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#208555 - 12/31/12 03:56 PM Re: painstaking [Re: Coffeebean]
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Posts: 4,757 Hi gang
Back in a previous life (possibly referenced in those links given at the head of this string which I cannot get to open) some discussion had taken place on the history of Tom Swifties. I understand the general background of a piss-take of the adverbially overladen books by the Stratemeyer conglomerate… but I had recalled my American brethren and sistren talking of a major advertising campaign (an oil company, in the 50s?) which widely popularised the form as roadside billboards.
Google has failed to cut me a path through the jungle – any pointers?
#208556 - 12/31/12 04:35 PM Re: painstaking [Re: maverick]
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Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Happy New Year, Maverick...Burma Shave?
#208558 - 12/31/12 04:58 PM Re: painstaking [Re: jenny jenny]
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Lancaster, UK Hi there maverick! It is SO good to see you back again. Mille failte!
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#208559 - 12/31/12 05:11 PM Re: painstaking [Re: jenny jenny]
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Posts: 4,757 Originally Posted By: jenny jennyHappy New Year, Maverick...Burma Shave?![]()
YES! Thank you - too few active neurons to waste more on this annoying escapee from the Wot I Know prison...
New underpants for Christmas? quized Tom briefly.
Happy New Year to all.
#208560 - 12/31/12 05:15 PM Re: painstaking [Re: Coffeebean]
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Vermont Maverick!! Happy New Year!, he said, annually!
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#208565 - 12/31/12 06:36 PM Re: painstaking [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
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Land of the Flat Water Yes, Happy New Year to you all ! !
----please, draw me a sheep----
#208570 - 12/31/12 07:17 PM Re: painstaking [Re: Coffeebean]
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Posts: 124 Yes, Happy New Year All!
Gosh, I've been off this board for years, he said, absently.
#208571 - 12/31/12 07:18 PM Re: painstaking [Re: Rainmaker]
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Land of the Flat Water Well, it's good to have you back.
----please, draw me a sheep----
#208573 - 12/31/12 07:20 PM Re: painstaking [Re: Rainmaker]
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Vermont Originally Posted By: Rainmaker
Gosh, I've been off this board for years, he said, absently.
heh
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#208574 - 12/31/12 07:25 PM Re: painstaking [Re: Rainmaker]
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Caribbean Originally Posted By: RainmakerYes, Happy New Year All!
Gosh, I've been off this board for years, he said, absently.
"Wot 'e said," she echoed.
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