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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 01:01 AM
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Can I be a cynical optimist?
or would that be too confusing?
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Not_Giving_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 01:06 AM
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1. Sure!
You can be anything you want to be!
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 01:08 AM
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2. We should start a club
Cynical (or Realistic) Optimists for a Better Tomorrow...Yeah, Right. ®
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 01:12 AM
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4. I like it!
I like it a lot! :hi:
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 01:09 AM
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3. A zen-like paradox?
I guess if Bush can be proud of a catastrophic success, anything is possible.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 01:13 AM
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5. I'd call that an oxymoron,
except everyone here would think I'm talking about the evil spawn of the Blivet and Limpballs.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 01:14 AM
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7. No, that spawn would be an oxymorAn
:rofl:
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 01:15 AM
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8. what are ya, the spelling police?
:rofl:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 01:18 AM
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10. Yeah
sorry, it is moron....moron...maroon!
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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 01:13 AM
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6. that's like asking
the half empty/half full question!
why not be an optimistic cynic, like me? :D
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 01:16 AM
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9. My dear Tom Kitten....
But if you're optimistic, then how can you be a cynic?

Or how can you be cynical, if you're optimistic?

These two are mutually exclusive, IMHO!

At least to me, they are!

:hug: :loveya:
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