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		<title>Spanish dictionaries should be called Mexicons.</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2011/09/spanish-dictionaries-should-be-called-mexicons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Where the Hell is Falluja and What is an Insurgent?</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2011/06/where-the-hell-is-falluja-and-what-is-an-insurgent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Falluja is the Arabic word describing what happens when a man has an ejaculation. INSURGENT® is a cleaning product designed specifically to eliminate falluja-related stains. Used in a sentence: Mother: Dammit Billy, this better not be your falluja on the quilt your Grandmother made&#8230;I swear to God, you are buying the next bottle of INSURGENT®!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Falluja is the Arabic word describing what happens when a man has an ejaculation.</p>
<p>INSURGENT® is a cleaning product designed specifically to eliminate falluja-related stains.</p>
<p>Used in a sentence:</p>
<p><strong>Mother:</strong><br />
Dammit Billy, this better not be your falluja on the quilt your Grandmother made&#8230;I swear to God, you are buying the next bottle of INSURGENT®!</p>
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		<title>The word &#8216;text&#8217; is slowly changing its definition</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2011/04/the-word-text-is-slowly-changing-its-definition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find myself telling people, &#8220;See ya, I&#8217;ll text you later.&#8221; But I&#8217;m having trouble conjugating the new word in the past tense. EXAMPLE: &#8220;What happen last night? I texted you last night.&#8221; I feel like an idiot when I say, &#8220;texted&#8221;. We need to come up with another word to describe the act of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I find myself telling people, &#8220;See ya, I&#8217;ll text you later.&#8221;</p>
<p>But I&#8217;m having trouble conjugating the new word in the past tense.</p>
<p>EXAMPLE:<br />
&#8220;What happen last night? I texted you last night.&#8221;</p>
<p>I feel like an idiot when I say, &#8220;texted&#8221;. </p>
<p>We need to come up with another word to describe the act of sending a text message.</p>
<p>Suggestions?</p>
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		<title>Gary Swanson lived a spartan lifestyle.</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/12/gary-swanson-lived-a-spartan-lifestyle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gary was raised in an opharnage and lived in the dorms during college. After graduation, he never owned a car and although he always used public transportation was extremely punctual, and let&#8217;s not forget that Gary also fought off the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Gary was raised in an opharnage and lived in the dorms during college. After graduation, he never owned a car and although he always used public transportation was extremely punctual, and let&#8217;s not forget that Gary also fought off the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae.</p>
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		<title>I’m Suing My Optometrist</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/11/i%e2%80%99m-suing-my-optometrist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was really disappointed with the results my laser eye surgery. I thought my doctor was going to install a laser in my eye like Cyclops from the X-Men. From what I can tell, I can only see better. What a let down!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I was really disappointed with the results my laser eye surgery. </p>
<p>I thought my doctor was going to install a laser in my eye like Cyclops from the X-Men.</p>
<p>From what I can tell, I can only see better. What a let down!</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m writing a biography about Kevin Bacon in the sixth person.</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/08/im-writing-a-biography-about-kevin-bacon-in-the-sixth-person/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:32:30 +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 eBay&#8482; 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 <span style="font-style: italic;">Footloose</span> off of eBay&trade; from a guy in Phoenix who was actually blown by Kevin Bacon.</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>
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		<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>
<p><img id="image548" src="http://taoofdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/follow_my_ass.jpg" alt="follow_my_ass.jpg" /> </p>
