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#21415
03/06/2001 5:00 PM
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stranger
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I saw a portion of an old movie on tv this morning. The police raided a gangland hangout, and a policeman says, "Check their hip pockets for guns." As the guns are collected, another cop remarks, "It's an arsenal." HIP pockets? ARSEnal? Not the dictionary etymology for arsenal, but apt. I wondered if the scriptwriter slipped this one in, or if it was unintentional. Anyone know of any other examples?
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#21416
03/06/2001 5:04 PM
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Only thing that occurs to me is a Groucho Marx joke, when someone picks up a gun which he calls a "gat" and then finds others, Groucho replies, "This gat had gittens."
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#21417
03/06/2001 5:32 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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And since almost all the weapons were carried in the right hip pocket, it could be only half an ARSEnal.
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#21418
03/06/2001 5:38 PM
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Which reminds me of apparently true story in 73 (a ham radio magazine) about twenty years ago, of a cop in Texas putting a handful of nicads for his walkie-talkie followed by a handful of pistol ammo into his hip pocket and shooting himself in the buttock.Anything to make a post.
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#21419
03/06/2001 5:54 PM
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looks like wwh is trying to jump to a new designator before the Anniversary.
wow
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#21420
03/06/2001 8:30 PM
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Should I not ape my betters? Actually, it's that the Devil makes work for idle hands.
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#21421
03/08/2001 5:12 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Didst know that Shakespeare was acquainted with Mae West -- she even had a major role in one of his plays. According to a very early version:
"Is this a dagger I see before me,
or art thou just glad to see me?"
TEd
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#21422
03/22/2001 7:01 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Pooh-Bah
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Actually, it's that the Devil makes work for idle hands.
God bless him!
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