Imponderables: Best Served Cold... by nvghostrider

lol, down here my class had to make a mock presentation, and we destroyed Hollywood for fucking up so much XD

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Friday, March 5, 2010 8:08 AM

Like shooting fish in a barrel I bet.

On thing I'm always wondering is why don't they film stuff back to back? Like with Spiderman they knew the sequels were going to be box office gold. So, just film two movies back to make and release them over the next three years. That gives the actors time to do some other stuff then bring them in and film a couple more.

Heck Lord of the Rings filmed all three at once, right? That was a cash cow. Why not learn from them?

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Friday, March 5, 2010 8:28 AM

Because Hollywood doesn't learn from anything? :P Seriously, they're REmaking so much shit it's like "wow guys, why not bring in new writers instead of doing the same thing...again?"

We were talking about remakes in class the other day XD I have a couple of youngin's in my class who haven't seen any movies with a release date prior to like 1993. It hurts my heart. The Producers, Real Genius, Kelly's Heroes, name the movie name the decade, they were like "what's that?"

ONE OF THEM ASKED WHO BILL MURRAY WAS. SHE'S NEVER SEEN GHOSTBUSTERS!!!!

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Friday, March 5, 2010 11:53 AM

Oooookay I def never heard of any of those movies either.

But I don't want to know a person who hasn't seen Ghostbusters. That just seems wrong.

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Friday, March 5, 2010 12:29 PM

never heard of the Producers? Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder? Done by the same man who brought us Robin Hood Men in Tights?

In any event, we named off like four different Bill Murray movies and they just kind of stared at us blankly.

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Friday, March 5, 2010 1:17 PM

Meatballs
Groundhog Day
The Razor's Edge

Some of the best films out there.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
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Friday, March 5, 2010 1:19 PM

they've never seen groundhog day. *waits for something to fly at her face*

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Friday, March 5, 2010 1:25 PM

I'll protect you!

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Friday, March 5, 2010 1:29 PM

aw, you're sweet Traveler :D

I think we should compile a "movies you should know by the age of 18" list, lol, and put groundhog day/ghostbusters near the top.

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Friday, March 5, 2010 1:35 PM

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Originally posted by freelancertex:
they've never seen groundhog day. *waits for something to fly at her face*

I didn't really like Groundhog Day...or What About Bob? I find them slightly funnier years later. Stripes was a favorite of mine when I was a teenager, though.

I'm gobsmacked when the young folk look all blank and clueless when I mention Ferris Bueller. What's the world coming to?

As for recent or upcoming movies? Don't really know much of what is out there. I still haven't seen Avatar and probably won't. I just watched Blood Diamond the other night and was like 'this should be nominated for an Oscar.' Did a little looking...it was...in 2007. :D

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Friday, March 5, 2010 1:41 PM

Aaaaaaaaaaaaw how could I forget Stripes? *owns it, don't worry XD* it seems like kids don't watch anything that predates the year 2000 any more :P they're too stuck on spongebob and hannah montana.

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Friday, March 5, 2010 1:53 PM

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Originally posted by freelancertex:
never heard of the Producers? Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder? Done by the same man who brought us Robin Hood Men in Tights?

Dude Mel Brooks is the man!

I like Stripes more then his other movies Bill Murray did.

And don't be hatin on Spongebob!! Its the only good thing Nickelodeon has.

Plus the guy that did his voice was born here :o)

My dad and I were just mentioning how one of the funniest TV show scenes:
"WHAT DOES A YELLOW LIGHT MEAN!?"

Poor younger folks may group up never seeing it.

edit: speaking of, I'm not sure how I feel about this http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=486273>1=28101. It's NPH but its going to be live action? How does that work?

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Friday, March 5, 2010 4:12 PM

NAVYSEILS

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Originally posted by freelancertex:

ONE OF THEM ASKED WHO BILL MURRAY WAS. SHE'S NEVER SEEN GHOSTBUSTERS!!!!

If you've saw the movie 'Zombieland' you'll probably remember they made a joke out of how totally wrong it is to not know Bill Murry and to have not seen Ghostbusters. The very few people in that category should receive government funding to go out and buy the DVD or something.

