| Sep 29th, 2008 04:22 PM | 
	| kahljorn | 
	
		
		hey uh what is the best sim city cause the one i have is totally gay
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	| Sep 29th, 2008 03:56 PM | 
	| DevilWearsPrada | 
	
		
		Well we greeks have an old saying about this that involves heavy drinking
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	| Sep 23rd, 2008 02:22 AM | 
	| pac-man | 
	
		
		
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					Originally Posted by  Evil Robot
					 
				 
				I see an oil power plant in there, did it's economy collapse into a Mad Max like scenario? 
			
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 God I hope so. 
 
And all apologies, GW. I've got a rep around here for being painfully annoying and hopelessly unfunny. I can't let that slide just because the summer's over.
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	| Sep 23rd, 2008 01:22 AM | 
	| Guitar Woman | 
	
		
		God damnit, pac man, when I saw this thread I went and reinstalled Sim City 3000 just so I could make a joke like that.
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	| Sep 23rd, 2008 01:14 AM | 
	| Evil Robot | 
	
		
		I see an oil power plant in there, did it's economy collapse into a Mad Max like scenario?
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	| Sep 22nd, 2008 11:26 PM | 
	| pac-man | 
	
		
		Training Map City was also destroyed in a day.
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	| Sep 22nd, 2008 11:25 PM | 
	| VaporTrailx1 | 
	
		
		Or Hiroshimi, Nagasaki, Covington, I think Sherman burned Atlanta down in a day.
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	| Sep 22nd, 2008 08:25 PM | 
	| Evil Robot | 
	
		
		I can name several that were destroyed in a day like New Orleans and Dresden.
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	| Sep 22nd, 2008 06:01 PM | 
	| pac-man | 
	
		
		
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					Originally Posted by  Bod
					 
				 
				but name me one city that was. 
			
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Training Map City.
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	| Sep 22nd, 2008 01:46 PM | 
	| Tadao | 
	
		
		
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					Originally Posted by  Bod
					 
				 
				but name me one city that was. 
			
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 Mexico City
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	| Sep 22nd, 2008 01:24 PM | 
	| Pub Lover | 
	
		
		Ugh, I want to add more to that post, but I can't, and this isn't the chatroom so I'm not going to double post. Screw that shit.
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	| Sep 22nd, 2008 01:23 PM | 
	| Pub Lover | 
	
		
		Yeah, as Kahl points out, Rome had the greatest empire for a pretty long time.
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	| Sep 22nd, 2008 11:58 AM | 
	| kahljorn | 
	
		
		I'm reading valis right now and according to it we've been living in the timeless roman empire since 70 ce!
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	| Sep 22nd, 2008 11:26 AM | 
	| Esuohlim | 
	
		
		That fish was 5 feet long if it was an inch!
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	| Sep 22nd, 2008 11:00 AM | 
	| MetalMilitia | 
	
		
		Perhaps the saying has its routes in Byzantine culture. It's like how people say "call a spade a spade". You could say anything in place of spade but the saying is most probably an agricultural reference and as such it's stuck that way.
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	| Sep 22nd, 2008 10:41 AM | 
	| Dixie | 
	
		
		Because they think it makes them sound sophisticated.
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	| Sep 22nd, 2008 09:59 AM | 
	| Bod | 
	
		 Rome  
		Why do people say "Rome wasn't built in a day"? I appreciate it wasn't, but name me one city that was.
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