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Happy Limerick Day!
It is apparently Edward Lear's birthday, hence Limerick Day.
"There once was a man from Nantucket..."
Happy Limerick Day!
It is apparently Edward Lear's birthday, hence Limerick Day.
"There once was a man from Nantucket..."
"....what do I sayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy when lightning strikes me????....and to wake and find that you're not there....ohhhhhhhh what dooooo I gottttta do to make you want me?...what have I got to do to beeeeee heard?...what do I gotta if it's all over and sorry seems to be the hardest word??....ohhhhhhhhh it's saaaad...so saaad...it's a sad sad situation...and it's getting more and more absurd...yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!! it's saaaaaaaaaad...sooooooooooooo saaaaaaaaad....whyyyyyyyyy can't we talk it o o o o oo overrrrrrr? Said it seems to me...sorry seems to beeeeee...sorry seems to be the harrrrrdest worrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd!....I said I luuuuuuuuuuv uuuuuuu!!!
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Belatedly, thanks for the congratulations, guys... I'd meant to leave my account at 5k over my exam, but then I accidentally started idly posting to procrastinate 😳
Belatedly, thanks for the congratulations, guys... I'd meant to leave my account at 5k over my exam, but then I accidentally started idly posting to procrastinate 😳
Everything about Virginia is boring![]()
avoid at all costs![]()
Old habits die hard, don't they?![]()
hey that was a heart felt message to the only special lady in my life right now...😍😍
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Except for Myuu...![]()
hey that was a heart felt message to the only special lady in my life right now...😍😍
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Aww, rice, I didn't know you felt that way about me 😀
I will cut you![]()
...Who found his wife's bra in a bucket...
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Aww, rice, I didn't know you felt that way about me 😀
Aww, rice, I didn't know you felt that way about me 😀
I will cut you![]()
Wow Riceman, looks like you have a keeper there!That was a LOT of citations, SDN2013.
Yeah, sarah, he's MINE.
dang...looks like i need to make some office romance like the rest of you all are seemingly doing...
I will cut you![]()
dang...looks like i need to make some office romance like the rest of you all are seemingly doing...
You just don't know what's good for you, rice. Plus, now that me and Chubbs got our own thing going on the DL (don't want to upset certain people on here) I'm golden.
I just felt so hurt after azn left me.
When do you guys think we'll hit 50k?
1. Vassort G (2001) Adenosine 5′-triphosphate: a P2-purinergic
agonist in the myocardium. Physiol Rev 81:767806
2. Sawynok J (1998) Adenosine receptor activation and nociception.
Eur J Pharmacol 347:111
3. Bours MJ, Swennen EL, Di Virgilio F (2006) Adenosine 5′-
triphosphate and adenosine as endogenous signaling molecules
in immunity and inflammation. Pharmacol Ther 112:358404
4. Burnstock G (2007) Physiology and pathophysiology of purinergic
neurotransmission. Physiol Rev 87:659797
5. Gordon JL (1986) Extracellular ATP: effects, sources and fate.
Biochem J 233:309319
When do you guys think we'll hit 50k?
The average America online user spends 70 minutes day online.
Wow, I guess I make up for all the people who just get online to check their email..![]()
Sorry baby, you just weren't worth the private school tuition
Is it just me or does that actually sound mean?
It sounds mean.![]()