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Re: Winning!
« Reply #25 on: November 17, 2015, 10:46:46 PM »
She was a little nonplussed that me and her mother had absolutely no sympathy for the man.


I'm always nonplussed when someone uses that word correctly. Good show.
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #26 on: November 18, 2015, 01:31:26 PM »
Believe it or not, the younger of my two bosses thinks that Two and A Half Men should pay him more money because they "encouraged" his bad behavior with the character of Charlie and then got rid of him when he actually became the real life Charlie and wasn't functional anymore.

I told her that Charlie Sheen is a grown ass man and, by that point in his life, should damn well know the difference between a fictional character and real life. She was a little nonplussed that me and her mother had absolutely no sympathy for the man.
Do stupid *expletive deleted*it, win stupid prizes and Charlie Sheen is really winning them now.

Plus, I don't think this tearful reveal is all that spontaneous. It's been awhile since he really had any major media coverage and he came out a little too soon after the story "leaked". I wonder how much money he can make off this escapade.

Actually I think the character Charlie was based on Charlie's "real" life.
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #27 on: November 18, 2015, 02:14:00 PM »
Actually I think the character Charlie was based on Charlie's "real" life.

That doesn't mean the real life Charlie had to behave like he did (which is what got his ass in trouble)
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #28 on: November 18, 2015, 02:15:01 PM »

I'm always nonplussed when someone uses that word correctly. Good show.

When exactly does it get used incorrectly? Because that's not a word I see all that often, much less see misused.
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #29 on: November 18, 2015, 02:48:07 PM »
That doesn't mean the real life Charlie had to behave like he did (which is what got his ass in trouble)
From what I understood, he is not new at this stuff.  I have to remember that he was a real young actor in Red Dawn and that was early 80's.  He has been running around Hollywood for quite some time.  I seem to remember SNL doing a skit years ago with all the young male actors on some sort of group interview.  The name of a female actress would come up and all of them would chime in if they had slept with her.  I think it was after Young Guns came out.  A long time ago either way.
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #30 on: November 18, 2015, 03:18:18 PM »
If not for his father he would've been hustling blow jobs on Hollywood Blvd.
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #31 on: November 18, 2015, 03:23:29 PM »
When exactly does it get used incorrectly? Because that's not a word I see all that often, much less see misused.

I nonplussed 4 from 5 to get 1?

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Re: Winning!
« Reply #32 on: November 18, 2015, 03:27:18 PM »
I nonplussed 4 from 5 to get 1?

Doublenonplussedgood.
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #33 on: November 18, 2015, 03:47:46 PM »
When exactly does it get used incorrectly? Because that's not a word I see all that often, much less see misused.


People often use it to mean "unimpressed," rather than "overwhelmed," which is how I think you intended it.
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #34 on: November 18, 2015, 07:27:51 PM »

People often use it to mean "unimpressed," rather than "overwhelmed," which is how I think you intended it.

Actually, I meant what it means which would be "surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react" which is not quiet the same as "overwhelmed"

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Re: Winning!
« Reply #35 on: November 19, 2015, 12:59:05 AM »
How is it not quiet the same?  :P
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #36 on: November 19, 2015, 06:00:28 AM »
How is it not quiet the same?  :P

Maybe because it's very, very loud?
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #37 on: November 19, 2015, 07:33:21 AM »
Dangit. Words that mean two very different things should not be only made different by the palcement of a t and an e.

Quite.
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #38 on: November 19, 2015, 10:22:43 PM »
Then how is it not quite the same?  :P  It's the same.
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #39 on: November 20, 2015, 09:11:45 AM »
Red read the red book as she tried to read the music for her reed instrument.
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #40 on: November 20, 2015, 12:03:24 PM »
How is it not quiet the same?  :P

For all intensive porpoises it is.
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Re: Winning!
« Reply #41 on: November 20, 2015, 01:43:33 PM »
I don't think you're quart grasping the concrete...
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