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Friday, March 5, 2010 4:14 PM

yes i have seen zombieland, and i totally quoted the moment lol that whole day every time someone mentioned bill murray one of us (those of us whove seen zombieland anyway) had to say 'bill fuckin murray"

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Monday, March 8, 2010 4:59 AM

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Originally posted by RugBug:
I still haven't seen Avatar and probably won't.

If you're into special effects, then you should see it. If not, you aren't missing anything. The story feels like it's written by a 5 year old. By that I mean it's all incredibly straight forward and predictable.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 9:41 AM

Um hey Fairly Oddparents is hilarious ( when Cosmo is at his best)

Ok too busy to breathe at this point...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
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It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 10:09 AM

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Originally posted by MsA:
Ok too busy to breathe at this point...

Sounds like somebody is in for a jump in evolution. Let us know what work around you develop.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 10:38 AM

Working on the breathing only at night while sleeping... so far mixed results...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
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It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 11:26 AM

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Originally posted by MsA:
Working on the breathing only at night while sleeping... so far mixed results...

That's not very exciting. I remember a news story about a guy who inhaled a seed and started growing a tree in his lungs or something. If you could get some sunlight and fertilizer in there then maybe the tree would produce all the oxygen you need. Might be worth a shot.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 11:41 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER

Apparently if you've seen Disney's deplorable treatment of Pocahontas then you've pretty much seen Avatar, But it's gotta be better than watching Titanic again. *giant vomit emotey-thingy*

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 12:36 PM

That was my impression of "Avatar". Just another version of Pocahontas. Not bad when you consider they are getting ideas for movies from video games.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:21 AM

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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
it's gotta be better than watching Titanic again. *giant vomit emotey-thingy*

I never actually saw the movie. I caught part of the end on cable once and saw some chick saying "I'll never let go" to Leo who was in icy water and she was floating on a board or something. Bunch of emotional music played and then she let go. wtf? What a bitch to lie to the dude and then drown him in icy water.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:39 AM

I am like as not the only woman in the western hemisphere who hasn't seen Titanic...and I'm proud of it

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:36 PM

I saw it once in the theater when it came out. Unfortunately one of the girls I saw it with started crying as soon as the thing hit the iceberg and those of you who saw it know that's pretty much just the half way mark...

The other girls behind us laughed at her, the other girl (my friend, cry miss cryer pants was not my friend in fact I didn't really like her) kept giving them evil glares.

That is my experience with Titanic.

I admit I used to be a teeny bopper and saw it for Leo.

My how things have changed. But at least I got it out of my system!

*I accidentally posted this on the bar and Grill thread....*

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:41 PM

We saw it in the theater when I was nine. I have yet to rationalize the *why* as it was dramatic, inevitably depressing, and I was bored to tears (I'm not a huge fan of dramas).

The one laugh I got out of the experience was when we were getting our seats before lights down and dad announced to half the theater "The boat sinks." One guy a couple of rows down turned around and deadpanned "Aw, come on, you RUINED it!"

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:07 PM

There a dozens of films that are about the sinking or make it part of the film. The first I remember about the sinking is "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" with Debbie Reynolds. A lot more entertaining.

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Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:14 AM

I do love that movie
(Unsinkable Molly Brown)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:11 PM

It was a great film. I have not seen it in years. I remember Ms. Reynolds performance. For a small person see makes quit a presence.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Friday, March 12, 2010 5:11 AM

Friday! Yay!!!

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Friday, March 12, 2010 8:22 AM

Guess I'm the lone person on here who likes Titanic. And I do mean "likes" as in present tense. I own it and will watch it from time to time. I thought it was excellent.

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Friday, March 12, 2010 9:02 AM

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Originally posted by RugBug:
Guess I'm the lone person on here who likes Titanic. And I do mean "likes" as in present tense. I own it and will watch it from time to time. I thought it was excellent.

Clearly your taste in movies is wrong. You should work on fixing it.

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Friday, March 12, 2010 9:30 AM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
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Originally posted by RugBug:
Guess I'm the lone person on here who likes Titanic. And I do mean "likes" as in present tense. I own it and will watch it from time to time. I thought it was excellent.

Clearly your taste in movies is wrong. You should work on fixing it.

