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urbatronik
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Aug 13, 2004, 05:01 PM
 
Those earbuds or earphones were part of an iPod?
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 05:04 PM
 
Please explain.
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 05:08 PM
 
Originally posted by urbatronik:
Those earbuds or earphones were part of an iPod?
Um, ok, yeah, sure.......
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 05:12 PM
 
Originally posted by urbatronik:
Those earbuds or earphones were part of an iPod?
Yes.
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 05:17 PM
 
I think the pound sign looks like a waffle.

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Mmmm.

### <--waffles.
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 05:21 PM
 
Originally posted by SafariX:
I think the pound sign looks like a waffle.

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Mmmm.

### <--waffles.
� <-- Fish hook
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 05:22 PM
 
Originally posted by SafariX:
I think the pound sign looks like a waffle.

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You mean this pound sign? - �
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 05:27 PM
 
Yeah sure, they were all listening to DJ Tiesto on their iPods.
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 06:06 PM
 
Originally posted by rozwado1:
Please explain.
all the athletes had in their ears white earphones..so.....were they ipods?

but somebody answer my question already ehhe thanx
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 06:09 PM
 
Originally posted by urbatronik:
all the athletes had in their ears white earphones..so.....were they ipods?

but somebody answer my question already ehhe thanx
There just earphones through which they receive orders from the "director". So they all know what to do and when to do it.
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 06:16 PM
 
Originally posted by Powaqqatsi:
There just earphones through which they receive orders from the "director". So they all know what to do and when to do it.
I thought they gave out translator devices, too.
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 06:52 PM
 
Why do they call it "pound"? shouldnt it be tic-tac-toe-sign?

pound...pfffft.

     
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Aug 13, 2004, 07:03 PM
 
Originally posted by boardsurfer:
Why do they call it "pound"? shouldnt it be tic-tac-toe-sign?

pound...pfffft.

Its pronounced "Waffle."

Rhymes with ....goose.
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 07:54 PM
 
Who calls it a pound sign?

This is a pound sign �
This is a hash sign #

mmm...waffles
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 08:53 PM
 
mmmm...hash
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 09:05 PM
 
on a phone # is pound.
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 09:18 PM
 
lb.
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 09:43 PM
 
Originally posted by MaxPower2k3:
on a phone # is a yummy waffle.
Fixed.
     
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Aug 13, 2004, 10:02 PM
 
Originally posted by SafariX:
Fixed.
hey, leggo my eggo.
     
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Aug 14, 2004, 03:10 AM
 
Do other forums get threads like this? I think not.

Mmm... ### for breakfast tomorrow...
     
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Aug 14, 2004, 05:33 AM
 
kg
     
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Aug 14, 2004, 12:39 PM
 
This thread is now about not making sense... oh wait!
I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him.
     
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Aug 14, 2004, 01:08 PM
 
Originally posted by voodoo:
This thread is now about not making sense... oh wait!
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Aug 14, 2004, 01:18 PM
 
Kegel!?
     
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Aug 14, 2004, 01:24 PM
 
just to clarify, those were "in-ear monitors" so they could hear the music to sing to.

My wife thought they were pods too!

Ok, back to off topic discusion--->
     
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Aug 14, 2004, 09:46 PM
 
Phelps was listening to an iPod attached to some Bose headphones just before his Gold medal swim today.
     
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Aug 14, 2004, 09:56 PM
 
Originally posted by JHromadka:
Phelps was listening to an iPod attached to some Bose headphones just before his Gold medal swim today.

swim? I didn't think stereotypical black men from the 70s knew how to swim...
     
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Aug 15, 2004, 10:10 AM
 
Waffle is what Kerry does, pound is what Bush does to other countries when he remembers he has no actual presidential skills.
     
   
 
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