Happy 10th Anniversary Wordforge!!

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  1. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    Oh, for fuck's sake. You expect him to erect a memorial every time he mentions it?
    Uncle Albert, Jul 23, 2013
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  2. Will Power

    Will Power If you only knew the irony of my name.

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    Will Power, Jul 23, 2013
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  3. Caboose

    Caboose ....

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    FUCK YEA!

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    Caboose, Jul 23, 2013
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  4. Chuck

    Chuck Go Giants!

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    Chuck, Jul 23, 2013
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  5. NeonMosfet

    NeonMosfet Probably a Dual

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    Happy Anniversary, WordForge!
    NeonMosfet, Jul 23, 2013
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  6. IndigoTiger

    IndigoTiger Violently Happy

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    IndigoTiger, Jul 23, 2013
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  7. shootER

    shootER Insubordinate...and churlish Administrator

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    shootER, Jul 24, 2013
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  8. Chuck

    Chuck Go Giants!

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    It needs a few more corn kernels
    Chuck, Jul 24, 2013
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  9. Aurora

    Aurora Vincerò!

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    Mirrors on the ceiling,
    The pink champagne on ice
    And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
    And in the master's chambers,
    They gathered for the feast
    They stab it with their steely knives,
    But they just can't kill the beast

    Last thing I remember, I was
    Running for the door
    I had to find the passage back
    To the place I was before
    "Relax, " said the night man,
    "We are programmed to receive.
    You can check-out any time you like,
    But you can never leave...
    Aurora, Jul 24, 2013
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  10. Paladin

    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    "of our own devise"

    Being a prisoner of your own device would mean that your iPhone took you hostage or something...

    :bailey:
    Paladin, Jul 24, 2013
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  11. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    As the creator of WF I think she could actually get away with device, might take a little artistic license, but it works IMO.
    Ancalagon, Jul 24, 2013
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  12. NAHTMMM

    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    What?

    Device is correct. Devise is strictly a verb.* ** Much as one can be left to one's own devices (the things one is, will be, or has been devising), one can be a prisoner of one's own devices. :async:



    * Except on Fantasy Island.
    ** Wikipedia claims it's a noun with respect to a will, but that's a tiny exception.
    NAHTMMM, Jul 24, 2013
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  13. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    If the word is meant to be devise, then the line is grammatically incorrect, because the proper form would be devising. That said, poetic license allows the Eagles to get away with it. And contextually, either word works, so :clyde:
    gul, Jul 24, 2013
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  14. shootER

    shootER Insubordinate...and churlish Administrator

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    evenflow disagrees with the Eagles direction this thread has taken! :soma:
    shootER, Jul 24, 2013
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  15. Dr. Krieg

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    Dr. Krieg, Jul 24, 2013
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  16. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    the pompitous of wordforge
    Spaceturkey, Jul 24, 2013
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  17. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    Flow doesn't like the Eagles? :soma:

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  18. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    Ancalagon, Jul 24, 2013
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  19. Prufrock

    Prufrock Disturbing the Universe

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    Ten years! Wow! :banana:

    :trying not to feel old:

    We're going to start approaching a point where WF has been a part of some of our lives longer than not . . . :soma:
    Prufrock, Jul 24, 2013
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  20. NAHTMMM

    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    Pretty weird!

    Back in the day, not all that long ago, I'd been online for just a few years and a part of any given community for less than that, and the Internet was this new and strange thing . . . and now it's part of everyday life, and I've been on WF and several other sights for a large fraction of my lifespan.

    Strange indeed!
    NAHTMMM, Jul 24, 2013
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  21. Paladin

    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    Maybe it is "device." I stand corrected.
    Paladin, Jul 24, 2013
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  22. Aurora

    Aurora Vincerò!

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    Copy and paste :borg:
    Aurora, Jul 25, 2013
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  23. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    Damn, I didn't realize that WF's younger than Lonaf is. And I'll have been at Lonaf 10 years in December :shep:
    Bickendan, Jul 25, 2013
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  24. Stallion

    Stallion Team Euro!

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    cunts! :finger:
    Stallion, Jul 27, 2013
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