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Amphibolies
#408692 10/28/2010 10:38 PM
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Drunk gets nine months in violin case

Farmer bill dies in house

Iraqi head seeks arms

prostitutes appeal to pope

British left waffles on falkland islands

Lung cancer in women mushrooms

Teacher strikes idle kids

Enraged cow injures farmer with axe

Miners refuse to work after death

Stolen painting found by tree

Two sisters reunited after 18 years in checkout counter

Never withhold herpes infection from loved one

Kids make nutritious snacks

Lansing residents can drop off trees

Local high school dropouts cut in half

Hospital sued by seven foot doctors

New vaccine may contain rabies

Include your children when baking cookies


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Outside a dog a book is a mans best friend, inside a dog it's to dark to read.
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Good stuff.


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bigbill #408695 10/29/2010 12:12 AM
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I cant even think of a response.

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Great post here, Bill!!!

(yep, I love it when you go all "etymological" on us around here, ol' buddy...it's always a fun read!!!)


Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe
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bigbill #408698 10/29/2010 12:43 PM
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it's all about where you put the comma.


If it isn't broke, I haven't messed with it.
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bigbill #408699 10/29/2010 5:50 PM
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motorat #408701 10/29/2010 9:59 PM
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it's all about where you put the comma.




Really it's just the accent. When spoken they would be clear. When written they become a bit ambiguous.

Sometimes they're just ambiguous no matter what.
Like the sign on a laundromat dryer:
Please remove your clothes when the bell rings.


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bigbill #408702 10/29/2010 10:36 PM
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The Farmer Allows Walkers To Cross The Field For Free, But The Bull Charges

The patient was referred to a psychiatrist with a severe emotional problem.

Check With Doctors Before Getting Sick

If you think our waitresses are rude, you should see our manager

Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant

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......And a few more i've come across


Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine .

A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.

Dijon vu -- the same mustard as before.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments.

Shotgun wedding - A case of wife or death.

A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.

Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.

When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.

A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired.

What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead give away.)

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count votes.

She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off.

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.

You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

Local Area Network in Australia - the LAN down under.

Every calendar's days are numbered.

A lot of money is tainted - Taint yours and taint mine.

A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.

He had a photographic memory that was never developed.

A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large.

Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.

Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

Acupuncture is a jab well done.



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