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Offline BattleHymn

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primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« on: September 27, 2014, 06:56:08 PM »
It's a boring night on Skin's Island.  Had nads been involved, this thread may have really went somewhere:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018669657

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Thu Sep 25, 2014, 07:34 AM
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"Toe the line" or "Tow the line"

I can make arguments for either. I would prefer watching a DU discussion to googling...

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Thu Sep 25, 2014, 07:46 AM jambo101 (580 posts)
1. One way is correct the other isnt .

[Depending on the context of use

Origin from Wikipedia:

The most likely origins of the term go back to the usage of the wooden ships in the Royal Navy. Barefooted seamen had to stand at attention for inspection and had to line up on deck along the seams of the wooden planks, hence to "toe the line". Over the years the term has been attributed to sports, including toeing the starting line in track events and toeing a center line in boxing which boxers were instructed to line up on either side of to start a match.

And from the Grammarist website=
Toe the line

The idiom is toe the line, not tow the line. The phrase derives from track-and-field events in which athletes are required to place a foot on a starting line and wait for the signal to go. Race officials used to shout “Toe the line!” where now they shout “On your marks!” Since entering the language, the idiom has developed to mean do what is expected or act according to someone else’s rules or expectations.


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Thu Sep 25, 2014, 03:53 PM gratuitous (50,093 posts)
7. It's toe

And, a propos of several posts I've seen here and around the internets, it's the "Commander-in-Chief," not "commander and chief." And it's absolutely revolting that a fat old pacifist knows this and some self-styled military experts don't.

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Thu Sep 25, 2014, 05:29 PM Star Member LiberalEsto (20,669 posts)
9. It has always been toe as far back as I can remember

and I'm 62

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Thu Sep 25, 2014, 06:28 PM Star Member logosoco (862 posts)
10. Toe

Where would you tow the line to? Or maybe that could be a new saying for people who are trying to change where the line is? Hmm....

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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2014, 07:13:53 PM »
If you toe my truck, I'll tow your ass.
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2014, 09:34:47 PM »
 :thatsright:  Good lord......

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"Commander-in-Chief," not "commander and chief."

 :thatsright: :thatsright:

Or, my personal favorite (D)Ullardism:

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marshall law

 :killemall: you idiots...

Quote from: JohnnyReb on September 27, 2014, 07:13:53 PM
If you toe my truck, I'll tow your ass.
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« Last Edit: September 27, 2014, 09:37:42 PM by 98ZJUSMC »
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2014, 10:07:35 PM »
flashback

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I have been walking around with 4 broken tows, 2 fractured fingers and a fractured hip (right side, three places.

The Doc looked at me and wanted to know how I was going around so long like this. I don't know.

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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2014, 10:20:32 PM »
Quote from: Dori on September 27, 2014, 10:07:35 PM
flashback

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018610018

That was from when her Indian brave beat her up, right?

She never talked about it, but being who we are, we knew what really happened there.
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2014, 10:47:10 PM »
Revved up like a deuce or wrapped up like a douche?
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2014, 10:52:24 PM »
Quote from: Delmar on September 27, 2014, 10:47:10 PM
Revved up like a deuce or wrapped up like a douche?

Real DUmp women never douche.  It's a sign of weakness to them.


Male primitives will occasionally perform sympathy douches on themselves, in a vain attempt to attract DUmp women.

The only self identifying primitive "women" that douche are the ones that had a vagina installed after they got their penises lopped off. 

Those types of primitives only douche because they think going through the motions of what a proper woman does makes them more like a real woman.
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2014, 10:54:23 PM »
Douching is an oppressive remnant of the male patriarchal structure and must be abolished.
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2014, 12:13:32 AM »
Quote from: 98ZJUSMC on September 27, 2014, 09:34:47 PM
Or, my personal favorite (D)Ullardism:

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marshall law

Haven't seen that one as much since Bush left office, but it's not like they got any smarter in the past five years.  It's right up there with one of my favorite DU malaprops - "Facism!"
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2014, 03:20:04 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on September 27, 2014, 07:13:53 PM
If you toe my truck, I'll tow your ass.

Or maybe if you tow my truck, I'll toe, as in the toe of my size 13 boot, your ass.
« Last Edit: September 28, 2014, 09:32:17 PM by Zathras »
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2014, 06:06:14 AM »
Quote from: Delmar on September 27, 2014, 10:47:10 PM
Revved up like a deuce or wrapped up like a douche?

Yes.

Next question?
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2014, 09:15:25 AM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on September 27, 2014, 10:52:24 PM
Real DUmp women never douche.  It's a sign of weakness to them.

All DUmp "women" have a certain "air" about them.     :lmao:

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Male primitives will occasionally perform sympathy douches on themselves, in a vain attempt to attract DUmp women.

I don't EVEN want to know!

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The only self identifying primitive "women" that douche are the ones that had a vagina installed after they got their penises lopped off. 

See above comment...

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Those types of primitives only douche because they think going through the motions of what a proper woman does makes them more like a real woman.

DUmp males are more like women than men already, no big "change" for them.   :lmao:
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2014, 11:26:30 AM »
Quote from: Delmar on September 27, 2014, 10:47:10 PM
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2014, 09:23:00 PM »
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2014, 09:33:46 PM »
[youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxXhH1zIXcQ[/youtube]
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2014, 12:04:19 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on September 28, 2014, 09:33:46 PM
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Re: primitive needs help choosing between toes and tows
« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2014, 02:21:09 AM »
Shane Shane Shane...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xroRNBvvF9M[/youtube]


I stubbed my tow.



Head shoulders knees and tows
Knees and tows




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