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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: On this day Mark Twain... #129189 06/10/2004 10:55 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Reminds me of the story of Queen Victoria's birthday party, where all of the young ladies dressed as various birds. A courtier gushed to Vickie that he thought they looked great in their emu costumes. She explained that they were actually ostriches and dismissed him, saying, "We are NOT emus." TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted On this day Mark Twain... gift horse 06/08/2004 3:38 PM Re: On this day Mark Twain... sjmaxq 06/08/2004 7:40 PM Re: On this day Mark Twain... RhubarbCommando 06/09/2004 1:59 PM Re: On this day Mark Twain... sjmaxq 06/09/2004 6:51 PM Re: On this day Mark Twain... Faldage 06/09/2004 6:57 PM Re: On this day Mark Twain... sjmaxq 06/09/2004 7:11 PM Re: Harpagornis Faldage 06/09/2004 7:22 PM Re: On this day Mark Twain... TEd Remington 06/10/2004 10:52 AM Re: On this day Mark Twain... TEd Remington 06/10/2004 10:55 AM Re: On this day Mark Twain... gift horse 06/10/2004 6:15 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

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