persuade

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Koohii stories:

1) [synewave] 11-9-2006(183): Mnemonic "pegasus persuasion power". I think of the hippogriff from Harry Potter as being like a pegasus. To befriend a hippogriff, you have to persuade it you mean no harm, you can do this if you have "pegasus persuasion power".

2) [tcjeff] 13-6-2008(76): A little girl is trying to persuade a little boy to play dolls with her. She offers him her plastic pegasus figure and says, "See? Pegasus has muscles. He's got Pegasus power." And the little boy says "You cannot persuade me to play with your flying unicorn. I'm not of that persuasion.".

3) [Wosret] 26-8-2008(53): Only the powerful can persuade Pegasus to let them ride her.

4) [AndamanIslander] 18-4-2008(31): Pegasus Power? What kind of dorky name for an electric company is that? You'll never ever persuade me to invest my money in a company called Pegasus Power.

5) [astgtciv] 15-4-2007(16): The crafty Pegasus persuades stupid Conan that he, Pegasus, should ride on Conan's back, and not the other way around. Picture it! The power of persuasion…