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#1 +Mephistopheles

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 13:06

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 13:08

A joke, or a statement?

I didn't lol. :( ...although I would tap both.

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 14:56

I think it is a play on how the colors are opposite of what they should be. Sort of like how we drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway...

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 15:09

ginger the colour != the root

most likely derives its meaning from the red ginger plant... i dunno.

http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Red_Ginger

btw: wasn't funny.

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 15:12

View PostXyphus, on 25 October 2012 - 14:56, said:

I think it is a play on how the colors are opposite of what they should be. Sort of like how we drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway...

actually a parkway is a broad roadway that is landscaped similar to a park surrounding the road (hence the name park-way)... In the USA that usually just means trees and grass around a busy road... in california they do it fancier
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 12:56

View Postneufuse, on 25 October 2012 - 15:12, said:

actually a parkway is a broad roadway that is landscaped similar to a park surrounding the road (hence the name park-way)... In the USA that usually just means trees and grass around a busy road... in california they do it fancier
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And as I said... We drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway... :) Pretty trees or no, a parkway has a road, yes? So I stand by my original statement. :D

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Posted 26 October 2012 - 17:53

View PostXyphus, on 26 October 2012 - 12:56, said:

And as I said... We drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway... :) Pretty trees or no, a parkway has a road, yes? So I stand by my original statement. :D

I know what you are saying, I am just saying its called a park way because its meant to resember a way through a park, not a place to park... ambigious words :laugh:

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 05:36

strawberry starbursts are pink.

View PostMephistopheles, on 25 October 2012 - 13:06, said:



Describes a colour that has a vibrant, reddish hue to it. Hence it can be anything from red to orange to yellow.