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Everyday life is full of stress that drains your batteries. So if you need a break to recharge them, the Facebook page 'Blackpool Lad' can be a good place to do so—as its admin(s) say, even for lasses!

The origins of its content are a bit murky. The page shares posts that appear to be from X (formerly known as Twitter), but once you start searching for the sources, you realize that a lot of those accounts do not exist.

However, the jokes and observations themselves still stand. They touch on toxic relationships, bad bosses, anxiety, and other common struggles we have.

Continue scrolling to check them out and don't miss the chat we had with psychotherapist Kaytee Gillis—you'll find it in between the pictures.

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    Susan Reid Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently I roll my eyes so hard that the people around me can hear it.

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    There are quite a few indicators signaling that we increasingly need to rethink our (lack of) time-outs, but arguably the most alarming ones are found in the workplace. According to SHRM’s Employee Mental Health in 2024 research series, 44% of the 1,405 surveyed U.S. employees feel burned out at work, 45% feel "emotionally drained" from their work, and 51% feel "used up" at the end of the workday.

    And these things can seriously impact our well-being.

    "Some of the signs that we are burned out include physical pain, increased mental health symptoms such as depression or anxiety, feeling a lot more lethargic or tired, or decreased motivation for things that we used to look forward to, as well as feeling irritable and resentful about things we need to do such as our job/work, housework, parenting, etc.," psychotherapist, author, and educator Kaytee Gillis, who specializes in helping people recover from trauma in families and relationships, told Bored Panda.

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    Jennifer Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When there’s food but not the food you want so you rather starve

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    Debbie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The cats have truly domesticated us.

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    The SHRM data echoes previous research, including the American Psychological Association’s 2023 Work in America Survey, in which 92% of workers stated that it is very or somewhat important for them to work for an organization that values their emotional and psychological well-being. However, at the same time, 57% reported experiencing many of the negative effects of burnout that Gillis just mentioned.

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    Multa Nocte
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How else would you talk to them? Of course they are going to respond.

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    Miss Tinker
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Proud childless cat lady here. I am also nearly 50, never married & work in a library. I’m a living stereotype & loving every minute of it 😉

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    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or the person with the cart situated blocking the aisle, no room on either side. "Time for bumper cars".

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    Susan Reid Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That reminds me that I want to get some dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets when I next go to the grocery store.

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    While we all go through hardship, not everyone handles it the same. Our coping mechanisms can be classified as active or avoidant.

    Active coping means that a person recognizes the source of their stress and takes steps to change the situation or the way they respond to it.

    Avoidant coping, on the other hand, occurs when a person ignores the root problem that causes them stress.


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    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mr Auntriarch is in charge of admin. I am in charge of dashing into Claire's Accessories and buying a load of trinkets that I will think "what on earth possessed me to buy that" as soon as I get home.

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    Lost Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To circumvent this, my wife will fall asleep on the couch knowing that I cannot, and will not, let her sleep on the couch over night. It forces me to stop and say "Let's go to bed."

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    Multa Nocte
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my God, this is so funny! I HATE how it's true!

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    "Some common unhealthy coping skills include substance misuse and isolation," Gillis, author of Breaking the Cycle: the 6 Stages of Healing from Childhood Family Trauma, said.

    "However, many things can be an unhealthy coping skill if used in an unhealthy way or a way that contributes to avoidance. For example, exercise or video games can both be a fun way to de-stress, but both can also be unhealthy when used in excess."

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    Libstak
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's for the damaged luggage on the carousel in arrivals, but that's just me.

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    Feathered Dinosaur
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least I can mostly speak my mind with my patients. Sorry, if you don't quit the cigarettes and live more healthy you will significantly decrease your healthy life span. Some people need a kick in the a*s

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    Gillis said, "The best way to recover [from burnout] is to get a break!"

    "I understand that isn't always feasible or realistic, but a break can also look like decreasing the workload by delegating some tasks to other people, asking for help with housework or parenting, or taking a couple of days (or more!) off when you can get an actual break."

    "Also, increase self-care, such as eating meals, drinking water, moving your body in ways that feel good, and taking care of other needs that are often neglected when we are stressed," the psychotherapist added.


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    Feathered Dinosaur
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And try to pass through a gate with them. It's adorable

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    FreeTheUnicorn
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This only works if your relationship is so bad that your partner wouldn't ask. I guess that's the prize you win for being passive aggressive?

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    It can take time to become aware of and unlearn negative coping mechanisms. Initially, you'll need to be intentional about incorporating positive coping strategies into your daily life, and this may require considerable effort. However, over time, these responses will become more automatic. For now, let's finish the list!

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    leendadll
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An online friend and I discussed this exact hangup. Volume is much different on my new tv, also between different channels, and I can't play this game anymore.

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    Jennifer Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait, I’m not alone? Did someone get in because I didn’t check the door a fourth time?

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    Lost Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not those exact words, but my wife saw me refold my shirts once when I was still in the military... 14 years together and folding laundry is still my job XD

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    Doofnuts
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wife gets up every morning around 3:30 (don't ask). I get up around 5:30 or 6. If I get up before that it"s " why are you up? This is my time."

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    Diane O'Brien
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister's dog smelled her breast cancer, now I don't like it when he follows me

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    Feathered Dinosaur
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with deer and rabbits. Can't they see I'm a Disney Princess in disguise??

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    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, that would be like sitting in a field of muesli with no fruit. Fries would be a carrot patch.

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    Schnitzel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Armageddon gets unleashed instantly, unfortunately. Have many regretful texts..

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are always good. In fact, there is no minute of any day that we are not perfect.

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    smugdruggler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    07:59; we're not open yet, 09:03; all appointments gone.

