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October 28, 2013 It's kinda like the "crossing the streams" rule in "Ghostbusters", yes.
Think how much fun she'd have not crossing the streams: "Nice shootin', Tex!" I can hear her saying the lines already.
I fear this may be the columnist equivalent of crossing the streams, and yes, that is the second Ghostbusters reference in as many weeks, you're welcome.
The internet exerts a powerful jackass ray, and lord knows so does talking about race, and we are essentially crossing the streams here.
These nose-to-tail outliers talk enthusiastically of blurring the distinction between sweet and savoury, a concept as reckless as crossing the streams in Ghostbusters.
He was eventually foiled by the Ghost Busters who, by crossing the streams in their proton packs, generated an explosion that incinerated the confectionery-based monster and sent Stay Puft marshmallow raining onto the streets below.
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"I looked up and saw these eyes crossing the stream.
Crossing the stream on a weathered bridge, we headed northeast toward the Temperance River.
Believing that they might have been startled by deer crossing the stream, he stayed put and 10 minutes later the animals emerged from the riverbank trees and shrubbery.
As they saw no guard near, nor any one else passing by or crossing the stream, they were seized with a desire to swim away, notwithstanding the depth and whirl of the strong current.
Travel was crossing the stream before the rain and having to wait before safely crossing it on the way home, sometimes risking it and crossing it anyway.
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