BakeriesI was walking past a bakery with an ex-girlfriend, and there were public works going on outside, so there was a load of white powder from where the workmen were cutting the concrete. I told her they were repairing the pipes they used to pump flour into the bakery, and she believed me, for about 20 minutes.
First Post, long time lingerer.
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Fri 28 Nov 2003, 3:14,
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First Post, long time lingerer.
I have to sayLingerer has a certain ring to it though.
Hmmm, thinking about it a Lingerer would be the kind of person who publically says they are leaving (often citing various teen-angst related reasons for doing so) then hangs about waiting for the attention their pathetic post has attracted.
(Hmmm, thinking about it a Lingerer would be the kind of person who publically says they are leaving (often citing various teen-angst related reasons for doing so) then hangs about waiting for the attention their pathetic post has attracted.
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Fri 28 Nov 2003, 9:20,
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mmm...Didn't really think about it. I guess I just thought of it as another term for hanging around, which it is. People get a little wrapped up in the whole webspeak thing to point of dreariness. Why limit the language? I thought. While I like your definition of lingerer (how about malingerer?), I do find it so bothersome to be corrected - dear boy.
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Fri 28 Nov 2003, 14:26,
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