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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread IITYWYBAD? #155599 02/12/2006 10:29 AM Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 203 Homo Loquens enthusiast Homo Loquens enthusiast Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 203 This is a sign on the counter of a diner in The Grapes of Wrath. You can guess what it means. Or, failing that, buy me a drink, and I'll tell you. Anyway, is this a common gag in the U.S of A? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: IITYWYBAD? #155600 02/12/2006 9:14 PM Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 74 snoot journeyman snoot journeyman Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 74 Some would have it IITYWYBMAD . The Lone Haranguer Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Duh. #155601 02/13/2006 3:10 AM Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 203 Homo Loquens enthusiast Homo Loquens enthusiast Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 203 Sure, but in The Grapes of Wrath (as you'd know if you'd read it) it is IITYWUBAD? because the sign is put there by the management who want the patrons to buy drinks for themselves and take the profit. Like freaking duh. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Duh. #155602 02/13/2006 1:58 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park re: Like freaking duh. not really freaking d'oh, but something like it.. like duh. or like dumb or.. Like, you know, like, what, like, i am saying, like-- freaking duh. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: *** #155603 02/13/2006 4:29 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City how do you spell airraid backward? 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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