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#3744 08/01/00 05:52 PM
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>>So would you like to be called Mrs. Addict, Miss Addict or Ms. Addict?

I will attempt a weak imitation of Ted and Tsu-nami-wum:

I was on vacation at the Grand Canyon, out in Arizona. I signed up for a trail ride down to the bottom, and who should I find in the party but those two? When we stopped for lunch, Ted began spreading sandwiches and handing them out. Tsuwm said, "Don't you know I have arachibutyrophobia?" Ted replied, "Here's one that's just jelly." And I said, "Oh, how I miss a dictionary."



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arachibutyrophobia

Fear of peanut butter? God, if you had Fear of Flying to go with that you'd have REAL trouble with Plains! (Georgia, that is!)

As you know my wife is a recovering attorney. But before she started to recover, she lived in Baltimore, on the harbor, during the period when there was a great deal of construction. In fact, the construction at night kept her awake, and she finally filed a lawsuit to stop it. Of course it became known in legal circles as Port Noise Complaint. I knew you'd be waxing Roth if I mentioned Jong with mentioning him.



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it's not just any old fear of peanut butter, but the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth!

and speaking of lawyers, God decided to take the devil to court and settle their differences once and for all. When Satan heard of this, he grinned and said, "And just where do you think you're going to find a lawyer?"


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Replying to the original question on this thread first asked by musthaq in June, people may be interested to know the following. In the time of George Fox Quakers were real troublemakers. They refused to take oaths, serve in military forces or pay taxes to support the established church. The would not doff their hats or bow to any authorities or Lords of the Manor, being of the belief that each person in a community was of equal worth. So in using "thee" and "thou" they were showing how firmly they held to this principle. In the 17th century, "thou" was used when one was speaking to a person of a lower class and "you" when talking with equals or persons of superior rank. The terms thee and thou are sometimes used by Quakers today.


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