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		<title>You Could Sell Frozen Dihydrogen Monoxide to an Inuit</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/07/you-could-sell-frozen-dihydrogen-monoxide-to-an-inuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The terms Eskimo and Husky have become officially politically incorrect for the indigenous people in the north. The word Eskimo was derived from the French word Esquimaux which literally means &#8220;flesh eaters&#8221;. Inuit is the preferred name of the handful of surviving inhabitants who were desecrated by Europeans from the 1800s through the 1900s. However, [...]]]></description>
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<p>The terms <em>Eskimo</em> and <em>Husky</em> have become officially politically incorrect for the indigenous people in the north.</p>
<p>The word <em>Eskimo</em> was derived from the French word <em>Esquimaux</em> which literally means &#8220;flesh eaters&#8221;.</p>
<p><em>Inuit</em> is the preferred name of the handful of surviving inhabitants who were desecrated by Europeans from the 1800s through the 1900s.</p>
<p>However, <em>Inuit</em> is plural and should not be used to describe an individual.</p>
<p>For example&#8230;<br />
&#8220;He is <em>Inuit</em>&#8221; would translate as &#8220;He is <em>Blacks</em>.&#8221;"</p>
<p>I&#8217;m guessing <em>Inuitian</em> would be the proper adjective. My roommate invented <em>Inuii. </em>Who knows? You can never be 100% compliant.</p>
<p>I love when I hear right-minded people condescendingly correct others who utter the &#8220;E<em>&#8221; </em>word and tell them the appropriate expression is <em>Inuit Indian</em>. Their enlightened racial-awareness is negated by their dim-witted ignorance about <em>Native Americans</em>.</p>
<p>Furthermore, <em>America</em> was named for an Italian merchant named Amerigo Vespucci. We were one word away from becoming <em>Vespuccians</em>.</p>
<p>God Bless Vespukia!</p>
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		<title>Disoriented Tourist</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/07/disoriented-tourist-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever, I surface from the subways, and confidently head in one direction on an avenue. Inevitably, someone walking beside will notice my keen navigational skill and will ask me, “Are we going up or down?” I have two responses*: 1. “Actually we are going horizontal. Our vertical displacement is zero. What are you stupid?” Then [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Whenever, I surface from the subways, and confidently head in one direction on an avenue. Inevitably, someone walking beside will notice my keen navigational skill and will ask me,</p>
<p>“Are we going up or down?”</p>
<p>I have two responses*:</p>
<p>1.</p>
<p>“Actually we are going horizontal. Our vertical displacement is zero. What are you stupid?”</p>
<p>Then I glare at the person angrily, shake my head, and storm off.</p>
<p>2.</p>
<p>“I don’t know—I’m agnostic, I guess it depends how you’ve lived your life and what you believe in”.</p>
<p>Then I slowly look up and stare at the sky until it gets awkward.</p>
<p>*Unless she’s really hot, then I cut the corny shenanigans.</p>
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		<title>I Want to Coin a New Phrase</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/06/i-want-to-coin-a-phrase-verbal-bukkake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ver·bal bu·kka·ke [vur-buhl boo-ka-kay]: Verbal bukkake is a group practice that features a person (usually drunk) being verbally abused on by multiple people (usually comedians, cops or drill sergeants). Example: The annoying drunk girl in the front row refused to shut-up so the remaining comics were forced to deliver a verbal bukkake upon her. Origin: [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>ver·bal  bu·kka·ke </strong>[vur-buhl boo-ka-kay]:</p>
<p><em>Verbal bukkake</em> is a group practice that features a person (usually drunk) being verbally abused on by multiple people (usually comedians, cops or drill sergeants).</p>
<p><em>Example</em>:<br />
<em>The annoying drunk girl in the front row refused to shut-up so the remaining comics were forced to deliver a <strong>verbal bukkake</strong> upon her.</em></p>
<p><em>Origin:</em><br />
[ July 2007; Pianos Bar, LES, NYC The Whitest Kids U Know Show]</p>
<p><em>Slang:</em><br />
<strong>ver·bu·kka·ke</strong> [vur-boo-ka-kay]</p>
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		<title>Different Grades of Unleaded Gas at Mobil</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/05/different-grades-of-unleaded-gas-at-mobil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 19:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Super Unleaded is 93 octane. Special Unleaded is 89 octane. Regular Unleaded is only 87 octane. They should re-think their labeling system considering that the average IQ of a human is about 100. 93 octane should be Regular, 89 octane would be Borderline, and 87 octane would be &#8220;Special&#8221;. GAS ATTENDANT What can I do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Super </span>Unleaded is 93 octane.<br />
<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Special</span> Unleaded is 89 octane.<br />
<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Regular</span> Unleaded is only 87 octane.</p>
