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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The demon barber? #109542 08/08/2003 10:15 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK The verbicide thread reminded me that on a shelf at my local barber’s shop, there’s a bottle that the manufacturer has intriguingly labelled ‘Barbicide’. Ah! The crime of killing barbers! I figured it must be a special poison he uses for finishing off rival cutters. But no, it simply contained a disinfectant to soak combs and scissors in. Shame. Still, barbicide – sounds like a barbarous crime to me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The demon barber? #109543 08/08/2003 10:30 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Still, barbicide – sounds like a barbarous crime to me. Sheer nonsense, cut that out now, y'hear? noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The demon barber? #109544 08/08/2003 10:41 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I have a friend named Barbara who had problems going in to a barbershop as a child for fear of the very stuff. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The demon barber? #109545 08/08/2003 11:26 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK I have a friend named Barbara who had problems going in to a barbershop as a child for fear of the very stuff. Ha! 'Barbie'cide! Now there's a thought. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The demon barber? #109546 08/08/2003 4:32 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Barbie'cide I bet it works like that weed killer, you spray it on and you get taller and taller and thinner and thinner until you collapse under your own weight. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The demon barber? #109547 08/08/2003 5:06 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 Zed, 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 Website 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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