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It's the hothouse tomato bit.

He kept his tongue out of sight.  If she hadn't done the tongue, there'd be lots fewer complaints.

The one with the most misspelled words should have had the Adam Sandler account's picture.

Franco plays someone who's fathered children?   Bit of a stretch, isn't it?

I think it's because Lynn Truss managed to get rich off misused apostrophes—it's made me over-sensitive.

I'm not angry—just disappointed.  I expected more from you.

Why does "fan's" have an apostrophe?

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How long have you been waiting to use that?

God told me it's punishment for condoning the WBC.

If you don't provoke them, how can you claim self-defense later?

Pig Newton?  Like made with bacon?  Anybody got a patent on this yet?

If you want to go the irrational route, maybe you should look at the "true events" that happened in a non-existent place to mythical gods.

Yes, she's no beauty either, I guess, but she has a "heart-shaped face," which I always identify as a sign of beauty—so I'm biased as well.
She's sweet, simple in the good sense, undramatic, loving, gentle, kind, and not at all self-absorbed.  Really, I just don't understand what Ashley sees in her.

In The Mask of Sanity, Hervey Cleckley uses Scarlett as an example of a borderline sociopath.  I think he's right, though I doubt if Margaret Mitchell saw her that way.
Just skimming through the first couple of chapters, I was struck again by what an insufferable bitch Scarlett was.

A pointed chin and a square jaw—so she looked like a Mont Blanc pen?

My god, GwtW is online.  Anyway, first paragraph:

No, not really.  It's right there in the beginning that Scarlett is on the plain side but makes up for it with vivacity and flirting.  Plus a good figure and great clothes.

Vivian Leigh in Gone with the Wind.  No complaints about the film, but Scarlett O'Hara isn't supposed to be pretty; she's the girl with the "good personality."  It adds a bit to her hostile attitude towards the very pretty Melanie.

The calming drug idea is quite well-worn by now.  Walker Percy used it, for instance, in that book the title of which is eluding me, and there's soma in Brave New World.