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#64313 04/09/02 03:11 PM
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yes, Coney Island (which is no longer an island, but has been connected to Long Island) was named because it was filled with rabbits.

it has come up before.. (a thread about geography-) Coney Island used to be a barrier island (like the one WO'N lives on) but over time, the back bay has been filled in nad now its its connected. there are barrier islands starting in georgia, and you can boat between georia and Mass., with about 10 mile of the trip being in the open ocean. it called and inland waterway.

there are some bad spots, (cape fear, and hell gate come to mind) but for the most part, its a tranquile way to travel.


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another kind of rabbit

This from Dr. Bill's new site link, A Dictonary of Thieving Slang 1837.

RABBITS

RABBITS, wooden Cans to drink out of, once used on the Roads, now almost laid by.




Your Happy Epeolatrist!

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Will wonders never cease? I'm contributing to a food thread!!
Hee hee hee--gotcha! [walking away polishing knuckles on sleeve e]


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[walking away polishing knuckles on sleeve e]

You polish your knuckles on your sleeve? I thought it was supposed to be your fingernails you polished on your sleeve.


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And they're digging for him in Michigan! Who'd've thought?

I hope it doesn't ruin the salami, head cheese, and under-the-Meadowlands theories, though...I kinda like those!


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What's that? Some long-dead missing USn unionist/mobster has been found? Stop the presses! Be still my beating heart!


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It's a running joke, Max...Hoffa's whereabouts have always been a joke. That's all. No...nobody really cares.


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>It's a running joke, Max...Hoffa's whereabouts have always been a joke.


Believe me, coca-colanisation has made sure that every literate person everywhere is well aware of this already.


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every literate person

Well, that would have left Hoffa out, in any case ...


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