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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Alec Gray are you here? #12424 12/07/2000 8:11 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA When I tore myself away from story about Anu ( insert Namaste emoticon here) in Smithsonian mag I browsed the "LETTERS" and found this : In Richard and Joyce Wolkomir's article "You Are What You Buy," advertising analyst James Twitchell asks why his "daughters are willing to buy a bottle of water worth two cents and pay $1.50." Hasn't he ever noticed that the name of one of the best-selling bottled waters, Evian, is the word "naive" when spelled backwards? Letter signed : Alec W. Gray of Bellair Bluffs, Florida. This person Alec W. Gray should be among us! Where are you Alec Gray? I can hope that -- since he obviously reads the magazine -- he will see the article about Anu of blessed name and come aboard. wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Alec Gray are you here? #12425 12/07/2000 8:19 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England He's probably lurking, holding all the words we write up to the mirror in anticipation of another letter to the editor ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Alec Gray are you here? #12426 12/07/2000 10:48 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Or playing all his Beatles records backwords to listen for satanic verses. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Alec Gray are you here? #12427 12/08/2000 8:43 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 La belle Bel dit: Or playing all his Beatles records backwords to listen for satanic verses. Funny ... I thought it was Black Sabbath that had retro religion built in (I did get the backwords). I tried it once and they sounded exactly the same whichever direction you played the records. The idiot also known as Capfka ... 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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