#64313
04/09/2002 3:11 PM
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yes, Coney Island (which is no longer an island, but has been connected to Long Island) was named because it was filled with rabbits.
it has come up before.. (a thread about geography-) Coney Island used to be a barrier island (like the one WO'N lives on) but over time, the back bay has been filled in nad now its its connected. there are barrier islands starting in georgia, and you can boat between georia and Mass., with about 10 mile of the trip being in the open ocean. it called and inland waterway.
there are some bad spots, (cape fear, and hell gate come to mind) but for the most part, its a tranquile way to travel.
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#64314
04/09/2002 4:30 PM
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another kind of rabbit
This from Dr. Bill's new site link, A Dictonary of Thieving Slang 1837.
RABBITS
RABBITS, wooden Cans to drink out of, once used on the Roads, now almost laid by.
Your Happy Epeolatrist!
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#64315
04/09/2002 5:56 PM
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Will wonders never cease? I'm contributing to a food thread!!Hee hee hee--gotcha!  [walking away polishing knuckles on sleeve e]
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#64316
04/09/2002 6:43 PM
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[walking away polishing knuckles on sleeve e]
You polish your knuckles on your sleeve? I thought it was supposed to be your fingernails you polished on your sleeve.
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#64317
04/09/2002 8:09 PM
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#64318
07/17/2003 1:57 AM
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And they're digging for him in Michigan!  Who'd've thought? I hope it doesn't ruin the salami, head cheese, and under-the-Meadowlands theories, though...I kinda like those! 
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#64319
07/17/2003 2:44 AM
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old hand
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What's that? Some long-dead missing USn unionist/mobster has been found? Stop the presses! Be still my beating heart!
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#64320
07/17/2003 10:44 AM
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It's a running joke, Max...Hoffa's whereabouts have always been a joke. That's all. No...nobody really cares.
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#64321
07/17/2003 7:58 PM
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old hand
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>It's a running joke, Max...Hoffa's whereabouts have always been a joke.
Believe me, coca-colanisation has made sure that every literate person everywhere is well aware of this already.
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#64322
07/17/2003 9:23 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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every literate person
Well, that would have left Hoffa out, in any case ...
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