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I'm gonna drink a big glass or two of A and see if anyone wants to take advantage of me.
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...and here I thought "retsina" was the active ingredient in an Italian breath mint... cf. "Retsyn"
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P.S. Here's a dictionary entry that "explains" how the ventriloquist monkey got its name: Webster's 1913 Edition. Not very detailed, I fear.
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I find it interesting that it was "so named for the nature of its cry", yet the consonants "P" and "N" are the most difficult for a ventriloquist to master. (along with their cousin sounds of "B" and "M", respectively)
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Perhaps someone should have thrown in a fake definition of an organ grinder's dummy. 
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