In a vast cubicle office environment, when one stands up in one's own cube and looks along the tops of the many cube walls stretching out to the horizon. The cube horizon can be interrupted by the heads of people walking around. And by many heads at once if there is a loud, unexplained noise in the area. This can result in a phenomenom called prairie-dogging: many people stand up and look around like prairie dogs coming out of their holes.
I first came across "cube horizon" in James Hynes' novel "Kings of Infinite Space."
I first came across "cube horizon" in James Hynes' novel "Kings of Infinite Space."
Having decided to sneak out early, Manfred casually stood up and surveyed the cube horizon for those that might spot him.
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The well, which was in 1 mile of water, blew out (or ruptured) on 20 April 2010, and gushed millions of barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. On 14 July, the main rupture appeared to have been capped. By then, probably 4 million barrels of crude had been released into a sensitive habitat, destroying the livelihood of tens of thousands of people.
According to some estimates, the Deepwater Horizon blowout was the worst peacetime oil well blowout in history.
The well, which was in 1 mile of water, blew out (or ruptured) on 20 April 2010, and gushed millions of barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. On 14 July, the main rupture appeared to have been capped. By then, probably 4 million barrels of crude had been released into a sensitive habitat, destroying the livelihood of tens of thousands of people.
According to some estimates, the Deepwater Horizon blowout was the worst peacetime oil well blowout in history.
The Deepwater Horizon platform killed eleven crew members when it exploded. The operator and its lessor, BP, had been cited hundreds of times for major safety procedure violations.
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basically to have sex lying down, cannot be vertical
or doing the crazed dance of the time, also while lying down
also can mean 2 monsters having sex, lying down
or doing the crazed dance of the time, also while lying down
also can mean 2 monsters having sex, lying down
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Kelsi: I walked on them doing the horizontal love dance and they pushed me out of a window...
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Shit's on the Horizon
Shit's on the Horizon
worker 1) "Hey man, are you going to the game tonight?"
worker 2) "Yeah I hope to be....."
(Boss is making his way over)
worker 1) "Oh no, shit's on the horizon"
Lady 1) "Does the weather look like it might rain at our BBQ?"
Lady 2) "Lets just say the shit's on the horizon"
worker 2) "Yeah I hope to be....."
(Boss is making his way over)
worker 1) "Oh no, shit's on the horizon"
Lady 1) "Does the weather look like it might rain at our BBQ?"
Lady 2) "Lets just say the shit's on the horizon"
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