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Posted by owien on Sep-17-2009 00:12:

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Originally posted by jupiterone

i love the part when it stoped for ten seconds to stare you out before thinking better of it then scarpers

Posted by Rose on Sep-17-2009 00:57:

I hope that damn thing died

Posted by Domesticated on Sep-17-2009 01:13:

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Originally posted by stren
its a way of story telling used to make the story more dramatic, to get the reader more involved, by developing a sense of immediacy

Well, it doesn't work. It just sounds stupid. There's a reason for both a past and present tense existing in the English language.

Posted by owien on Sep-17-2009 01:35:

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Originally posted by Domesticated
Well, it doesn't work. It just sounds stupid. There's a reason for both a past and present tense existing in the English language.
give the man a break i think he's still in shock

Posted by owien on Sep-17-2009 01:36:

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Originally posted by Rose
I hope that damn thing died
no heart you

Posted by Rose on Sep-17-2009 01:44:

Really though I hate those things

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Originally posted by The17sss
Had something similar happen to me about 5 years ago. I was at my friend's house for a BBQ. I walked out front to take out some trash, and in broad daylight a fucking racoon walked out of the bushes towards me, snarling like a rabid dog. I guess he smelled the food, and probably had rabies. I was backed against the door and picked up a broom that was laying there.

I wish I could have seen the split screen of my perspective coupled with my friend's; he was in the back yard grilling and all he heard was, "GET THE FUCK BACK!!!" He ran around the house, thinking someone was trying to fight me, and saw me standing over a pulverized racoon holding a broom handle.

Posted by Lilith on Sep-17-2009 02:11:

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Originally posted by owien

I've got one like near where I am, he's a really big boy about the size of a cat, maybe a bit heavier (not that I'd try picking him up!) Completely unafraid when I've walked past in the evenings, nearly squished him a couple of times in the car late at night so I slow down at night when he's running around in his territory.

Posted by rEstart ediTing on Sep-17-2009 02:59:

Can I be teached smart too or not?

Posted by jupiterone on Sep-17-2009 02:59:

fucking possums

Posted by stren on Sep-17-2009 08:32:

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Posted by Domesticated on Sep-17-2009 08:38:

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Originally posted by stren
It does work, trust me I've studied English.

Wow, you've studied a compulsory subject that every child in the Western world takes as part of standard curriculum! You must be right!

Posted by stren on Sep-17-2009 08:44:

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Posted by Ygrene on Sep-17-2009 10:11:

I like to call you 'Possum-Kicker McGee'.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Sep-17-2009 12:18:

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Originally posted by Domesticated
Wow, you've studied a compulsory subject that every child in the Western world takes as part of standard curriculum! You must be right!

No, he's right. There is something in linguistics called "deixis", which is basically the representation of proximity in point of view. You'll notice that J1 starts off in the past tense and moves into the present. This is a common and effective temporal deictic strategy, bringing you "closer" to the events being described by removing the temporal distance.

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