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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Apr-21-10 02:23 PM
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Tea is such a lovely beverage...

Couldn't we call them fleabaggers instead?

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Turbineguy

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Wed Apr-21-10 02:28 PM
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1. It's not about the tea

It's about holding the bag.

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DJ13

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Wed Apr-21-10 02:30 PM
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2. Ball sack?

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DainBramaged

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Wed Apr-21-10 02:30 PM
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3. Or who is left holding the bag

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Apr-21-10 03:19 PM
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11. As long as I'm not holding their bag...

It's such a sorry sack of shit.

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LynneSin

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Wed Apr-21-10 02:34 PM
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4. I only use loose leaf tea

I can't use a teabag for the life of me

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Apr-21-10 03:20 PM
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12. I'm hooked on Red Rose for everyday drinking.

But I may have to change that. I'd miss the little porcelain animals as much as the tea...

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hatrack

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Wed Apr-21-10 02:34 PM
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5. Fancy Man Enjoys Tea

YOUNGSTOWN, OH—Jason Baumer, a fancy little gent who is apparently too good to enjoy a regular cup of coffee, drank a cup of tea Sunday.

The 29-year-old web designer prepared and consumed his precious tea, which is imported from some la-di-da foreign country, at about 10:30 a.m with the loving attention of a brittle, shawl-wearing spinster.

"I normally have some Earl Grey in the morning," said Baumer, referring to a kind of tea named after a guy who used to run around England in a powdered wig and fruity tights. "Sometimes I have toast too. Or just a bowl of cereal when I'm in a rush."

Instead of simply heating a mug of water in the microwave, Baumer used a hoity-toity copper-bottomed tea kettle, which His Lordship reportedly purchased at Pier One Imports in 2003 for the express purpose of tea-making.

Baumer's beverage is made with the use of a tea bag, a prissy little package of delicately scented, finely shredded leaves wrapped in a thin gauze and festooned with a bright yellow label tied to a string so that the user need not scald her tender digits in the hot water. Baumer, like all the other hens and dandies known to enjoy tea, must "steep" the drink, which is a term for gently lowering the bag into a teacup holding the hot water.

On this occasion, Baumer removed the tea bag from the dainty brew and added one dollop of honey made by his friends the honeybees and a splash of milk straight from his mama's precious teat. But even with these additions, the tea was still too hot for Princess Jason's sensitive mouth, causing him to softly blow on the beverage with his lips pursed together like a little rosebud.

EDIT

http://www.theonion.com/articles/fancy-man-enjoys-tea,2317/

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Apr-21-10 04:12 PM
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14. LOL

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onehandle

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Wed Apr-21-10 02:36 PM
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6. Gunbaggers. nt

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Apr-21-10 04:13 PM
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15. or maybe T-boogers...

like t-shirts they've blown their noses on.

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pipi_k

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Wed Apr-21-10 02:39 PM
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7. Cries of protest erupt from Flea Circuses all over the country...

Tiny voices in the wilderness, heartbroken over being associated with "those people"...

:cry:

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Apr-21-10 04:14 PM
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16. vile vermin

I have no use for fleas. :rofl:

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LastLiberal in PalmSprings

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Wed Apr-21-10 02:43 PM
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8. Some of the best tea is from Kenya

http://tinyurl.com/2ba899f

Very little tea is American-grown.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Apr-21-10 04:17 PM
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18. I actually did see a box of American tea in the grocery store

It was from Charleston, SC. Come to think of it, it may have been a blend that included their tea but was also mixed with teas from other places.

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divvy

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Wed Apr-21-10 02:44 PM
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9. Nut Baggers is more appropriate....

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Apr-21-10 04:18 PM
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19. Either that or

a bag commonly associated with feminine hygiene.

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Nikki Stone1

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Wed Apr-21-10 02:48 PM
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10. "Astroturf" is more appropriate; don't forget the role of Freedomworks, Fox News, and Dick Armey

in the tea party stuff. It's all about controlling and directing the very real unrest due to increasing poverty, unemployment, foreclosure, and bankruptcy of the middle class. It's a safety valve for the elite to prevent a real grass roots movement of the newly unemployed and bankrupt from taking hold.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Apr-21-10 04:20 PM
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20. Or astroturds

Edited on Wed Apr-21-10 04:20 PM by GoddessOfGuinness

Spaced-out shit.

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Dr Morbius

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Wed Apr-21-10 03:33 PM
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13. I'm for calling 'em idiots, myself.

And I'll have another cup of tea, sure. Orange pekoe will do fine; darjeeling is good, too. It's a civilized beverage.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Apr-21-10 04:21 PM
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21. Thank you

I'll join you. :thumbsup:

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donheld

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Wed Apr-21-10 04:15 PM
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17. Not if you soak the bags in the wrong place

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Apr-21-10 04:22 PM
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22. Then maybe they should be

the piss-soaked teabaggers.

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