When eating a box of chocolates, I know what I'm going to getbecause I pay attention to the packaging, in particular the pictoral guide to what the individual flavours are.
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Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:11,
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this with a bell onStill, he was a dullard, you can't expect too much of them.
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Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE,
Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:14,
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"My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." "Tooth decay from too much sugar.
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Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:16,
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Exactly this. In terms of the metaphor: you can know what you are going to get in life if you read the instructions.I hate the way that film falls into the trap of confusing the virtue of simplicity with the dubious virtue of being an idiot.
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The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:19,
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Where can I find this instruction manual?
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag,
Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:26,
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Dammit, I knew someone would ask this...(Er, it was a further metaphor for, um, education?)
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Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:29,
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Yes, those too. I should read the manual again. The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:37,
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I always cry when Jenny dies
Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something.,
Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:38,
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I just eat them allbecause they're all chocolate
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Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus,
Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:20,
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