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Point being the title is technically incorrect *NM* Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 26/07/2010 01:27:48 AM
I realize you couldn't resist, but this'll be one time where I'm right.
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"It's like the ugly duckling, but with swans." nossy - 25/07/2010 09:40:32 PM 797 Views
Ooh, brownie points snoopcester - 25/07/2010 09:54:34 PM 519 Views
In fairness, it should properly be cygnet and not duckling. *NM* Ghavrel - 25/07/2010 10:00:09 PM 198 Views
Is there a story called "The Ugly Cygnet?" nossy - 25/07/2010 10:50:45 PM 507 Views
Point being the title is technically incorrect *NM* Ghavrel - 26/07/2010 01:27:48 AM 189 Views
Then I must conclude that our points are different. nossy - 26/07/2010 01:35:01 AM 479 Views
I vaguely remember the story. Ghavrel - 26/07/2010 07:56:09 AM 591 Views
The cygnet is raised in a family of ducks. Tim - 26/07/2010 10:14:20 AM 455 Views
I looked it up, but Wikipedia was unclear. Ghavrel - 26/07/2010 10:20:39 AM 537 Views
Surely you have a wikipedia quicksearch option, or a bookmark? Tim - 26/07/2010 10:25:24 AM 441 Views
I refer you to my title. And then my edits. Ghavrel - 26/07/2010 10:30:54 AM 433 Views
Edits duly noted. Tim - 26/07/2010 10:43:59 AM 424 Views
Re: Edits duly noted. Ghavrel - 26/07/2010 08:08:23 PM 445 Views
Thank you for being my lawyer. Spriteling - 26/07/2010 11:30:45 AM 509 Views
Perhaps we should do a Book Club on The Ugly Duckling. Rebekah - 26/07/2010 12:41:49 PM 497 Views
Basically it's a metaphor for being gay Mark - 26/07/2010 05:17:29 PM 469 Views
I never knew Andersen was gay. Makes a lot of sense, though. *NM* Legolas - 26/07/2010 06:24:05 PM 246 Views
I always took it as a metaphor for being a nerd *NM* Camilla - 28/07/2010 10:44:18 AM 196 Views
I always took it as a blatant lie told to comfort ugly children. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/07/2010 10:52:05 AM 260 Views
This thread was much more fun than I anticipated. nossy - 26/07/2010 05:48:15 PM 498 Views
yes the best indepth discussion of the Ugly Ducking and the word cygnet I have seen in weeks random thoughts - 26/07/2010 07:01:18 PM 469 Views
Never know what you'll learn around this place. *NM* nossy - 26/07/2010 07:17:42 PM 240 Views
Never know what you'll learn around this place. *NM* nossy - 26/07/2010 07:20:00 PM 252 Views
Twice, even. *NM* nossy - 26/07/2010 07:21:32 PM 255 Views
the knowledge grows *NM* random thoughts - 26/07/2010 08:23:14 PM 279 Views
She's so adorable. Rebekah - 25/07/2010 11:11:59 PM 595 Views
I'm going to leap to her defence here. Tim - 26/07/2010 10:19:22 AM 509 Views
Your argument holds no water. nossy - 26/07/2010 07:54:58 PM 471 Views
I'll let you win if I get to see the bootie shake *NM* Tim - 26/07/2010 08:17:17 PM 288 Views
... Rebekah - 26/07/2010 08:32:56 PM 593 Views
*NM* Avendesora - 26/07/2010 08:36:59 PM 299 Views
*dies laughing* nossy - 26/07/2010 09:09:53 PM 579 Views
Well. Rebekah - 26/07/2010 09:11:21 PM 595 Views
I won anyway, so I'm not sure you've got a good bargaining position. *NM* nossy - 26/07/2010 09:10:57 PM 308 Views
I can't even remember the context in which I said that. Spriteling - 26/07/2010 09:12:58 PM 466 Views
We were on that pier thingie nossy - 26/07/2010 09:17:14 PM 514 Views
Oh yeah Spriteling - 26/07/2010 09:23:18 PM 476 Views
I understand why you said it nossy - 26/07/2010 09:25:43 PM 457 Views
Mary? *NM* Camilla - 26/07/2010 10:04:18 PM 197 Views
I was once asked "How many seven dwarves were there?" Colonel Logain - 27/07/2010 01:25:55 PM 464 Views
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