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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Exciting Message on MSN! #88719 12/05/2002 11:18 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Hey, Everybody! I just read a thrillng message on my MSN sidebar!!! Here's what I read: "[A Company I Cannot Name in Order to Avoid Spamming]: Free Ship and Gift" I could use a ship! A ship would be a lovely thing to own. I could harbor it in the Chesapeake Bay! And a gift, too!! But I'd be quite satisfied with the ship. Dreaming of the Owl and the Pussycat, WordWind, happy, very happy Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Exciting Message on MSN! #88720 12/05/2002 11:35 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK There's a lot of maintenance cost in a ship; that's probably why they're trying to offload it onto some poor dreamer. A boat, now.... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Exciting Message on MSN! #88721 12/05/2002 11:13 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Was it you that won the motor home lat week? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Exciting Message on MSN! #88722 12/06/2002 1:17 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: check to be sure the "Gift" isn't a German word. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Free ship and gift #88723 12/06/2002 8:51 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 Puts me in mind to write a sci fi short story about a guy who invents a time machine that is only powerful enough to send back in time a small camera, with which he hopes to capture pictures of what was going on back then. His first try was to send a camera back in time to try to take pictures of Jesus in the manger. Unfortunately, the camera's memory was damaged on the return trip, and he got only a couple of grainy pictures of the Wise Men gazing down at something in a wooden box. I think I will call the story "The GIFs of the Magi." TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Free ship and gift #88724 12/06/2002 10:12 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 The GIFs of the Magi Ha! At least it relies on the proper pronunciation of GIF. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Exciting Message on MSN! #88725 12/06/2002 10:16 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 be sure the "Gift" isn't a German word. A friend of mine has spent some time in Germany. On one trip over she was carrying some presents for friends of hers which she had carefully labeled to ease their passage through customs. The boxes clearly said Gift on them. She only in retrospect realized that that was the reason they gave her such a hard time in customs. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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