Cracker Jack and the Missing Peanuts
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 14:58
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They are not French Fries. They are chips, and I love 'em. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 17:00
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Good gravy! This has got to be the most inane topic I've ever seen. And I thought the stuff we came up with down in RWG was bad... I like it! :D My word, but it's been ages since I've had Cracker Jacks. Those are good. I'll have to get some next time I go to the grocery store. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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Master
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 22:33
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Could we please stop arguing about French fries, patat, chips or whatever you would like to call them! I know I started about them, but I think this is enough about them. This topic is about peanuts and popcorn! Althuogh I must say, that the amount of replies about them are really greater then I thought. I also would like to stop talking about grammar. -------------------- Thralni's almighty Avernum pages: My webpage, containing scenario's and graphics made by me (And maybe someday the homepage of the almighty chicken gods). Click here for more information on Olga's fortune teller kiosk Olga's fortune teller kiosk has been temporarily closed down, but you can contact the prophet with a PM - Was signed by the prophet of the almighty chicken gods, gods of everything that is a chicken. Work has begun on the Nephilian grammar and vocabulary guide! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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This Side Towards Enemy
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 02:59
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Some of us aren't especially fond of peanuts (I'd far rather have a packet of pork scratchings any day.) Thick greasy chips, as opposed to the pathetically thin french fries you'll find in McDonalds and the like, on the other hand, are something I do for one do like. Surely this thread is big enough for you to discuss your legumes and for us to talk about our favourite root vegetable dishes at the same time? Peace out. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 03:12
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A potato is a tuber, not a root. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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This Side Towards Enemy
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 03:29
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Looks like we'll have to discuss turnips then. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 04:24
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The old 'Take me out to the ball game' song does mention crackerjack; the exact line is "Buy me some peanuts and crackerjack / I don't care if I never get back." This suggests (a) that crackerjack was never that much about peanuts, since they had to be mentioned separately, and (b) that crackerjack has long been recognized as dangerous. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 05:48
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quote:I always do, always. Does not make me perfect, though, since I do not know what I need to practice every time I do a drill. quote:*Cough*, let us get back to the topic. -------------------- So, as the great Groxy, I have come back to be served by goblins. In the "main hall" of the goblin cave was a large totem which resembled very much of... me. Posts: 437 | Registered: Friday, May 13 2005 07:00 |
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Master
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 08:38
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No, but it's like, Buy me some peanuts and Craker Jacks. Or does someone have the official lyrics? -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 08:43
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Google searches gave quite poor results. My first hit was in fact some porno song... I found this though, it was written by someone who was just writing about old memories but it is at least a clue: "What do you want when you gotta have something and it's gotta be sweet, AND IT'S GOTTA BE A LOT, and ya only have a dime. Whadya get?... Cracker Jacks! Candy coated popcorn, peanuts and a prize... that's what you get in Cracker Jacks!" " Source: http://www.oldtimecandy.com/memories/cracker-jack-memories.htm -------------------- So, as the great Groxy, I have come back to be served by goblins. In the "main hall" of the goblin cave was a large totem which resembled very much of... me. Posts: 437 | Registered: Friday, May 13 2005 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 09:47
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quote:Cracker Jacks did have very few peanuts, so I can see why they would have to be purchases separately, especially if you wanted good peanuts. The second part doesn't make much sense to me; do people have problems after eating Cracker Jacks? -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 10:08
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Dangerous for your slim-body-ideal in the same way as candy and potato chips are, I suppose he mean. If so, I disagree. All you have to do is go out there and dash for 3 hours and the abundance of energy will have been consumed. NOTE: The last sentence were said with a large douse of sarcasm. [ Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:13: Message edited by: Eagle, the author soul ] -------------------- So, as the great Groxy, I have come back to be served by goblins. In the "main hall" of the goblin cave was a large totem which resembled very much of... me. Posts: 437 | Registered: Friday, May 13 2005 07:00 |
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Nuke and Pave
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 10:10
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Here is full text of the song: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/ballgame.htm The main purpose of the "never get back" line is probably to have a line that would fit the melody and rhyme with Jack. If you absolutely need a deeper meaning, in the song these lines are said by a young woman to her boyfriend, so maybe the meaning is that she is always asking him to buy her stuff, but never gives anything in return? :) [ Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:12: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 14:04
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I believe the "I don't care if I never get back" line means something along the lines of, "I don't care if I can never get back home, because the ballpark is such a great place." And, in terms of the lyrics, this is the only version that really counts: :P Take me out to the ballgame, Take me out to the crowd, Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don't care if I never get back. So let's root, root, root for the Cubbies, If they don't win it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes you're out, At the old ballgame. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Master
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 16:18
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Nuh-uh. Cardinals > Cubs. :P -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 16:43
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The Cubs, Bulls, Bears, Blackhawks, Fire, et al > sports team-less Montana. :P [ Wednesday, June 29, 2005 16:45: Message edited by: Stugri-La ] -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 18:21
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Ha. The Cubs are cursed. Go Marlins. wooo. Yeah, and forget this season. And Last season. :P Go Florida. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 05:44
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Red Sox > everyone but Red Sox and Yankees > Yankees -------------------- The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) Famous Last Words - A local pop-punk band They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 07:09
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quote:  -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 09:40
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That was probably the greatest rebuttal to a stupid comment I have ever experienced. I give you major major kudos. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 12:13
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Thanks. I was looking for a picture of a bear holding a marlin, but I suppose that sort of wildlife encounter doesn't really occur in nature. So I settled for that less impressive fish, the salmon. "Go Fish," indeed. :P [ Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:15: Message edited by: Stugri-La ] -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 12:34
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Ummmm. That depiction of salmon is deeply regretable. I shall take it as a personal comment about my inability to avoid the wildly and randomly slapping of a bear's paw. You, sir, have lost my support in the upcoming elections for your unfortunate gaffe. A marlin can be simply depicted as the cartoonish character below.  Which captures the baseball team's cartoonish attempts to regain any sort of respect after their World Series run several years ago in which they pretty much bought the rings. The  are the definition of honest baseball. *this message has not been influenced by a lifelong ambition to see the Red Sox win it all* Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 13:07
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If you did happen to possess such an ambition, it would have been utterly satisfied after last year's World Series. I've always like them, but my affections took a hit when they managed to overcome their curse, with the Cubs still mired in theirs. As for the Marlins, the Wayne Huizenga team was indeed a crass assemblage of big-money stars, and an example of the worst in baseball. However, Florida's more recent championship was won with a solid team, assembled legitimately and coached strongly by "Trader" Jack. As for the salmon demise depicted in that picture, you have very little to fear at the moment. I'll be sure to inform you if "GRIZZLY R. BEAR" ever decides to register, though. :P -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 13:12
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:P  [ Thursday, June 30, 2005 13:17: Message edited by: Dolphin. ] -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, June 30 2005 13:21
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This topic has the strangest and most curiously funny title I have ever seen. I mean, it sounds like some sort of children's book. -------------------- Inconsistently backward. SWOH. IM, PATF, ND. Posts: 612 | Registered: Saturday, October 13 2001 07:00 |
