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  • I shan't not to be confused with "shant" continue to "flan the fames" of this debate, but I do feel I should clarify that my intention was not to call into question the efficacy of helmets.

    The Indignity of Bike Month: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Cleats, Love and Understanding? BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • That guy would have looked right at home at UNC in the 80s, with his untucked shirt, "shant" length shorts and the (then) de rigeur backpack on only one shoulder.

    god said "hot!" 2008

  • I shant complain about it though; after sloshing through the mud walking home from the chicken coop, I was thanking God that there is going to be green grass and plenty of run-off to fill the stock ponds.

    Gingerbread & whipped cream... Gumbo Lily 2010

  • Oh, we shant have to worry about Number One very much longer, the Contessa replied calmly.

    The Overload Protocol Mark Walden 2009

  • I ration out food as it is and now the paid WHORES in WASHINGTON are going to "ration" my Medicaid because, well, I'm just a faukin po 'poyson whom the earth shant need.

    Obamacare Targets Entitlements 2009

  • So far today I have received six text messages about Michael Jackson's death - five of them wicked jokes that I shant repeat.

    Michael Jackson RIP 2009

  • So far today I have received six text messages about Michael Jackson's death - five of them wicked jokes that I shant repeat.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • When the script tries to offer something new- the bro-mance between Taylor and Clough, or the somewhat difficult to accept scene when Clough has a moment of self-doubt in his office I shant spoil, it feels like the scenes are intruding because they arent true to the real man himself.

    Simon Says THE DAMNED UNITED is a Lesson in Character Acting, but not in Adaptation… | Obsessed With Film 2009

  • So far today I have received six text messages about Michael Jackson's death - five of them wicked jokes that I shant repeat.

    Michael Jackson RIP 2009

  • So far today I have received six text messages about Michael Jackson's death - five of them wicked jokes that I shant repeat.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

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