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Post by joel the ornery » Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:59 am

bastard

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Post by the fire elf » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:31 pm

*Resembling a known kind or species but not truly such.
elf
*often mischievous creature considered to have magical powers
*A usually sprightly or mischievous or sometimes spiteful person
*[syn: hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]
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Post by pinemom » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:02 pm

Bi-yotch
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Post by EvilDustBooger » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:40 am

Knight

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Post by pinemom » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:48 am

dae~
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Post by EvilDustBooger » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:49 am

RIP

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VIP
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Post by EvilDustBooger » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:57 am

nip

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Post by joel the ornery » Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:11 am

zip






zam









zowie









swoosh

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Post by pinemom » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:10 am

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
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Post by Lorgasm » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:11 am

AAAAAUUUGGHHHH!
BOOBIES!!!

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Post by Zoom » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:40 am

tourist
thank god for the powers that look out for us and guide us through this wild ride to find out that there is life afterwards.

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Post by pinemom » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:43 am

turkey
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Post by Jewel*** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:33 pm

stuffing

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Post by EspressoDude » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:38 pm

gravy
Is 4 shots enuff? no foo-foo drinks; just naked Espresso
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FOGBANK, GOD OF HELLFIRE
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burn shit and blow shit up

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Post by Jewel*** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:41 pm

train

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Post by pinemom » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:27 am

wreck
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Post by the fire elf » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:11 am

*smash or break forcefully
*Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrec, of Scandinavian origin
*One strong derivation is from the Germanic *Skaðin- meaning "danger" (cf. English scathing and unscathed, and German Schaden and beschädigen): "dangerous island"
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Most of this mythology was passed down orally, and much of it has been lost. However, some of it was captured and recorded by scholars who believed that pre-Christian deities were men and women rather than devils.
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The Old Norse vision of the future is bleak. In the end, it was believed, the forces of chaos will outnumber and overcome the divine and human guardians of order. Loki and his monstrous children will burst their bonds; the dead will sail from Niflheim to attack the living. Heimdall, the watchman of the gods, will summon the heavenly host with a blast on his horn. Then will ensue a final battle between order and chaos (Ragnarök), which the gods will lose, as is their fate. The gods, aware of this, will gather the finest warriors, the Einherjar, to fight on their side when the day comes, but in the end they will be powerless to prevent the world from descending into the chaos out of which it has once emerged; the gods and their world will be destroyed. Odin himself will be swallowed by Fenrir.

Still, there will be a few survivors, both human and divine, who will populate a new world, to start the cycle anew. Or so the sybil tells us; scholars are divided on the question whether this is a later addition to the myth that betrays Christian influence. If pre-Christian, the eschatology of the Völuspá may reflect an older Indo-European tradition related with the eschatology of Persian Zoroastrianism.
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Post by Jewel*** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:22 pm

fable

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Post by pinemom » Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:56 pm

tale
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Post by montana wildhack » Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:35 pm

poontang

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WONTON

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Post by Zulegoona » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:31 pm

woo-mun

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Post by Jewel*** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:33 pm

who-mun

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Post by Zulegoona » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:39 pm

Yeoman

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Post by Jewel*** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:42 pm

viking

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Post by Zulegoona » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:49 pm

Longboat

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Post by Jewel*** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:53 pm

key

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Post by Zulegoona » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:55 pm

location

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Post by Jewel*** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:57 pm

Florida

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