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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread 'Tis the Season to See Folly #49647 12/09/01 05:58 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva OP Carpal Tunnel OP Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 As the blizzard of seasonal ads drifts ever higher around us, comic blunders by dim bulbs will brighten our days. I offer the following to kick off a thread of seasonal advertising illiteracy: Seen this evening on display at Hammachcher Schlemmer: LETTERS OF THE CENTURY. this tome contains over 400 reprinted letters form people of the United States during the last hundred years. Transcriptions include the telegram Orville Wright scent his father after completing the first four successful powered air flights ever recorded... Adjacent on the shelf was Peter Bowler's Superior Person's Book of Words. Trust me, it isn't. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 'Tis the Season to See Folly #49648 12/09/01 07:52 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta this tome contains over 400 reprinted letters form people of the United States during the last hundred years Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 'Tis the Season to See Folly #49649 12/09/01 02:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York [harrumph®]Spell checkers should be outlawed. [/harrumph®] except for Ænigma, of course! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 'Tis the Season to See Folly #49650 12/09/01 05:35 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky except for Ænigma, of course! Darned right--I love my enigma, and I'd like to keep him. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 'Tis the Season to See Folly #49651 12/10/01 01:56 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva OP Carpal Tunnel OP Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 dear bingley: to quote the illustrious Anna, "harrumph" [mutter, mutter] I will admit that my fingers and their brains are equally lacking in precision. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Yeah but #49652 12/10/01 08:31 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I will admit that my fingers and their brains are equally lacking in precision. Keiva, your copy didn't go past half a dozen proofreaders, editors and overpaid marketing gurus before ever reaching the public. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 597 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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