#95411
02/13/2003 1:30 PM
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Well, washing day was traditionally Monday(tradition long gone!). And Unilever make soap powder etc. So I guess it refers to increased profits from this area of their business. I couldn't open the link, so can't check.
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#95412
02/13/2003 1:35 PM
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I like dxb's analysis. Washing Days is being used as a(n) <fill in correct name of rhetorical device here> for the sale of laundry products.
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#95413
02/13/2003 1:48 PM
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I remember something in Income Tax instructions about "wash sales" having something to do with the way stock income was to be reported. But since I was not an investor, I don't remember the details, and it would be a pain to look up, but I'll try. Edit It was easier than I expected. Here's URL http://www.turbotax.com/articles/FAQonWashSales.html
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#95414
02/13/2003 1:49 PM
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I could open it, Dex, and you're right: Strong sales of washing and laundry brands have boosted profits at consumer goods group Unilever. (Hope you don't mind the new "name"; I just made it up; not altogether sure that I like it, myself. But I'd really like something "prettier" thatn dxb!  ) I admit that the headline by itself had me wondering how someone could wash a day.
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#95415
02/13/2003 1:54 PM
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wondering how someone could wash a day
I must admit this interpretation never occurred to me. Wouldn't it be Washing days boosts Unilever profits?
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#95416
02/13/2003 1:55 PM
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Dex. Makes me feel like doing a midnight runner.
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#95417
02/13/2003 1:57 PM
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Wouldn't it be Washing days boosts Unilever profits? Yepperoonie; I was doing my usual scan-and-run. And, by the way, making a point of referring to Anna's post.
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#95418
02/13/2003 1:59 PM
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a midnight runner. Er--you're leaving your wife? Becoming a PI? 
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#95419
02/13/2003 2:13 PM
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Dexy's Midnight Runners, you must remember 'Come on Eileen' or perhaps you are too young come to think, try this: http://www.spiritonline.com/dexys/article3.html
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#95420
02/13/2003 2:26 PM
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#95421
02/13/2003 2:40 PM
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Ok--thanks. I wasn't much into popular music for some of that time; possibly they weren't that big, over here? Guess I'd better drop the 'Dex', anyway! I had thought about DeeBee, and didn't like that at all. Ah well, I reckon I must resign myself to reality--not something I'm fond of doing, at times! dxb it is.
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#95422
02/13/2003 3:07 PM
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Didn't know the name of the band, dxb! But, WHAT A SONG!!! An all time great it is! Am humming it already and methinks its going to stay with me all day!  Thanks a bunch!
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#95423
02/13/2003 3:27 PM
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methinks its going to stay with me all day!
I know the cure for that.
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#95424
02/13/2003 3:32 PM
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Nope. I just found a site where I can read the lyrics while listening to the melody--neither is familiar. http://users.cis.net/sammy/eileen.htm
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#95425
02/14/2003 1:48 AM
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I know the cure for that.
All right, I shall bite......What?
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#95426
02/14/2003 11:43 AM
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Quia fecit from the J.S.Bach Magnificat in D. Works every time.
Aincha glad ya ast?
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#95427
02/14/2003 3:35 PM
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No cure this! Just sampled the melody and now I have this one in my head! Pray tell, what is her secret with you?
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#95428
02/14/2003 3:52 PM
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Do you still have the old one in there?
And who her?
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#95429
02/14/2003 5:31 PM
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And who her?
Quia Linquist, natch.
formerly known as etaoin...
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#95430
02/15/2003 3:27 AM
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Do you still have the old one in there?
Ah! I see! It is the good old substitution therapy, eh! Must say, this particular one was sublime!
And who her?
Music for me, is and will always be a 'she'. Retro feminism, possibly
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#95431
02/15/2003 3:01 PM
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02/15/2003 5:38 PM
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#95433
02/15/2003 11:43 PM
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Yeahbut® is what they produced music? Meanwhile, thank y'all for the exegesis on the headline.
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