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  <title>Why Bill Self is staying at Kansas</title>
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        <body>A couple of pages ago I noticed yet another &amp;quot;M &amp;amp; M&amp;quot; reference, and that reminded me that someone had said something about brown M &amp;amp; M's a few days ago.  Don't know if they still do it, but years ago, Van Halen had a clause in their contract that said a bowl of M &amp;amp;M's, with all the brown ones picked out, had to be in their dressing room before the concert.  Silly stuff, but it turns out that there might have been a method to their madness.  Every venue they played had its own unique characteristics, and any local issues would be addressed in the contract.  The M &amp;amp; M clause was sort of a test to see how closely the contract issues were addressed.  If they got a bowl of M &amp;amp; M's and the brown ones were not picked out, that was a clue that maybe other things had been ignored, too.  What can I say, I have a veritable plethora of useless information in my head...</body>
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        <body>I'm out folks.  Peace t oall.</body>
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        <body>Ok, this is where a quick glance and speed-reading does not work. I left out a word and a couple of letters when my eyes first darted to this comment.
Jen is happy today | 04/11/08, 02:32 PM 
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No wonder you are happy.</body>
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        <body>Nice gill...If he could do that...

Finsterbaby, Chalice Seeker |
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that's why I have spayed female dogs, Fin...the males are always too busy... ... ... because they can.</body>
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        <body>Yippee?</body>
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        <body>LTL is up (That's what he said)</body>
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        <body>We are all losing our ever-loving minds...
Kari - President of Pagination

It's the green M &amp;amp; M's...</body>
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        <body>Not really?</body>
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        <body>never seen a big jar of that...but I have seen a big mess of RM oysters...</body>
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        <body>You can remove the question mark. 
Barzhac - DIIIIEEE MILKWEED! | 04/11/08, 02:31 PM 
I think it's permanent?
Finsterbaby, Chalice Seeker 
++++++++++
Viagra will straighten that out for you.</body>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;Three days after winning the national championship, coach &lt;strong&gt;Bill Self&lt;/strong&gt; reached a new deal with Kansas to forestall a big-bucks offer from Oklahoma State, his alma mater. The Cowboys had not just warm sentiment in their corner but lots of cold, hard cash from booster &lt;strong&gt;T. Boone Pickens&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are the reasons why Self made &lt;strong&gt;Rock&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Elwood&lt;/strong&gt; and other Kansas fans happy by sticking with the Jayhawks over Oklahoma State:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10.&lt;/strong&gt; Afraid to read all the bad-pun headlines (&amp;quot;Self-ish&amp;quot;) if he left&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9.&lt;/strong&gt; Werner Ladder endorsement deal dependent on staying at KU&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8.&lt;/strong&gt; Turned off when unstable OSU football coach &lt;strong&gt;Mike Gundy&lt;/strong&gt; yelled, &amp;quot;YOU&amp;#39;RE A MAN! YOU&amp;#39;RE 45!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7.&lt;/strong&gt; Oklahoma State coaches never featured in Caption This&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.&lt;/strong&gt; Was merely using OSU offer to extract huge raise, duh!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5.&lt;/strong&gt; Couldn&amp;#39;t leave a team that played such great free-throw defense against Memphis&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.&lt;/strong&gt; Had to lock in KU job before&lt;strong&gt; Roy Williams&lt;/strong&gt; came crawling back&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; Shocked to discover he couldn&amp;#39;t bring along his Kansas players&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; Failed to secure package deal that included &lt;strong&gt;John Calipari&lt;/strong&gt; as permanent opposing coach&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; Discovered the &amp;quot;T&amp;quot; in &amp;quot;T. Boone&amp;quot; stood for &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;Tylerhansbrough&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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