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#90513 12/29/2002 9:57 PM
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Maybe youse guys could use some good lafs
http://ring.com/yooper/yoopers.htm#funfacts


#90514 12/29/2002 10:49 PM
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now there's fodder for our PC discussion...





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#90515 12/29/2002 10:54 PM
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The U.P. is the supplier of mosquitos to the free world.
So that's where the official Okracoke mascot came from!


#90516 12/29/2002 11:07 PM
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The only guy from UP I ever knew had been a game warden (fifty years ago before fancy titles were
devised.) He told me about a hunter presumably mistaking him for a deer, and shooting at him.
"What did you do?" I asked. "Gave him an extra navel." "What did the judge say?" "He said I
done just right." So in his case, "U.P." stood for "Umbilicus Perforator".



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