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Sweeping: classic or dud?

An essay on American vomiting habits.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 18:48 (twenty-two years ago) link

oh, and how often does this sort of misreading happen to you?

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 18:48 (twenty-two years ago) link

All the time.

I read An essay on American vomiting habits too and was thinking, "URGHH! SIck!" Then I thought maybe it was a spin-off of the Dieting thread...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 18:57 (twenty-two years ago) link

women and their choice of titties

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 16 January 2003 16:59 (twenty-two years ago) link

The 12-foot penis of the Southern Left Whale.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 16 January 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago) link

Jay-Z vs Giants Superbowl

― That Girl (thatgirl), Friday, 17 January 2003 03:18 (twenty-two years ago) link

are you a jaw for jesus?

― donna (donna), Friday, 17 January 2003 05:02 (twenty-two years ago) link

not a misread ILX title but a misread cd cover.

Im listening to Sam Prekop right now. Anyways, my friend came over to my desk and asked me what I was listening to. I handed him the cd. "Oh Sam Peacock huh? He any good?"

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 17 January 2003 18:16 (twenty-two years ago) link

crust of shame, I thought it was going to be a thread about bad bread.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 19 January 2003 21:20 (twenty-two years ago) link

Today: "have you ever written on your lower body?" I had no idea WHAT it might be about.

― , Sunday, 19 January 2003 21:30 (twenty-two years ago) link

Do you get DJ Krush and DJ Krust mixed up too, jel?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 19 January 2003 21:44 (twenty-two years ago) link

haha I was just going to say crust of shame as well!

― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 19 January 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago) link

Would that be the state young men's* sheets can get into?

*Obviously we old men don't do things like that.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 19 January 2003 22:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

All the guys I know do their sheets like 4 times a day, it's bizarre.

― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 19 January 2003 22:32 (twenty-two years ago) link

"P.S. We Should Be Shopping Together Too"

― naked as sin (naked as sin), Sunday, 19 January 2003 23:01 (twenty-two years ago) link

one I started, "NYC: Fancy a Rubber"--Felicity and I were looking for bridge partners in the five boroughs--was misinterpreted by Jess, as I recall.

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 20 January 2003 00:22 (twenty-two years ago) link

'shopkeepers will be persecuted'

― minna (minna), Monday, 20 January 2003 01:13 (twenty-two years ago) link

panties that start too early

― minna (minna), Monday, 20 January 2003 11:08 (twenty-two years ago) link

'the point of prolapse'

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 20 January 2003 11:42 (twenty-two years ago) link

t/s: miffy vs greg kitten

― g-kit (g-kit), Monday, 20 January 2003 12:02 (twenty-two years ago) link

Crap Intimidation Techniques

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 25 January 2003 17:01 (twenty-two years ago) link

Lots of ppl misread my "Walking With Beasts" as "Walking With Breasts".

― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 25 January 2003 17:27 (twenty-two years ago) link

I just read "Fucked Country" as "Fucked Courtney" and thought, "Oh, here we go again..."

― Arthur (Arthur), Saturday, 25 January 2003 18:04 (twenty-two years ago) link

WHAT IN THE HELL IS A SIZE 28 SEX?

― thom west (thom w), Saturday, 25 January 2003 20:30 (twenty-two years ago) link

Rubbish Smiles

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 26 January 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago) link

What do you think about when you masticate?

Put me right off my dinner, I tells ya.

― Lara (Lara), Sunday, 26 January 2003 17:52 (twenty-two years ago) link

'Convince me that I shouldn't eat men'

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 27 January 2003 13:03 (twenty-two years ago) link

I read FACK YOU AMERICANS as Fuck You Americans. Ha ha.

― Pete (Pete), Monday, 27 January 2003 13:06 (twenty-two years ago) link

Gazza is the new God.

― Lara (Lara), Monday, 27 January 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago) link

Oh hang on...

― Lara (Lara), Monday, 27 January 2003 14:49 (twenty-two years ago) link

Rubbish Smiles

― smee (smee), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:54 (twenty-two years ago) link

I got a better one: Rubbish Similies!

