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2009/12/23 17:46:18
Subject: why are potholes called potholes
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Crazed Gorger
bonney lake, wa
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I found myself wondering why potholes are called that, and I couldn't figure it out, any of y'all know
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95% of teens would go into a panic attack if the jonas brothers were about to jump off the empire state building copy and paste this if you are the 5% who would pull up a lawn chair grab some popcorn and yell JUMP BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2009/12/23 18:07:55
Subject: why are potholes called potholes
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Huge Bone Giant
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The general shape, iirc, as there are people who refer to them as "kettle-holes" as well.
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"It is not the bullet with your name on it that should worry you, it's the one labeled "To whom it may concern. . ."
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2009/12/23 18:22:44
Subject: why are potholes called potholes
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Combat Jumping Rasyat
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I always wondered if plot holes was a pun derived from pot holes.
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2009/11/30 10:39:31
Subject: why are potholes called potholes
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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A hole the size of a pot.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2009/12/23 19:58:04
Subject: why are potholes called potholes
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Wing Commander
The home of the Alamo, TX
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Only rarely there's any marijuana in them :(
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2009/12/23 22:57:23
Subject: why are potholes called potholes
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Lord of the Fleet
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I heard that they're called pot-holes because people used to put pots in holes in the ground to heat whatever's inside by the Earth's hot-spots, or to keep it cool/warm.
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2009/12/23 23:47:50
Subject: why are potholes called potholes
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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It's a corruption or contraction of the phrase "post hole" meaning a hole large enough to plant a post in such as would be used for an upright of a house or something.
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2009/12/23 23:57:33
Subject: why are potholes called potholes
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Moustache-twirling Princeps
About to eat your Avatar...
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Cane wrote:Only rarely there's any marijuana in them :(
It is really misleading...  .
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5600/12/24 05:42:37
Subject: why are potholes called potholes
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Committed Chaos Cult Marine
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WTF, I just noticed KillKrazy's avatar go all nutz and transform. Then I realized...its a .gif.
Have no idea why its called pot holes either. Found nothing on wiki.
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95% of teens would go into a panic attack if the jonas brothers were about to jump off the empire state building copy and paste this if you are the 5% who would pull up a lawn chair grab some popcorn and yell JUMP BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mekboy wrote:Tzeentch: Full house! Yay!
Deciver: Straight Flush! Yay!
Eldrad: Four of a kind! Awww!
Creed: Warhound titan. Die, xenos scum!
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2009/12/24 12:33:52
Subject: Re:why are potholes called potholes
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Sneaky Sniper Drone
A cardboard box on your doorstep
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Because the government decided to let the "potheads" name something
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2009/12/25 17:39:45
Subject: Re:why are potholes called potholes
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Battleship Captain
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Alfred McMango wrote:Because the government decided to let the "potheads" name something
I thought was how we named the platypus?
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2009/12/25 17:56:55
Subject: why are potholes called potholes
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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No, it's from ancient Greek.
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2009/12/25 23:58:30
Subject: why are potholes called potholes
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Fixture of Dakka
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In Mariah County on route 57 there is a pothole that is always full of chibba at midnight.
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2009/12/26 02:27:40
Subject: Re:why are potholes called potholes
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Wicked Canoptek Wraith
South of Heaven
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to quote a movie whose title I can't think of at the moment:
'and you can put your weed in there',
which is never the case, then I get angry....but its cool man, whatever, you know?
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2009/12/26 17:08:39
Subject: why are potholes called potholes
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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Old language roots are sometimes very convoluted.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. |
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