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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 05:49 PM
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"Boring Old Gits To Marry!" Don't blame me--this was the headline in
The Star in London when Charles and Camilla's engagement was announced.

I just saw that and I cannot stop laughing!:evilgrin:
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 05:53 PM
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1. Welllllllllllll...neither one of them are spring chickens, that's for sure
That IS a funny headline. :-)
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 06:09 PM
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3. I gather that "git" is very derogatory for the english...
...I mean, it sounds bad, but it's even worse than it sounds!
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 05:54 PM
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2. God, I wish American newspapers
had the spirit of some of the ones in England. That's really funny!

Redstone
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 06:11 PM
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4. Have you ever been to London? I was there during Fergie and Andrew's
break-up, and those newspapers are friggin brutal!
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:54 PM
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5. Gits sounds about right.
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 07:59 PM
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6. Not quite 'Love's young dream' anymore, now are they
:D
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SCRUBDASHRUB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 08:47 PM
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7. Isn't 'git' the equivalent of bastard (maybe worse)?
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