Are you sure about that? I love Serenity. ;)

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Friday, March 12, 2010 9:41 AM

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Originally posted by RugBug:
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Originally posted by Zeek:
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Originally posted by RugBug:
Guess I'm the lone person on here who likes Titanic. And I do mean "likes" as in present tense. I own it and will watch it from time to time. I thought it was excellent.

Clearly your taste in movies is wrong. You should work on fixing it.

Are you sure about that? I love Serenity. ;)

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Your move smarty pants.

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Friday, March 12, 2010 10:29 AM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
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Originally posted by RugBug:
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Originally posted by Zeek:
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Originally posted by RugBug:
Guess I'm the lone person on here who likes Titanic. And I do mean "likes" as in present tense. I own it and will watch it from time to time. I thought it was excellent.

Clearly your taste in movies is wrong. You should work on fixing it.

Are you sure about that? I love Serenity. ;)

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Your move smarty pants.

Variety is the spice of life.

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Friday, March 12, 2010 10:49 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER

Okay, I kinda liked the movie leading up to the realization that the ship is done for. It is honestly a good period piece that warps and breaks the riveted steel sheets of history a bit.

I love Sharpes Rifles. there is no way the show is historically accurate. But it is a fun period piece with violence and adventure and romance.

Yeah, I'm kind of a softy.

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-Will Sasso as Steven Segal, MadTV

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Friday, March 12, 2010 10:51 AM

bah work killed my spirit.

I swear this company should just give up. Back when I was hired they had "morale events". Each department or a group of departments had a budget to do small stuff like go bowling for an afternoon.

That budget has been shrinking and shrinking. From what I hear it's zero these days. Which sure seems to be true, because we just got an email for a morale event. Join us for a moive and get together. Pay for your own movie ticket and then go across the street to a restaurant where you can pay for whatever you want. So....you made the plans and that's it? Wonderful. OK I'll give them a little credit for it being planned for a Friday at 2:30. So at least we can get away from the office.

Anyway to convert this to a ponder do you guys think half assed things like this are actually worse than nothing at all? Personally I do. To me they're just pointing a big neon sign at the fact that morale isn't worth anything to them. I guess I never expected morale events in the first place, but when you start out paying for them you set a precedent.

Plus there's no way I'd pay to see this movie. "How to train your dragon"? I had to go to imdb to even find out what it was. Kind of annoying that they choose an animated movie just to be as safe as possible. This isn't a family event. We're all adults. How about an adult movie? Kids movie = No thanks.

/rant

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Friday, March 12, 2010 11:38 AM

I don't really have a problem with events like that for work. I mean whats the difference between going out with your work friends after work to a movie and dinner like what you described?

Plus anytime my old work did a "gathering" thing it was never "out" it was always in a conference room with food stuffs. But it was still at work. I think it would be sort of fun to see how people are outside the office.

And while I have no plans to see "How To Train Your Dragon" there are a bunch of kid movies I liked that I saw at the theaters like "Monsters vs Aliens" and I wanted to see the re-release of "Toy Story" in 3D.

I of course am talking about jobs where I actually liked the people I work with. Maybe if I didn't I'd feel differently?

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Friday, March 12, 2010 12:06 PM

I agree with you, Zeek. If precedent was company-paid fun...it should remain company paid fun. If economic times means the company can't pay anymore, they should acknowledge that. A memo (did you get the memo?) stating that while the company can no longer financially sponsor these morale events, they are still encouraged is a great idea and would alleviate some of the bitterness.

My company did something similar a number of years back, abolishing the company picnic. Now, this was before the current financial climate and we were told that the money set aside for the picnic would be distributed in different way. Well, it was the first year but hasn't been in successive years. Like many companies, they pocket the savings without passing it on (yes...I'm a little bitter that I run what was a four person department with two people and I didn't get a raise. I'm savings them tens of thousands a year, but nothing has gotten passed along.)

BTW, I like the animated movies...but would never pay to see one in the theater. Ever. They just aren't my cop 'o' tea...'course I do like Titanic. ;)

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Friday, March 12, 2010 12:07 PM

Them choosing the movie for us is the first issue. The fact that I work with a bunch of socially awkward nerds is another issue. Now I'm not saying I'm some social dynamo either, but I wouldn't choose to be in a group of friends consisting just of people like me.

