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Which will it be if you could only have one? (Time out:0 days after 31-08-2003, 08:54)
My significant other
My consumer electronics
a banana
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I have a friend who has had a girlfriend for at least a year, though when it comes down to setting his priorities, his consumer electronics come first. Most of his dates also involve said electronics. Granted, he's a sound engineer, but...
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You have to ask?

My SO is a technophile too, so I'm allllll good.
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Oct 2001
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Good luck trying to hump an amplifier.

My significant other definitely. I wouldn't emigrate to another continent for some electronic gizmo.
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Sep 2001
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You have to ask?

My SO is a technophile too, so I'm allllll good.


I first read that and thought that your SO was Loinburger...
Kirnwaffen is offline Kirnwaffen
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Jul 2000
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This is a joke...right?
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Should be "Your SO or your electronic heroin?".

Electronic heroin.
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Aug 2001
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Lets just say I just ordered a heap of new parts for my computer. ^_^

But its good for my SO - she gets the old parts my computer doesn't need anymore.

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Sep 2001
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You can't have sex with a stereo.

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Well, the joy of electronics would be diminished somewhat by the absence of my left hand, but the joy of my left hand would disappear entirely without electronics. Tough choice.
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But you can with your computer.

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,56409,00.html
The intro:
quote:
For about a year, Mark Allen, a gay man living in New York, conducted an online relationship with a man living in Austin, Texas. But as the relationship matured, Allen realized it wasn't his cyberboyfriend he was falling in love with, it was his PowerMac G3.
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Takes the term "Mac lover" to a new level.

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I love the headline of that article.

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If you are addicted to consumer electronics, you got a problem.
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Put an end to popups!

wow, that's strange. Most human-computer relationships I've heard of are of the master-slave type.
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This isn't my computer, and I don't have an SO, so I had to choose "banana," which seems a bit unfair. I feel so discriminated against.
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I noticed that I treat my ps2 and (recently) xbox better than my gf, but seriously My gf would come before them.
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I have too many electronics to be fussed over one guy.

Plenty more fish in the sea, and at least you can listen to surround sound whilst waiting

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Mar 2000
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Seeing that I've given up on having a relationship, ever, I'll keep my toys, thanks.

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The two aren't mutually exclusive, but if I must choose, I'll stick with my consumer electronics...they've always been nice to me

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quote:

My SO is a technophile too, so I'm allllll good.


Dammit!!! I wish I was gay!!!

st_swithin: Are you having a relationship with a banana??

Do I have to be the first person to refer to the "off button"?
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Tired of ads?

...and elijah wins Best Post In Thread.
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The best thing about being gay is being able to look at porn with your SO.

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Now that is a good point rj, I never thought of it like that

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quote:
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You can't have sex with a stereo.


No, play music on the stereo and go and have a w@nk...simple solution to a simple problem

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Dya think if I put that message on billboards the gay population will rise by 6000%?

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What if your seeing a bisexual chick?
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Dya think if I put that message on billboards the gay population will rise by 6000%?


It's definitely a selling point. Perhaps it was the last component Starchild needed for the construction of his Q bomb...
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As soon as Ming see's this thread..... out comes the toaster.
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quote:
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What if your seeing a bisexual chick?


Women don't tend to like porn.

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quote:

Women don't tend to like porn


You've never been to Northampton have you? I feel like a liberal version of Albert Speer!

 
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