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    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then you side eye the dog, they look away, side eye, look away "nope, not begging, just chillin'"

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    Joseph Miller
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not so sure that someone taking 'a patient's history' wouldn't know how to spell "new" correctly.

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    Myoviridae
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once house-sat for a couple with a cat. The cat loved sci-fy shows, so one of the conditions of house-sitting was that I watched sci-fy shows with the cat. 10/10 experience.

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    ucp
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s the kettle in our house. I’m hypersensitive so have to make the tea, to stop my wife making a bloody racket flicking the same switch in the same way as me. It doesn’t bother me when I do it

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    Feathered Dinosaur
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope you called the Guinness book of World Records!

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    Mark Stewart
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the real adulting nobody tells you about.

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    sbj
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't mind this, maths questions are probably the only ones coming from children I have honest answers for

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    ChugChug
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's wrong with camping? I think it's very nice to be close to nature. I love it

    Coralinea
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer soft beds and hard walls, not the other way round

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    Ladedah
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to love camping... now I love "camping" way more with a 32 ft travel trailer... it's like a house on wheels that you can take to various destinations! The backing up though ... 😖

    Vermonta
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    because some nut with an axe will run out of the woods at you. But seriously - Bears.

    KillerKiwi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m more afraid of men. Where are you camping, rural Canada?? The North Pole?

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    Wysteria_Rose
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like camping but hardly find it very relaxing unless you have a lot of time to do it. It's a lot of work to get set up for it and then to pack it all back up again.

    MotherofGuineaPigs
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless it's in an Air tent with AC, gas burners, inflatable bed and electricity. Y'all can go out with the mosquitos.

    Child of the Stars
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love camping. So do my kids. I give them walkie-talkies and let them run feral in the woods for a couple of days while I sit and talk to my friends for a whole weekend.

    BarfyCat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My idea of camping is in a cabin with real beds and hot running water. I'm too old for sleeping on the ground!

    Steve Hall
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't make mortgage payments so I can sleep in the yard!

    justagirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i find it kind of odd when people say, "never say never". I mean clearly you don't never say never because you just said never twice.

    Vicki Perizzolo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love Nature - I love my bed just as much and it's too big to take with me.

    Barbara Baldwin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My idea of roughing it---> A motel room with no coffee pot.

    dudovich13
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hiking? Why? I've done nothing wrong.

    Jay Gerding
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If God had wanted us to go camping, He would never have invented Hotels, Motels and Airbnb.

    Carole Martin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope! Lying on the ground with the ants and roaches is not my thing,

    SleepSycho
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never seen a roach camping. Nor a single ant in a tent. Also I like beer and fire and camping is the only socially acceptable place where I can drunkenly unleash my inner pyro

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    Doofnuts
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup. Something I say on a regular basis "what part of retired don't you understand?". Doesn't do me a damn bit of good, so I don't know why I bother.

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    The_Nicest_Misanthrope
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I work weekends, so this would technically be a compliment coming from me

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    Kerensa Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where is Old England - Brilliant! All of England is Old

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    Brenda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom has a habit of leaving her phone in the kitchen on the island. A few weeks ago, my son and I were in the backyard with his 3yo & 2yo. He was playing on his phone while I blew bubbles. Asked him to please get me a DP. He said sure. Then I see him talking and hear him say " Grammy, since you're in the kitchen now, would you mind bringing mom a DP? Thx" she was laughing as she said "Well played, kiddo!"

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    ucp
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Train drivers in the UK can earn more than £80k. I read an article in the Sunday Times that said the average veterinarian (with seven years of training) earns £41k. That’s a large part of why trains are so expensive.

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    Robert Millar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ferocious fluff... Brilliant! Like the deadly dust bunny.

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    Libstak
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did that manage to get on anybody's bingo card?

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    Lost Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better than the "What are you doing? That was our turn!" on a road they travel daily, but you only once in awhile.

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    Rayne OfSalt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey now, I give GREAT advice! Just because my own life is a dumpster fire doesn't mean I can't see how you can fix yours!

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    Cee Cee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's quite upmarket. We got squash and those old style Smith's crisps. Not even ready salted. The salt was in a twist of blue paper.

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    ZuriLovesYou
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have the perfect solution to that: Buy an Android instead

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    Fire Singer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dr. Pepper is my downfall soda. I'm trying to give up soda but sometimes I just want an ice cold Dr. Pepper! So this candle would kill me! But it sounds amazing.

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    Mrs Irish Mom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My hubby always finds the stuff me and our kid cant, hes great

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    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I confused the it chap at work once before I remembered that I have my mouse set to right button

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    Well, they’re getting divorced soon.

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    Lost Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My second daughter washed her and her sisters' uniforms for school last night for the first time. Now I get that extra time to... do the rest of the things.

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    Mrs Irish Mom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Irish goodbye comes in handy when that happens ☘️

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    ucp
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unnecessary scraping of the bowl. Urghh…

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    Hodge Elmwood
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is punctuation really this hard to get right?

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    John L
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew I when I asked, "who tha F**K is Britney Spears", I had crossed the Rubicon.....

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    giku T
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    know i know why my husband is walking around in hideous clothes after an arguement that ended on my favor

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    Lost Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Couldn't do it... If the dishes aren't washed before bed, they have to be washed before I leave for work or I go nuts.

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    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those were the days! I haven't made an album in years now.

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    Mrs Irish Mom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go to ikea first and get the fight over with beforw the trip

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    ucp
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just power washed our driveway this afternoon. Living the dream

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    Kelly Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Getting the answer isn't the problem. It's the dreaded "Show your work" that's the problem.