What doesn’t kill you may NOT make you stronger


	What doesn’t kill you may NOT make you stronger

CrazyRedHead

7-18-2009 11:09 AM

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7-18-2009 1:42 PM

carrerinyes

7-18-2009 2:39 PM

tidbit2

the writer who came up with the phrase was declared insane in his later years
Friedrich Nietzsche
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche

7-18-2009 7:47 PM

merrie

‘After his bladder’s got him up each night, the poor love loses his way and the nurses discover him trying to find a bed in the women’s ward down the corridor. Mind you, I did always tell him that sitting that close to the TV to masturbate wouldn’t do his eyes any good.’
OMG!

7-18-2009 10:48 PM

chestnut501

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