<p>They should re-think their labeling system considering that the average IQ of a human is about 100.</p>
<p>93 octane should be <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Regular</span>, 89 octane would be <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Borderline</span>, and 87 octane would be <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#8220;Special&#8221;</span>.</p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:courier new;" >GAS ATTENDANT</span><br />
<span style="font-family:courier new;">What can I do you for?</span></div>
<p></p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:courier new;" >CUSTOMER</span><br />
<span style="font-family:courier new;">Fill&#8217;er up, I guess. Goddamn, I cant&#8217; buh-lieve its three fif-dee a gallon.</span></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:courier new;" >GAS ATTENDANT</span><br />
<span style="font-family:courier new;">What kind do you want? We&#8217;re runnin&#8217; a special on our eighty-seven octane?</span></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:courier new;" >CUSTOMER</span><br />
<span style="font-family:courier new;">No offense to your kid, Floyd, but I ain&#8217;t gonna put no retard gas in my El Camino.</span> </div>
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		<title>Mothers Don&#8217;t Understand Technology</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/05/mothers-dont-understand-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 14:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mom Honey, when is your show on TV? Me It&#8217;s Friday at 8PM on Channel 45. Mom I wish I hadn&#8217;t sold my VCR. Me Do you have a DVR cable box? Mom No. Maybe I should buy one of those DiVo® machines. Me You should. It&#8217;s sad that the band Devo whores out their [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Mom</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Honey, when is your show on TV?</span></div>
<p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">It&#8217;s Friday at 8PM on Channel 45.</span></div>
<p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Mom</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">I wish I hadn&#8217;t sold my VCR.</span> </div>
<p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Do you have a DVR cable box?</span></div>
<p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Mom</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">No. Maybe I should buy one of those DiVo® machines.</span></div>
<p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">You should. It&#8217;s sad that the band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo">Devo</a> whores out their equipment to record videos.</span>
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		<title>I  Drive Women to Bulimia</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/03/i-drive-women-to-bulimia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My girlfriend told me, &#8220;It’s men like you that drive women to Bulimia.&#8221; &#8220;That’s ridiculous!&#8221; I said, &#8220;I don’t even know where Bulimia is.&#8221; I Mapquest-ed it and found out it’s actually a small country right next to Hungary and Low-self-esteemia. I could fly a woman to Eastern Europe but couldn’t I drive a woman [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>My girlfriend told me, &#8220;It’s men like you that drive women to Bulimia.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;That’s ridiculous!&#8221; I said, &#8220;I don’t even know where Bulimia is.&#8221;</p>
<p>I <a href="http://www.mapquest.com">Mapquest</a>-ed it and found out it’s actually a small country right next to Hungary and Low-self-esteemia.</p>
<p>I could <i style="">fly</i> a woman to Eastern Europe but couldn’t I <i style="">drive</i> a woman across the Atlantic Ocean? Come on, that’s crazy talk.</p>
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		<title>I Have Sensitive Teeth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dentist said I should use Sensodyne because I have sensitive teeth. I didn&#8217;t think they were that sensitive until my girlfriend said my teeth make my penis look small and then I started to cry.]]></description>
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My dentist said I should use Sensodyne because I have sensitive teeth. I didn&#8217;t think they were that sensitive until my girlfriend said my teeth make my penis look small and then I started to cry.</p>
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		<title>Different Grades of Unleaded Gas at Mobil</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/02/different-grades-of-unleaded-gas-at-mobil-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Super Unleaded is 93 octane. Special Unleaded is 89 octane. Regular Unleaded is only 87 octane. They should re-think their labeling system considering that the average IQ of a human is about 100. 93 octane should be Regular, 89 octane would be Borderline, and 87 octane would be &#8220;Special&#8221;. GAS ATTENDANT What can I do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Super Unleaded is 93 octane.<br />
