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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread I wus jus tinkin #90513 12/29/2002 9:57 PM Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 9 Jeepers stranger Jeepers stranger Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 9 Maybe youse guys could use some good lafs http://ring.com/yooper/yoopers.htm#funfacts Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I wus jus tinkin #90514 12/29/2002 10:49 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont now there's fodder for our PC discussion... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I wus jus tinkin #90515 12/29/2002 10:54 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky The U.P. is the supplier of mosquitos to the free world. So that's where the official Okracoke mascot came from! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I wus jus tinkin #90516 12/29/2002 11:07 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 The only guy from UP I ever knew had been a game warden (fifty years ago before fancy titles were devised.) He told me about a hunter presumably mistaking him for a deer, and shooting at him. "What did you do?" I asked. "Gave him an extra navel." "What did the judge say?" "He said I done just right." So in his case, "U.P." stood for "Umbilicus Perforator". 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 Website 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

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