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    Oh Colonel My Colonel

    Anybody got an idea why the Colonel doesn't use smilies?
    Btw, were Dianosaurs capable of making faces?
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    I think its because of excessive smiley inflation caused by bengal raider and others..the value per smiley is just too low.
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    delta,

    don't you know the only time colonels smile is when they're kicking your ahrse?
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    Never knew a colonel to smile. Even my uncle. They could be funny even without smiling.)

    Sheesh after considering this it was hard enough to get a wink out of the Chief and you want a smile out of a Colonel?
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    I used to call one or two of our miserable Colonels "Rent-a Smile"

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    i think sometime during the promotion from major --> lieutenant colonel, the "smile" gene gets turned off
    The human mind cannot grasp the causes of phenomena in the aggregate. But the need to find these causes is inherent in man’s soul. And the human intellect, without investigating the multiplicity and complexity of the conditions of phenomena, any one of which taken separately may seem to be the cause, snatches at the first, the most intelligible approximation to a cause, and says: “This is the cause!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deltacamelately View Post
    Anybody got an idea why the Colonel doesn't use smilies?
    Because I haven't had my breakfast yet.
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    Btw, were Dianosaurs capable of making faces?
    Only when we eat.
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    <Thinking add this one to the scavenger hunt list for plebes..A smile out of a Colonel.
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    Now that I think about it.

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    I honestly can say I have not chewed a major but I did chew more than a few Lieutenants. Those were fun.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deltacamelately View Post
    Anybody got an idea why the Colonel doesn't use smilies?
    Btw, were Dianosaurs capable of making faces?
    Now that you mention it, I don't remember him using smilies. In fact, he doesn't use maddies either

    Is this "pick on the colonel" day?

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    just adding to smiley inflation

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    Is this "pick on the colonel" day?

    Not that I'm aware of - but it sounds like a pretty good idea to me, gunnut! How about you organising one for the membership? Be sure to let us know in plenty of time, won't you?
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    Quote Originally Posted by astralis View Post
    delta,

    don't you know the only time colonels smile is when they're kicking your ahrse?
    The Colonel must be now a Laughing Cavalier since he has of late kicked too many of them!


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