― Lara (Lara), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:56 (twenty-two years ago) link

Is that smilies there, or are you being clever again?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 27 January 2003 17:03 (twenty-two years ago) link

WHAT IN THE HELL IS A SIZE 28 SEX?

A stiffy so large that the easiest thing is just to measure it for a tuxedo.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 27 January 2003 17:07 (twenty-two years ago) link

bitter living through acronyms

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 1 February 2003 13:56 (twenty-two years ago) link

olsen twins dead

― rainy (rainy), Sunday, 2 February 2003 07:48 (twenty-two years ago) link

Tom Ewing is smoother than a trunk full of milk.

― rainy (rainy), Monday, 3 February 2003 08:52 (twenty-two years ago) link

I also thought it was milk!

― kate, Monday, 3 February 2003 09:48 (twenty-two years ago) link

I actually read it as a "truck full of milk" and thought "mmm, smooth"

― kate, Monday, 3 February 2003 09:48 (twenty-two years ago) link

what do you do when you realize you are stuck at your "chosen profession"?

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 22:18 (twenty-two years ago) link

frank kogan needs to know the diff between a pubic hair

― Chris P (Chris P), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 02:33 (twenty-two years ago) link

"horny"

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 02:37 (twenty-two years ago) link

I read this correctly: "Having cute girls barge into your room late at night telling you they've 'heard about your equipment'"

But misread the post: "Classic or Free Jizz?"

― Curtis Stephens, Wednesday, 5 February 2003 02:38 (twenty-two years ago) link

This is the thread where we cure cancer.

― Wintermute (Wintermute), Thursday, 6 February 2003 13:10 (twenty-two years ago) link

Mariah Carey: why is she black?

― g.cannon (gcannon), Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago) link

Don't blame Zodiac Mindwarp

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 6 February 2003 18:15 (twenty-two years ago) link

"this is the thread where we discuss the alternatives to evil"

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Friday, 7 February 2003 15:21 (twenty-two years ago) link

Hovercraft - classic or dud?

― Alan (Alan), Friday, 7 February 2003 15:23 (twenty-two years ago) link

Lesbian Cover Versions

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 9 February 2003 17:06 (twenty-two years ago) link

Like TaTu's How Soon Is Now, presumably?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 9 February 2003 19:38 (twenty-two years ago) link

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lol

― pisspoor bung probe prog (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 October 2024 13:50 (four months ago) link

If everyone in the world bought an electric sitar...

― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 10 October 2024 02:19 (four months ago) link

Pain restaurants

― the last visible dot (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 10 October 2024 15:57 (four months ago) link

Green Day - Pookie Doll also C/D?

― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 12 October 2024 01:29 (four months ago) link

Horrible Jazz Thread 2024

― budo jeru, Monday, 14 October 2024 22:24 (four months ago) link

faulty maps

― brimstead, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 13:38 (four months ago) link

The VVitch (2016) - Penis involving goats and home schooled children

― pisspoor bung probe prog (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 October 2024 08:01 (four months ago) link

Have you ever had a noise job?

― StanM, Thursday, 17 October 2024 13:17 (four months ago) link

brownsville ska

― na (NA), Thursday, 17 October 2024 19:44 (four months ago) link

i love when ILX gets all cheesed out

― pisspoor bung probe prog (Tom D.), Sunday, 20 October 2024 16:28 (four months ago) link

Loving / Lovin’ as a Englishman

― biting your uncles (Tom D.), Tuesday, 29 October 2024 16:55 (three months ago) link

GUYS WHO SAVE ALL THEIR BODY HAIR

― epistantophus, Tuesday, 5 November 2024 14:53 (three months ago) link

Sexual Activism in the Age of Trump: What To Do and What We Are Doing

― abreast of what's afoot (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 9 November 2024 02:53 (three months ago) link

The Tyranny of Hummus

― Wry & Slobby (Portsmouth Bubblejet), Sunday, 10 November 2024 14:40 (three months ago) link

Album Covers Where the Artist Looks Kinda Pissed On

― Rumspringsteen (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 18 November 2024 19:07 (three months ago) link

Mediterranean people roll call!

