"wow, when i found out you like the clogged drain effect, i thought of you in a whole new prospective
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Mauritius and Rwanda appear to have gained from the Singapore math effect—both countries are economically better off than their bigger resources-rich African neighbors.
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wtf!!!! Katheryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker won best director and picture?! it was a boring piece of shit movie seen by 5 people, all who are in a coma right now cuz their brains commited suicide after sitting through that lame shit! Well, yeah, it's the Sarah Palin Effect...the directer has a vag and is cute..so of course she would win!
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Guy 1: Holy crap that chick is so hot!!
Guy 2: No she isn't, she only looks like it because of the Forbidden Fruit Effect.
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Guy 2: She's married, and you can't have her, so she is a forbidden fruit.
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Guy 1: What do you mean?
Guy 2: She's married, and you can't have her, so she is a forbidden fruit.
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