Special Unleaded is 89 octane.<br />
Regular Unleaded is only 87 octane.</p>
<p>They should re-think their labeling system considering that the average IQ of a human is about 100.</p>
<p>93 octane should be Regular, 89 octane would be Borderline, and 87 octane would be &#8220;Special&#8221;.</p>
<div>GAS ATTENDANT<br />
What can I do you for?CUSTOMER<br />
Fill&#8217;er up, I guess. Goddamn, I cant&#8217; buh-lieve its three fif-dee a gallon.</p>
<p>GAS ATTENDANT<br />
What kind do you want? We&#8217;re runnin&#8217; a special on our eighty-seven octane?</p>
<p>CUSTOMER<br />
No offense to your kid, Floyd, but I ain&#8217;t gonna put no retard gas in my El Camino.</p></div>
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		<title>What does Falluja mean in Arabic?</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/02/falluja-is-the-arabic-word-describing-what-happens-when-a-man-has-an-ejaculation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Falluja (or الفلوجة) is the Arabic word describing what happens when a man has an ejaculation. INSURGENT® is a cleaning product designed specifically to eliminate falluja-related stains. Used in a sentence: Mother Dammit Billy, this better not be your falluja on the quilt your Grandmother made&#8230;I swear to God, you are buying the next bottle [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Falluja (<small>or</small> <big>الفلوجة</big>) is the Arabic word describing what happens when a man has an ejaculation.</p>
<p>INSURGENT® is a cleaning product designed specifically to eliminate falluja-related stains.</p>
<p>Used in a sentence:</p>
<div align="center" style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>Mother</strong></div>
<div align="center" style="font-family:courier new;">Dammit Billy, this better not be your falluja on the quilt your Grandmother made&#8230;I swear to God, you are buying the next bottle of INSURGENT®!</div>
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		<title>Perseverance Pays Off</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/01/perseverance-pays-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That’s great if you were born with a lot of &#8220;Perseverance&#8221; My parents didn’t have any &#8220;Perseverance&#8221;, I had to earn my own And when I finally produced enough &#8220;Perseverance&#8221; to pay &#8220;Off&#8221;, I got in trouble. “Off” turned out to be a goddamned whistle blower. An informer. The little bastard. “Off”icer Tattle-Tale had the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>That’s great if you were born with a lot of &#8220;Perseverance&#8221;<br />
My parents didn’t have any &#8220;Perseverance&#8221;, I had to earn my own</p>
<p>And when  I finally produced enough &#8220;Perseverance&#8221; to pay &#8220;Off&#8221;, I got in trouble.</p>
<p>“Off”  turned out to be a goddamned whistle blower. An informer. The little bastard.</p>
<p>“Off”icer Tattle-Tale had the nerve to accuse me of bribery.</p>
<p>It should be:</p>
<p>&#8220;Perseverance&#8221; can pay &#8220;Off&#8221;, only if &#8220;Off&#8221; isn’t a little sissy.</p>
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		<title>Google Has Everything</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m trying to come up with phrases that are un-Googlable. I thought I had a winner with &#8220;unicorn taint&#8221;. Unfortunately, I got this: Results of 7 for &#8220;unicorn taint&#8221;. (0.06 seconds)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I&#8217;m trying to come up with phrases that are un-Googlable.</p>
<p>I thought I had a winner with &#8220;unicorn taint&#8221;.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I got <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22unicorn+taint%22&#038;sourceid=mozilla-search&#038;start=0&#038;start=0&#038;ie=utf-8&#038;oe=utf-8&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official"><strong>this</strong></a>:<br />
<br />
<em>Results of  7 for &#8220;unicorn taint&#8221;. (0.06 seconds) </em><br />
<br />
<img id="image535" src="http://taoofdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/UNICORN_taint.gif" alt="UNICORN_taint.gif" /></p>
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		<title>Do Mexican misogynist refuse to acknowledge feminine words?</title>
		<link>http://taoofdan.com/2010/01/do-mexican-misogynist-refuse-to-acknowledge-feminine-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[¿Cuál es una biblioteca? Se llama uno biblioteco. Senor, su caso o mi caso?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>¿Cuál es una biblioteca?  Se llama uno biblioteco.</p>
<p>Senor, su caso o mi caso?</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[le·o·tard [lee-uh-tahrd] –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>le·o·tard [lee-<em>uh</em>-tahrd]</p>
<p><em>–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: 1915–20; named after Jules <em>Léotard</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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