Findings:

• I wish when I closed a book I could set it on the shelf and know it was really over
• She didn't write like Emily Dickinson, but she did live in a house overlooking a cemetery, and I guess he thought that was important.
• but you had his eyes and that was sort of almost enough
• I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.
• I'm not a geek, and I wish I were
• i wish i felt like teaching today, but i just want to be selfish
• Seems I might have stolen the blue part of her rainbow, but all I really did was make it bigger, a way bigger blue
• I wish I was dead
• The real horror was not what had been redacted, but the reasons why.
• The gun is good. The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life, and poisons the earth with a plague of men, as once it was. But the gun shoots death, and purifies the earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth and kill!
• I was in heaven, I was in hell. Believed in niether but feared them as well.
• Bullet Proof... I Wish I Was
• I wish I was carrying cigarettes
• but fuck, it was Sunday and the church bells hadn't even called the faithful
• The Marlboro Man died of cancer, but he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha.
• Once upon a time there was an ocean but now there is a mountain range.
• I'm sorry I was speeding, officer, but I really have to get to the hospital
• There was silence in my heart, but you found a way to break it.
• It wasn't so much a trip down memory lane as it was me carjacking someone's memorymobile and speeding off down the freeway, but I digress.
• The flowers smiled, but she was gone
• i thought i was special, but it was you
• we went to the stars, but all we found was ourselves
• The serpent was in the garden again, but there weren't any apples left in the tree, so I figured things were cool.
• I wish I was in New Orleans
• The Box Said 'Do NOT Open" But The Seal Was Already Broken
• /but what was the question?
• It was hormones, it was hormones, but it was valid
• How Gudrun cast herself into the Sea, but was brought ashore again
• the desert was once alive, but I don't remember it
• I died for Beauty -- but was scarce
• They wrote it all in perl but it was mostly system calls
• Somebody told me a story. It was pretty but boring. It was Saturday night, my stories usually end up that way.
• I was once smaller than a jellybean, but now look at me - I am macroscopic!
• The Firestone dealership was full to the brim with cars. But I reasoned I would need a boat, since my desire was to go to Ireland. Just then a harsh reminder surfaced; water is expensive in hell.
• I was burned and bleeding, but the galaxy still spun on
• strange and too short but I was lonely
• He stretched out his arms but she was not there
• He was born with the gift of logic but the inability to use it
• I wish I cared about the things you cared about but I don't.
• The virgin was looking apprehensive about the whole ordeal, but for the right amount of cash anyone will take on a horse
• I bought an orange, but it was a grapefruit
• I was shaking, but not from the cold
• He had fallen in love, but I'm pretty sure the hellhound was only in it for the belly rubs
• i didn't write this, but i wish i had
• I am sorry but when you were talking I was admiring the shape of your lips and evaluating their kissability
• Once upon a time there was light in my life, but now there's only love in the dark
• Over time, the metaphor becomes literal. Eventually, we will wish for the figurative meaning, but left with only the chilling reality.
• Noding for Numbers sure was silly, but it sure is better than Dada Fascism
• the fire burned and burned; it was so great and now so much time has passed and the fire is still burning, but it requires attendance
• one was giving me the eye but nothing came of it
• I was pretty sure that wasn't how slasher films were supposed to end, but you won't see me complaining.
• I Wish My Brother George Was Here
• Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
• It was a dream. But it wasn't a dream.
• I wish I was a fish
• As an Atheist, I sometimes wish I were Jewish
• I thought he was a man but he was just a little boy
• I didn't have the heart to tell him I was lying about taco night, but at least the hellhound made some friends
• Jessica, too tall but still lovely, was not sure she would or should drop the whale
• I wish I was a half of a two
• I don't know what he was listening for, but he wasn't listening
• There was a lot of blood, but the boys needed it
• Oh, no. Look, you've gone and made me optimistic. I was before, but now it is showing.
• It all turned out all right but there was so much pain along the way
• A kiss may not be the truth, but it is what we wish were true
• But who codes the coders?
