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#97161 03/01/03 02:43 PM
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This one's for Jackie
The instable stableboy stabled the horses.


#97162 03/01/03 02:54 PM
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Sorry, Faldage, yours were a mite beyond me. But I'm happy to take your word for it--good on yer, mate. And I do believe CB is a she. (Thanks, CB! )


#97163 03/02/03 05:16 PM
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"We cherish our whores," Cara said charitably, caressing her Kamasutra.

but Faldage, "whore" is unrelated to the other words....Shouldn't that be, "We cherish our cherries..."

but maybe "cherries" is unrelated too....


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Shouldn't that be, "We cherish our cherries..."

Close, but not-quite-rightly spelled. It's "cheries." French, dear one.


#97165 03/02/03 10:55 PM
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"whore" is unrelated to the other words

Depends how far back you go.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE194.html

Cherry is ultimately from the Semitic.


#97166 03/03/03 03:09 AM
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French, dear one.

Merci bien, mon petit chou. Tu es tres gentil! (et tres clever, aussi! je dis dans mon best franglais)

(hey Faldage, how do I make the right accent for "tres" on my Mac? I can do this one - é - but not t'other, cos I don't know how. I also keep forgetting which is grave and which is ague....)


#97167 03/03/03 03:32 AM
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option ` then e will get you è

you'll find ` with the ~



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#97168 03/03/03 03:45 AM
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He was well-suited for serving suits in his favorite suit...it was his suit suit.


#97169 03/03/03 01:31 PM
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I'd make a reference to a famous Dennis Hopper line from the movie "Blue Velvet" but it is far too obscene.

"John Cage's physician asked him the CAGE questions, and he seemed a little cagey in his responses."

[I got nothin']


#97170 03/03/03 02:02 PM
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Dennis Hopper

Hopper hoppingly hopped on the hopper! Ha! Do I win?


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