Basically it smacks of "We need to do a team building exercise. What's the cheapest idea we can come up with?"

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Friday, March 12, 2010 12:21 PM

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BTW, I like the animated movies...but would never pay to see one in the theater. Ever. They just aren't my cop 'o' tea...'course I do like Titanic. ;)

I like some animated movies, but I need to be in the right mood in the first place. If I'm already in a bad mood then their cheery outlook on everything is just going to make me boil with zeekrage.

I'm betting that this one person I know was a part of the planning team for this. I'm debating whether I want to run into her sometime soon so I can play dumb and rip on the idea with her or if I don't want to run into her cause it might hurt her feelings. I'd hope she'd end up saying "yeah unfortunately we've got no money and were told we had to plan something...I was on the team and that's really the best we could come up with. I'd like to say I could then add some constructive criticism, but the best I can come up with is "if the movie isn't your cup of tea then just take the afternoon off". I'm sure they don't want an empty theater though.

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Friday, March 12, 2010 12:46 PM

Yeah half assed sucks. See I think it'd be better for morale if you do stuff like extra time off in recognition for special service or such. Or just a thanks for working hard for us bonus time off.

My boss does a work at home today thing for us and it really makes us willing to put up with a lot

NV kinda squee that you liked Sharp's rifles( I made him watch them as I adore them... wildly historically warped as they are based on a series of books , but still joyous fun)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Sunday, March 14, 2010 7:28 PM

NVGHOSTRIDER

Getting ready for a beer and my radio show Sunday BUMPAGE

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The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
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Smarts are the brains that make America think.
-Will Sasso as Steven Segal, MadTV

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Monday, March 15, 2010 3:57 AM

I HATE YOU SPRING! That was my hour of sleep! You stole it! Die Spring! Die!

So, how's everyone else's Monday?

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Monday, March 15, 2010 8:22 AM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
I HATE YOU SPRING! That was my hour of sleep! You stole it! Die Spring! Die!

So, how's everyone else's Monday?

Pretty much the same as you...apparently. I actually had a harder time with the change yesterday. I woke up and old 7am, new 8, but wanted to sleep in. When I woke up again at old 9, new 10, I felt frantic and rushed. I didn't get to the barn until new 11, which is really late and makes me feel the pressure. I like to be on my way home by 2 (old or new) but taking care of both horses is a 5 hour undertaking. Blech. The day was over SOOOOOO fast. I ate dinner at like 8:30.

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Monday, March 15, 2010 8:48 AM

the change totally threw the baby off.. 'cause that's what we needed...less sleep

Curse you Ben Franklin

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
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Monday, March 15, 2010 9:39 AM

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Originally posted by RugBug:
I ate dinner at like 8:30.

Now I know you're lying. You already told us you don't eat meals. The question is were you lying before or now or both.

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Originally posted by MsA:
the change totally threw the baby off.. 'cause that's what we needed...less sleep

Threw my kitty off too I think. She seemed surprised when I got up this morning. Totally off her routine.

Luckily that doesn't equate to even less sleep for me.

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Monday, March 15, 2010 12:50 PM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
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Originally posted by RugBug:
I ate dinner at like 8:30.

Now I know you're lying. You already told us you don't eat meals. The question is were you lying before or now or both.

I've been caught.

I eat "meals" on Sat and Sunday night...if you can call them that. Those are my big cheat nights when I get to eat the crap I won't let myself have during the week. I had Taco Bell last night...at 8:30.

On a sad note, one of my favorite cheat spots that has amazing tri-tip nachos, burned down about 2 weeks ago. I drive by its charred hollow shell and

...and then

for the fish that lived in the GINORMOUS fish tank (walls were about 1" thick...that's how huge it was). You can see the remains of the tank and just know those little suckers went out in a blaze of not-quite glory.

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:39 AM

I've heard before that fish don't feel pain. So, maybe they were ok with it. Sadly I can't really believe that's true. Pain is a good thing for the most part. Otherwise how would fish learn what to avoid?

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:43 AM