The enemy of my enemy is my friend

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_MsJack
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

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sock puppet wrote:A proven way to establish untrustworthy allies, such as the USA and USSR in WWII.

Well, that's how the Predator took on a human girlfriend to fight the Aliens, is it not?

If you can't trust schlocky modern-day mash-ups of successful '80s action-horror films, what can you trust?
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

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Bond James Bond wrote:
Brad Hudson wrote:Millions of years of evolution, and we're just big old apes in tribes.


Be careful Brad or this thread will devolve quickly into a bunch of quotes and ape gifs/photos/jokes. :wink:


Tends to happen in threads I post in. Part of my charm, I suppose.
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

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Brad Hudson wrote:
Tends to happen in threads I post in. Part of my charm, I suppose.


It's been going on at this board for six years. And that in no way is a bad thing. :D
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

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Wait, wait! I almost have it:

The second cousin twice removed of the friend of my enemy's neighbor is.......

Okay, give me a minute again.
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Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

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Darth J wrote:Wait, wait! I almost have it:

The second cousin twice removed of the friend of my enemy's neighbor is.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu_Y1wQ923g&feature=youtu.be
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