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 20 November 2024 19:18 (three months ago) link

Songs that sound like Mick Karn

― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 20 November 2024 19:27 (three months ago) link

Anime (From Norway)

― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 3 December 2024 21:05 (two months ago) link

post movie posters done in a busy/homophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s

― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 3 December 2024 22:51 (two months ago) link

No way that's puerile: the NYT Connections thread

― if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morr (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 December 2024 17:44 (two months ago) link

CocoRosie member goes to "Kill Whiney" Ironic dance parties and gets called out by brainwashed.com as racist

― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, July 31, 2019 7:30 AM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink

― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 10 December 2024 21:51 (two months ago) link

Adult Neurodiversity Thread (Autism, AD&D, etc.)

― The Yellow Kid, Friday, 13 December 2024 23:37 (two months ago) link

indefensible: jon peters

― cryptosicko, Monday, 16 December 2024 04:16 (two months ago) link

Bend it Like Armageddon

― | (Latham Green), Tuesday, 17 December 2024 14:46 (two months ago) link

Decomposting containment thread

― sarahell, Wednesday, 18 December 2024 14:37 (two months ago) link

Ditto

― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 December 2024 14:42 (two months ago) link

Great table manners

― The Whimsical Muse (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 27 December 2024 03:57 (one month ago) link

Random old material you are loving

― budo jeru, Sunday, 29 December 2024 16:42 (one month ago) link

wood, fiberglass, granite ...

― budo jeru, Sunday, 29 December 2024 16:42 (one month ago) link

Songs with obviously charred lyrics

― sarahell, Sunday, 29 December 2024 20:21 (one month ago) link

What is a Country?

obv a thread where different concepts of statehood are discussed on ilm

― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 29 December 2024 21:04 (one month ago) link

2025: The Premier Grand Unified WAR thread

Got my ILB's mixed up

― H.P, Friday, 3 January 2025 04:31 (one month ago) link

Sweet Jesus, when will Kevin Smith make another album?

― cryptosicko, Friday, 3 January 2025 14:32 (one month ago) link

TV/Movie Cats with a wide range of…

― sarahell, Sunday, 12 January 2025 17:50 (one month ago) link

Twerking From Home

― air guitar tech (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 13 January 2025 00:52 (one month ago) link

TV/Movie cats with the widest range in terms of how pleasant you'd expect having dinner/coffee with them would be

― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 13 January 2025 02:32 (one month ago) link

NORDSTROM is a great label that deserves its own thread tbh

― braunschweiger winter (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 January 2025 03:18 (one month ago) link

Which of these is the best introduction to Mxyzptlk?

― The Yellow Kid, Wednesday, 15 January 2025 20:03 (one month ago) link

Greta Thunberg's Narnia movie

― Mark G, Saturday, 18 January 2025 11:58 (one month ago) link

diy january

― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 January 2025 23:23 (four weeks ago) link

Getting off to META et al and how to do it

― braunschweiger winter (Eazy), Friday, 24 January 2025 02:02 (four weeks ago) link

Getting off METAL and how to do it

― bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Friday, 24 January 2025 12:47 (four weeks ago) link

sitcoms - are you afraid of them?

― Josefa, Friday, 24 January 2025 18:04 (four weeks ago) link

Manx

― James Carr Thief (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 January 2025 20:45 (four weeks ago) link

What bands could you ilx?

― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 2 February 2025 20:07 (two weeks ago) link

Decomposting containment thread

― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 2 February 2025 22:21 (two weeks ago) link

Sunderland

― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Monday, 3 February 2025 10:02 (two weeks ago) link

I think it's time for an ETHAN COEN thread

― bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Thursday, 6 February 2025 16:17 (two weeks ago) link

In Hindustan...Worst Top 3 Pazz and Jop Album: 00s

― budo jeru, Tuesday, 11 February 2025 16:01 (one week ago) link

do you ever get fired for your own schtick

― cryptosicko, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 22:13 (two days ago) link

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