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Focus Groups Through the Ages
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Europe - 25,000 B.C.

Thog: Rock good?
Ug: Ug like rock.
Thog: [writing] Get...more...rock.
Ug: UG LIKE ROCK! UG KEEP ROCK!
Thog: No. Rock just prototype.
Ug: Ug get parking validated?
Thog: No.

Jerusalem - 33 A.D.

Facilitator: Okay, now let's talk slogans. If you heard "Jesus: He's
Household Hints for Daily Home Use
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Problem: Broken Light Bulb

Hint: Get a potato from the kitchen. Cut it in half. Dice the halves. Get three more potatoes and do the same thing. Cook a chopped medium onion and two tablespoons of butter in a two-quart saucepan on medium-high heat until soft. Add potatoes and one cup of chicken broth to saucepan. Add parsley, thyme, salt, and pepper to taste. Cook for fifteen minutes on low-medium heat.
Bullshit
Firemen Are Pussies
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I've recently come to terms with the fact that no job I will ever have will provide me with the opportunity to be a hero. It seems a little unfair, then, that just by virtue of being employed in certain occupations  as a fireman, for instance  you're suddenly considered one. You wouldn't call me a doctor if you saw me in a hospital, or Chancellor of the Universe if I put my pants on before my shoes.
A Message to White America
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Hi WASPs, I'm Daniel Brady. From my name you're probably guessing that I'm white too, but I'm not. I am an Irish/African-American male who happens to looks like a Native American version of Aladdin. As complicated as this may seem, be satisfied to know that I am a Jew's nose away from being the amalgamation of every oppressed ethnic group in America.

Although you might control every market, own every media outlet, hold most important government positions, and put on blackface to be Colin Powell, you really are not all that great.

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Vol. 14 Iss. 6
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Top Ten Ways to Win an Argument
  1. Admit that they're right, and you're wrong, but only about them being right
  2. Finally, finally reveal why you always carry a trident
  3. Change into your argument pants
  4. Carry a parrot that's always right, and basically rehash whatever it says
  5. Hit them with the folding chair of superior rhetoric, and then a regular one
  6. Liberal use of American flag
  7. Make jazz hands until your opponent is dazzled
  8. Successfully throw three bean bags through clown's mouth at Rhetorical Carnival
  9. Use obscure phrases to hoist them by their own petard
  10. Never admit you're wrong, and be immortal
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Custom coffee mugs are a great way to commemorate student organizations that you are a part of for years to come.
UC Berkeley students can use promotional products such as promotional tote bags and promotional pens to show their school spirit. Show your school spirit with custom journals and promotional polo shirts branded with your school name or logo. UC Berkeley students use personalized water bottles for school sports and club programs. For an inexpensive way to promote your school organization hand out personalized pencils.