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#180687 - 12/04/08 07:01 PM Re: a two-step entry [Re: TheFallibleFiend]
twosleepy old hand Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 876 Loc: western NY	I think Fallible roolz! Sheesh! I wasn't even gonna try to make something from "slouchiest" (but of course, I did try...) and I gave up after a bit. And there he goes and pulls one out of his euphemism... Aaaargh! And Bran, you made an error that people who speak English from birth make all the time: lose vs. loose. You meant "lose" (not to win, or to misplace) rather than "loose" (to set free, to give slack). They are pronounced differently, also, although apparently many people think they are homonyms. They are not! At least you have a good excuse! :0)
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#180690 - 12/04/08 08:49 PM My flashlight is brighter than your flashlight [Re: twosleepy]
wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3794 Loc: Worcester, MA	TOUCHINESS Remove the C, rearrange, and get OUTSHINES
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#180691 - 12/04/08 09:30 PM Re: My flashlight is brighter than your flashlight [Re: wofahulicodoc]
olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 932 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	Yours might be shiny but mines built like a brick $#!+HOUSE
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#180692 - 12/04/08 10:48 PM Re: My flashlight is brighter than your flashlight [Re: olly]
The Pook old hand Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 1067 Loc: Tasmania	Assuming antipodean vulgarities are allowed... What a pity one flies sorties and not soughties. So let's see...change the I to an O and scramble for HOTHOUSES!
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#180714 - 12/05/08 11:29 PM Re: My flashlight is brighter than your flashlight [Re: The Pook]
wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3794 Loc: Worcester, MA	...change one H to a U and rearrange to get OUTHOUSES. Now somebody tell me why that's a perfectly acceptable term, but S#!+HOUSE had to be disguised to avoid the Gutter Police...?
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#180715 - 12/06/08 02:03 AM Re: My flashlight is brighter than your flashlight [Re: wofahulicodoc]
The Pook old hand Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 1067 Loc: Tasmania	Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc ...change one H to a U and rearrange to get OUTHOUSES. Now somebody tell me why that's a perfectly acceptable term, but S#!+HOUSE had to be disguised to avoid the Gutter Police...? It's quite simple. British class system. The good old anglo-saxon terms for things, like SH*T became associated with the vulgar, English speaking peasants, whilst the French and Latin terms for various bodily functions (such as faeces) were quite acceptable because that's what the upper crust said.
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#180727 - 12/07/08 03:03 AM Re: My flashlight is brighter than your flashlight [Re: The Pook]
olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 932 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	I'd like to drop a few SHOUTOUTS to my peeps on AWAD
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#180730 - 12/07/08 05:57 PM Re: My flashlight is brighter than your flashlight [Re: olly]
TheFallibleFiend veteran Registered: 01/23/02 Posts: 1523 Loc: Virginia, USA	Originally Posted By: olly I'd like to drop a few SHOUTOUTS to my peeps on AWAD U --> O and rearrange: OUTSHOOTS
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#180740 - 12/08/08 01:52 PM Re: a two-step entry [Re: twosleepy]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Ach, towspleepy, (sorry , this typo is a gift, I keep it, please don't shoot) I lose and loose simultaneously. I'm cut loose mostly by this my rebellious computer. I have to wait for my troubleshooting nephew, who has developped an unwelcome passion for Opera and is always off on mini trips to the the mayor Opera Houses of Europe. Fierce bad habit!!!! Shoots!
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#180744 - 12/08/08 08:56 PM Re: a two-step entry [Re: BranShea]
twosleepy old hand Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 876 Loc: western NY	I accept your gift!
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