• butt naked
• I'd tell you but then I'd have to kill you
• but
• butt set
• Mr. Butts
• Words that sound dirty but really aren't
• There is no god but God
• I want to watch pornography, but my pornograph is broken
• Every Which Way but Loose
• That'd be the butt, Bob
• Friends and lovers, but sometimes just friends
• Butt hinge
• Butt joint
• We have nothing to fear but fear itself
• But I got a B- in penmanship
• But thanks for playing
• There are many like it, but this one is mine
• Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly
• I'm no fucking Buddhist, but this is Enlightenment.
• I may not know anything but I know I'm not American
• But my computer really IS possessed
• I know there are other fish in the sea but I don't want them
• Butt crack of dawn
• Lots of MIPS but no I/O
• Things people put up their butts
• Project B.U.T.T.
• It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome
• anti-abortion but pro-choice
• I like electronic music, but I am not a raver.
• The odds are good, but the goods are odd
• Scrabble words with a Q but no U
• Monkey Butt!
• Amazon Gift WIsh List ♥ (registry)
• I'm not anorexic, but I'm working on it
• I don't want to be a weeping mass of emotion, but I am
• Japanese puns that are not funny but at least are puns
• Poetry you found that you wrote when you were ten but secretly still like
• You wouldn't know it, but I think you're achingly beautiful
• Something Childish, but Very Natural
• Genuine but Insignificant Cause
• You're laughing now, but I'm voting this sucka down
• I have a most elegant proof of that, but this node is too small to contain it
• Sororities are nothing but social crutches
• butts ARE litter
• You may think I'm lying, but it's true
• But what are they really thinking?
• Why is there always money for war, but not for education?
• I am no doubt moving. The question now is not where, but how. My life changes everyday. Big deal.
• I love you, I want you, but you are a cruel monster
• But I digress
• If I could slip this skin but for a moment
• Sorry, but I AM my fucking khakis
• My library books are late, but I don't care
• BQN: But, one for all?
• Sexist jokes
• Yard Butt
• Figures don't lie, but liars can figure
• Not really by the rules, but...
• No, but I'll have a beer
• Free but worthless shares
• Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
• Junk mail never has to spell your name right, but important stuff does
• I know you are, but what am I?
• You might be on a diet but you can still look at the menu
• Why mirrors reverse left and right, but not up and down
• I may not have had enough of me but I've had enough of you
• Opposites may attract, but is it a good idea?
• You need a license to have a dog, but any idiot can have a child
• A little Clint Black never killed anybody, but it did evacuate the building.
• 1991-96 were more fun years, but I'll likely get more accomplished in the year 2000 alone
• But there are NUNS watching us!
• I don't want to wear your skin, but I will if I catch you!
• General Butt Naked
• I am capable of poetic language, but not always of poetry
• Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription
• It hasn't been so long, but
• The Tesla Coil made me cry, but I got a free lunch out of it.
• Push butt: Rub hands under arm
• It did not but, I think.. it will spill hope
• I love my apartment but hate the management.
• We'd kill him, but it probably wouldn't solve anything
• History is not just for the past, but for the future
• I don't know where he gets his words but I like them
• butt rot
• Little lights that don't blink off but fade out instead
• This Star Wars sheet may be worth something, but I just need a tablecloth
• Love is but a Fleeing Spec of Emotion
• The nothin' but coal for you, geek e2 westside holiday gathering and lan party
• Talking like a pirate is fun but annoys people
• Snowy reception on some channels but not on others
• I can't get a girlfriend but my dog has a harem
• How to develop one side of your butt and still have the other one flabby
• The good guys and the bad guys were on the back of the boat and I swear I only turned my back for a MINUTE but when I came back, they'd killed Mozart.
• Keep doing it, but don't call it that
• I feel like shit today, but I can always feel worse tomorrow
• Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel
• But, my dear sir, if you educate them, they will no longer be Baptists
• My Mother and I Love Your Butt
• You know to me she's but a fetish
• you can't change the world, but you can change the facts
• What do girls think about guys when they catch guys staring at their breasts, but the guy is actually trying to read her shirt?
• If you can't help it, fuck it!
• You may be a noder, but you ain't no dancer
• It would have been an excellent story but I had to get off the train

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