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Re: long-come-shorts #147961 09/14/2005 3:46 PM
Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass	cons> I have never heard this phrase before in my life... [waiting...] connie, if you're waiting for affirmation, you have it from me! 92 ghits, almost all stemming directly from Avonlea; interestingly, long-come-short gets 79 ghits mostly from Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus. "'Heyo, Brer Tarrypin, whar you bin dis long-come-short?' sez Brer Fox, sezee. "'Lounjun 'roun', Brer Fox, lounjun 'roun',' sez Brer Tarrypin. "'You don't look sprucy like you did, Brer Tarrypin,' sez Brer Fox, sezee. "'Lounjun 'roun' en suffer'n', sez Brer Tarrypin, sezee.

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long-come-shorts	Marianna	09/14/2005 9:03 AM
Re: long-come-shorts	consuelo	09/14/2005 12:04 PM
Re: long-come-shorts	tsuwm	09/14/2005 3:46 PM
Re: long-come-shorts	Marianna	09/15/2005 9:41 AM
Re: long-come-shorts	inselpeter	09/15/2005 10:46 AM
Re: long-come-shorts	Buffalo Shrdlu	09/15/2005 10:57 AM
Re: long-come-shorts	inselpeter	09/15/2005 12:37 PM
Re: long-come-shorts	Buffalo Shrdlu	09/15/2005 1:00 PM
Re: long-come-shorts	inselpeter	09/15/2005 2:18 PM
"How much more, then"	wofahulicodoc	09/15/2005 8:03 PM
Re: "How much more, then"	Buffalo Shrdlu	09/15/2005 8:05 PM
(as long as we're playing _that_ game)	wofahulicodoc	09/15/2005 8:09 PM
Re: "How much more, then"	inselpeter	09/15/2005 9:18 PM
Re: long-come-shorts	Jackie	09/15/2005 6:10 PM
Re: long-come-shorts	Jackie	09/14/2005 2:56 PM
Re: long-come-shorts	inselpeter	09/14/2005 3:01 PM
Re: long-come-shorts	zmjezhd	09/14/2005 4:30 PM
Re: long-come-shorts	deaconb	09/15/2005 11:47 AM
Re: long-come-shorts	tsuwm	09/15/2005 1:34 PM

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