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shortsheet your damned bed
Ha! First ya gots ta find the house. You're not a JW or insurance salesman, are you?
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Pooh-Bah
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No, although since posting I've realised that since I'm going to Ithaca I'll have to learn demotic Greek. Need to be understood, don't I? Happen to know what "fold a sheet in half" is in demotic Greek, Faldo?
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Carpal Tunnel
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In Spanish, kermesse means a festival, fair or a market day. I think they pinched it from the Dutch, if I understand my dictionary correctly. In Mexico, a red string or thread is used to protect one from "the evil eye". Many native-culture babies can be seen with a red string or thread with a small pouch on the end around their necks.
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old hand
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It seems that all the Turkish evil-eye repelling charms that's I've seen are blue and white.
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