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#142840 - 05/07/05 08:23 PM Putz
inselpeter Offline
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To clean. Where is the connection -- unless it is "Putzfrau," which is a bit derrogatory??


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#142841 - 05/07/05 08:57 PM Re: Putz
Faldage Offline
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AHD says it's from Yiddish pots, penis. Maybe from Polish?


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#142842 - 05/10/05 06:29 PM Re: Putz
Zed Offline
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And I thought "Happy Days" was such a nice, clean-cut show!



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#142843 - 05/13/05 08:02 AM Re: Putz
dxb Offline
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Honi soit qui mal y pense.


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#142844 - 05/13/05 12:56 PM Re: Putz
AnnaStrophic Offline
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What's a nice guy like you doing with a garter, dixbie?


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#142845 - 05/13/05 02:23 PM Re: Putz
maverick Offline
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> with a garter

He's a once aknight man.


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