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EmilyM wrote: "What does mine say?"

"DUDE! What does mine say?"

"SWEET!"

"No, what does it say?"

"SWEET!"

"DUDE!"

dude. in my whole lifetime of moviegoing, that movie is one of only three that was so bad i actually walked out in the middle of it.

i dunno why i expected more out of it, but i did. :roll:

EmilyM wrote: I think "dude" is gender-neutral. It's interesting how you sometimes guess people's gender wrong on the internet, though.

"Dawg" sounds ridiculous in the mouth of pretty much anybody other than Randy on American Idol. Actually, it sounds silly when he says it, too, but that's his shtick.

Over the last few years, I started using the word "Dude" in a completely aribitrary way. Anyone could be called "dude" as far as I was concerned, my mother, the Rabbi, whoever. A complicating factor was that I was actually working with someone whose name was Dood (short for Doodnauth) and a few sufers. I was basically using it all the time as a result. I've since tried to curb this tendancy.

I've never called anyone "Dawg" in my life, which probably just shows my age.

Someone recently, in a completely non-ironic sense, said "dagnabbit" to me, which I found hysterical. Is this word becomming common outside of Foghorn Leghorn re-runs?

My husband calls me "dawg" all the time. As in "whattup dawg?" It doesn't bother me. Though I don't like being called "Dude".

I seriously doubt that "dagnabbit" is in the process of becoming popular. Was the person who said it particularly cool?

And as an aside.... I am voting no on the Guest thing. I think that you guys are doing a good job maintaining these boards the way they are. In fact, I liked 'em so much, I just registered today!

marthajoy wrote: My husband calls me "dawg" all the time. As in "whattup dawg?" It doesn't bother me. Though I don't like being called "Dude".

I seriously doubt that "dagnabbit" is in the process of becoming popular. Was the person who said it particularly cool?

And as an aside.... I am voting no on the Guest thing. I think that you guys are doing a good job maintaining these boards the way they are. In fact, I liked 'em so much, I just registered today!

The person who said it was a scruffy, thirtyish woman who had been just recently arrested. I didn't really get to know her, but my sense was that she was not too cool.

My 9 year old son spent a week with his two teenage cousins and came back using the term "dude" It drove my husband and I crazy because he used it constantly. My husband told him he needed to cut down or find a new word and now he calls his dad "son" So like the saying goes - be careful what you wish for

I was also told by him that usuing the word "cool" is not cool anymore. I must now use the word "hot" in place of cool and instead of very cool I must say "mad hot". I wasn't too crazy about this until I overheard him telling his friend - my mom is mad hot.

daveb wrote:
One PRO reason for requiring registration, as far as I'm concerned as a moderator is that unless they're registered, if there's a problem with something they posted, I have no way to open a dialogue with them privately. Registered users, I can PM, let 'em know, smooth things over, get feedback etc. Guests, I can't do that. It's either bringing it out in the thread, which I think is just bad form, or editing and deleting with no explanation offered.

I like the idea of strongly suggesting registration... and as you describe above, the benefits of being registered are clearly mad hot.

If someone chooses not to register, well then dagnabbit, it is their own fault that they can't reap the benefits of your generosity. Some people are just (insert hip slang word for jerks) no matter how hard you try to reason with them.

PS thanks emilym!

marthajoy wrote: Crap, I wasn't logged in. That was me.

case and point as to why the "guest" login should be removed... lol. if i had a dollar for every time i read something like "Crap, I wasn't logged in. That was me." posted on here...

marthajoy wrote: :oops: Yes, there would be benefits.

Um...cool people say "bennies"

shizzle!

EmilyM wrote: Try watching it when you have the flu! Sort of puts you more on the film's level. Actually, I didn't like it very much, but that one exchange was funny. "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" is about a thousand times better.

Is "when you have the flu" a euphemism?

Possibly... "Down with the syndrome"?