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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Courtesy of my cousin. I don't agree with all of 'em but the last one...?

Dead on!

The Top 37 Oxymorons
37. Act naturally
36. Found missing
35. Resident alien
34. Advanced Basic
33. Good grief
32. Same difference
31. Almost exactly
30. Sanitary landfill
29. Alone together
28. Legally drunk
27. Silent scream
26. Small crowd
25. Soft rock
24. Butt head
23. New classic
22. Sweet sorrow
21. Childproof
20. Now, then ...
19. Synthetic natural gas
18. Passive aggressive
17. Taped live
16. Clearly misunderstood
15. Peace force
14. Extinct Life
13. Temporary tax increase
12. Computer jock
11. Plastic glasses
10. Terribly pleased
09. Political science
08. Tight slacks
07. Definite maybe
06. Pretty ugly
05. Twelve-ounce pound cake
04. Diet ice cream
03. Working vacation
02. Exact estimate
01. Microsoft Works

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

I'm a resident alien and rather proud of the title.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

A Resident Alien was found missing by a small crowd of friends who visit now and then. Members of the peace force, who were legally drunk, being on a working vacation, said that the alien had been studying advanced Basic from a passive aggresive computer jock.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Funny, I don't see military intelligence... or United Nations...

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*ROFLMGDFAO* ..... "Microsoft Works...." ..... *L*

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

No "humble opinion" too.

Oh, and we need to add ten more to the list.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Jumbo Shrimp!!

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

I think there should be some sort of inclusion for "Fast, Friendly Service"

Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Not sure if an imperative sentance can constitute an oxymoron, but here's one from "Mortal Kombat": choose your destiny. And how about peace-keeping missiles and limited nuclear war? Barely dead. A little pregnant. Alone together.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Nooooo! Alone together is an incredibly useful poetic term used to imply a situation in which two people who by all rights should be extremely close are locked away in their own worlds. The day before you break up with your girlfriend, while you're still trying to figure out what to say while you both watch the late show? You're alone together.

An example (In spirit, anyway.):

"Now that I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before"

Ben Folds Five

See?

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Native Americans.

Well, at least you lot seemed to think so.

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

well, that depends on your definition of "alone"----Billy Jeff Clinton.

My brother might add :"happily married."

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

"Good Pain."

and _I_ thought "alone together" meant two people who are utterly alone, except for each other, sort of a "you and me against the world" thing.

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