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>leÂ·oÂ·tard [lee-<em>uh</em>-tahrd]</p>
<p><em>â€“noun</em><br />
1. <br />
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.</p>
<p><em>Slang: Disparaging</em><br />
a.	a Spandex-ally leotarded outfit.<br />
b.      a dumb lion<br />
c.	a costume that is stupid, obtuse, or ruined by a <a href="http://www.mybedazzler.com/?cid=200705">Bedazzeler</a> in some way:<br />
<em>a hopeless social leotard</em>.</p>
<p>[Origin: 1915â€“20; named after Jules <em>LÃ©otard</em>, 19th-century mildly, retarded French aerialist]</p>
<p>Other questionable words:<br />
<a href="http://taoofdan.com/2006/05/30/is-it-appropriate-to-call-a-jewish-baby-a-tike-danocrates-allenopolos/"><strong>tike</strong></a><br />
<a href="http://taoofdan.com/2007/04/19/if-donald-trump-was-black-would-it-be-appropriate-call-him-a-tycoon/"><strong>tycoon</strong></a></p>
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		<title>Is it appropriate to call a Jewish baby a tike?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I extend that to a baby adopted by a lesbian couple as well.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I extend that to a baby adopted by a lesbian couple as well.</p>
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		<title>If dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[then masturbating is a pathetic expression of dancing alone. Dirty Dancing illustrates this point perfectly when Johnny teaches Baby how to &#8220;dance&#8221;. Although, I&#8217;m not sure what Footloose was trying to convey when Kevin Bacon taught Chris Penn&#8224; how to &#8220;dance&#8221;. Perhaps ole Footloose was a ahead of its time in rural gay relationship movies. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>then masturbating is a pathetic expression of dancing alone.</p>
<p><em>Dirty Dancing</em> illustrates this point perfectly when Johnny teaches Baby how to &#8220;dance&#8221;.</p>
<p>Although, I&#8217;m not sure what <em>Footloose</em> was trying to convey when Kevin Bacon taught Chris Penn&dagger; how to &#8220;dance&#8221;. Perhaps ole <em>Footloose</em> was a ahead of its time in rural gay relationship movies.</p>
<p>&dagger; <small>Thanks Ann</small></p>
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