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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread some stiff! #123445 02/20/2004 4:44 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City There is an interesting article in the NY Times today, about a woman who married her dead fiance. French law permits this and the reasons are humane (but you'll have to look). What struck me odd was the picture of the bride's friends showering her with rice, a sign of fertility. http://nytimes.com/2004/02/19/international/europe/19WIDO.html?8hpib Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted some stiff! inselpeter 02/20/2004 4:44 AM Re: some stiff! Jenet 02/20/2004 10:30 AM apologies, up front tsuwm 02/20/2004 1:38 PM Et tsu, tsuwm? AnnaStrophic 02/20/2004 1:44 PM Re: Et tsu, tsuwm? Faldage 02/20/2004 2:02 PM Re: Et tsu, tsuwm? wwh 02/20/2004 2:26 PM "Feu le Baron" TEd Remington 02/20/2004 3:26 PM Re: "Feu le Baron" Capfka 02/22/2004 7:49 AM Re: "Feu le Baron" wwh 02/22/2004 2:56 PM Re: "Feu le Baron" Jackie 02/22/2004 4:57 PM Re: "Feu le Baron" wwh 02/22/2004 6:11 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,262 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 8 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 LukeJavan8 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,122 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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