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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Oops! (but, what's in a name?) #68710 05/03/2002 11:54 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Well, it seems that a carpel is also the female part of a flower...kinda puts a whole new slant on Carpal Tunnel, doesn't it? (seeing-as-how-the-Gutter Police-are-away-on-vacation-e) My memory was jogged back to this piece of long-forgotten high school Biology 101 flora datum by this article about Archaefructus sinensis, the just-discovered 125 million year old ancestor of all flowering plants (fossil found in China): http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-first-flower0502may02.story?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines The Only WO'N! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #68711 05/04/2002 12:03 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) #68712 05/04/2002 12:11 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Add million, Max! It was there, didn't you see it ...thanks for the subtle hint! But I notice you sidestepped the much more (ahem) important matter here about the nomenclature of the Board. The Only WO'N! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) #68713 05/04/2002 12:23 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Yeah, Max. We wo'n tell him that carpel only sounds like carpal. Right? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #68714 05/04/2002 12:28 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) #68715 05/04/2002 2:40 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Yeah, Max. We wo'n tell him that carpel only sounds like carpal. Right? tomato/tomahto The Only WO'N! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) #68716 05/04/2002 6:05 AM Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 16 Drow stranger Drow stranger Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 16 You mean: Tomato/Tomayto Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) #68717 05/04/2002 10:10 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Nope, he meant: Tomayto/Tomato Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) #68718 05/06/2002 6:02 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England No, he meant to stir it up, and succeeded! The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oops! (but, what's in a name?) #68719 05/06/2002 4:38 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Tomayto/Tomato Actually® it's Duhmayduh/termater 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. 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