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[challenge entry] CFB

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(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:03, archived)
# there was another thread here just now
I'm sure of it
(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:06, archived)
# aye
but the pic upsets peeps so i took it down...
(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:07, archived)
# yays and the view would be great too.
HAve a very old compo entree.

(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:07, archived)
# haha
awesome.

(why doesn't awful mean full of awe?
(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:10, archived)
# it does.
awe c.1200, from O.N. agi "fright," from P.Gmc. *agiz- (cf. O.E. ege "fear," O.H.G. agiso "fright, terror," Goth. agis "fear, anguish"), from PIE *agh-es- (cf. Gk. akhos "pain, grief"), from base *agh- "to be depressed, be afraid" (see ail).
The real question is why awesome means good.
(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:16, archived)
# erm...
...What he said.
(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:18, archived)
# then why does awesome != awful?
(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:34, archived)
# hahahaha
Need one of those immediatly!
(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:14, archived)
# I think the tea would get cold before you finished the cup though.
(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:17, archived)
# oh bugger yes, great point, but you could sit in it
Maybe this should be a scaled invention for those tacky souvenir stalls on Oxford Street?
(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:21, archived)
# Good Call!
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(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 14:29, archived)
# haha Hot Tub
(, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 15:13, archived)