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KingCrInuYasha
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Topic: Pokemon GO Posted: August 09 2016 at 11:15 |
Jim Garten wrote:
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Correction - they were sad sacks of meat, being led around by a fad.
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Hey, it could be worse.
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He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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Dean
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Posted: August 09 2016 at 11:13 |
We were walking around Norwich city centre the other week following the gps directions to a restaurant using my iPhone when it occurred to me that if it were not for my advanced age and flowing locks of silver-grey hair some may be forgiven in thinking that we may have been in hot-pursuit of some of these virtual pokey-men. The urge to suddenly exclaim, 'That's a rare one!' very loudly and then run across the market square was almost overwhelming and I quite possibly would have done if it didn't involve making a loud public exclamation and the physical exertion of energy in the form of running.
If pokey-men were actually cream buns then I may consider it.
Edited by Dean - August 09 2016 at 11:16
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Jim Garten
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Posted: August 09 2016 at 10:22 |
Vicky and I were in Ghent with a group of friends for the annual arts & music festival & we took a boat trip around the canals around 11:00 pm - the whole city was lit up, there was music everywhere & thousands of people having a whale of a time. Our group were taking photos left, right & centre, pointing out some of the more superb sights (especially the castle, seen from water level) as were most of the rest of the boat - except 4 people in front of me... they were looking for ****ing Pokemons. Pokemons! They were adults! Correction - they were sad sacks of meat, being led around by a fad. ****ers! [edit] Oh, by the way, I voted no
Edited by Jim Garten - August 09 2016 at 10:23
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aglasshouse
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Posted: July 28 2016 at 11:21 |
progaardvark wrote:
When I see a giant bowl of cole slaw, I stick my entire hand into it and roll it around for awhile. Then I go somewhere to pee. |
Oh yeah?
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progaardvark
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Posted: July 28 2016 at 10:18 |
When I see a giant bowl of cole slaw, I stick my entire hand into it and roll it around for awhile. Then I go somewhere to pee.
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AEProgman
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Posted: July 28 2016 at 07:59 |
Never! I can walk around like a zombie on my own without any mons that poke...
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CPicard
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Posted: July 28 2016 at 05:08 |
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siLLy puPPy
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Posted: July 27 2016 at 20:07 |
I have to say that i'm extremely disappointed in the fact that Prog Archives isn't a totally Pokeman free zone! Is there no friggin escape! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
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Man With Hat
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Posted: July 27 2016 at 14:30 |
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Catcher10
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Posted: July 27 2016 at 13:22 |
Not me, never!........very upsetting last week. We were in MD and DE last two weeks for lacrosse tournaments for my son. Went to DC and VA and visited Arlington Cemetery among other areas, there were a couple kids camps touring the grounds and all the kids were playing it....I told one camp counselor that I thought it was disrespectful that kids waking these hallowed grounds playing a game on their phones.
He agreed as he was putting his phone in his pocket.......
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chopper
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Posted: July 27 2016 at 03:51 |
Blacksword wrote:
I was out and about on Saturday in my local park and it seemed that everyone between the ages of 11 and 35 was wondering about like zombies staring at their phones.
I suppose if it gets vitamin D deprived pasty kids off the couch and out into the sun it's not so bad. |
I suppose it does have that going for it but they're not looking at their surroundings, they're just staring at their phones. It's just a matter of time before one of them runs across a road after a Pokemon without looking first... (mind you, a pensioner did that to me whilst I was out cycling on Sunday and he definitely wasn't chasing one).
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Icarium
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Posted: July 27 2016 at 00:03 |
CPicard wrote:
My co-workers are talking about it right now and I never felt so disconnected to the world.
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like a stranger is to progressive rock and all its sub genres, bands and suits, when prog fans talks about it.
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aglasshouse
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Posted: July 26 2016 at 16:06 |
Can't I just be lazy without temptation?
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Sheavy
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Posted: July 26 2016 at 10:37 |
Just say no to pokemon go.
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DamoXt7942
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Posted: July 25 2016 at 07:34 |
Big "NO" from me ... currently in Japan is a massive boom of Pokemon Go, butt I don't want to hit a car upon a highway.
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Blacksword
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Posted: July 25 2016 at 06:59 |
I was out and about on Saturday in my local park and it seemed that everyone between the ages of 11 and 35 was wondering about like zombies staring at their phones.
I suppose if it gets vitamin D deprived pasty kids off the couch and out into the sun it's not so bad.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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chopper
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Posted: July 25 2016 at 06:37 |
I went over my local park for a bike ride yesterday and there were kids wandering around with mobile phones everywhere looking for Pokemon. Honestly, they're not looking where they're going so next time I'm just going to mow them down.
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Blacksword
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Posted: July 25 2016 at 06:05 |
No, and I don't own a smartphone either and I'm 47 and I don't give a sh*t.. Anything else??
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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CPicard
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Posted: July 25 2016 at 04:27 |
My co-workers are talking about it right now and I never felt so disconnected to the world.
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Logan
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Posted: July 25 2016 at 02:34 |
Only when they do the hokey pokey.
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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