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#78873
08/23/2002 6:53 PM
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Joined: Aug 2002
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stranger
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stranger
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A friend related that she had instructed her young son to "behave." Irritated, he replied, "I am have."
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#78874
08/23/2002 7:13 PM
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Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Dear Winthrop: My compliments to the young man. I'd be interested to know how his
mother extricated herself from her predicament.
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#78875
08/24/2002 2:29 PM
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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I'd be interested to know how his
mother extricated herself from her predicament.
Well, you won't be having like that around me, anymore, young man!....?
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#78876
08/24/2002 4:20 PM
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Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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This, of course, is nonsense. Kids learn first by hearing, then by reading.
On second thought: How did the kid pronounce "have"?
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#78877
08/24/2002 6:05 PM
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Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 6,296
Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Hmmmmm....
We've got -havior, -hemoth, -lated, -loved, -holden,
-smirched....
Between you and me, be seems to be something to be rather than not to be.
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