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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:15 AM Original message |
God damn it, that shiny stuff is NOT "joolery." You'd think that the people who |
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leeroysphitz
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah! And how hard is it to pronounce aluminium? nt |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Ah, but those Brits tend to add too many letters: according to them, it's "jewellery." |
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billyskank
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Sat Dec-15-07 06:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. But we pronounce it "jewelry." |
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Lady Effingbroke
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Mon Dec-17-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
81. Like platinium? |
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JohnnyLib2
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Sat Dec-15-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. I have no ideal what ya'll are fussin' about. |
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leeroysphitz
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Sat Dec-15-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. I always knowed you was good peeple. nt |
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ElboRuum
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Mon Dec-17-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
82. After some research... |
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Fire Walk With Me
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. "Time for me to stop watching television, yes?" |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I go about 9 months a year without watching TV; when it gets too cold to be out |
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some guy
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. or at least adverts on tv. |
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Sugar Smack
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. HI. |
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some guy
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's getting late for you |
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Sugar Smack
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. YES! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I've had the last Vike of the day, so I'll be upstairs soon. You should be too; |
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Sugar Smack
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I will. Thanks, cousin. Goodnight. |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Sweet dreams. |
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Kutjara
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. Actually, they may as well call the stuff they sell on TV "joolery,"... |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. As a former jeweler, I must say I agree completely. |
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Manifestor_of_Light
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Sat Dec-15-07 03:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Yes indeed. It's so crappy and cheap. |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Affirmative on all that, indeed. I always favored rubies. And shoot me if you want to, |
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Bake
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Mon Dec-17-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
76. Or is it "jeweller"? |
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CaliforniaPeggy
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. My dear Redstone! |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Pretty good, not bad, I can't complain... |
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graywarrior
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. Hey, if Cleopatra can say "they're burning the liberries" then some dork can say joolery |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Nucular. |
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graywarrior
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. May as well add all of them |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. A real southerner (or Texan) doesn't even say "dudnit," anyway... |
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Mon Dec-17-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
79. This makes me want to kill people |
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GoddessOfGuinness
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. You're such a jool! |
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CreekDog
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Sat Dec-15-07 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. Grillz are not jewelry either |
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SPKrazy
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Sat Dec-15-07 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
24. stop watching telvision? |
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displacedtexan
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Sat Dec-15-07 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
25. And when did "realtor" become ree-lah-tor? |
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SPKrazy
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Sat Dec-15-07 07:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. xactly |
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Sat Dec-15-07 08:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. That was mine too. Even some realtors I know say 'real-lah-tor'. |
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Occam Bandage
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Sat Dec-15-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Because ree-ul-tur is an unnatural syllabic sequence. |
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regnaD kciN
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Sat Dec-15-07 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
27. Joolery is even better than a nice bookay... |
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Fox Mulder
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Sat Dec-15-07 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
28. That's how I pronounce it. |
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yellowdogintexas
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Sat Dec-15-07 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
30. chris-tu-al for crystal (or Krystal, if you are referring to the superior little square greasburger |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. "Orientated." AAAAARGH! "Competency" for "competence." AAARGH! |
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Occam Bandage
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Sat Dec-15-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. "Orientated" is a useful word. |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. But that's NOT how anyone uses "orientated." If they did, your point would be valid. |
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Lex
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Sat Dec-15-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
59. "Orientated" = "oriented" for the Brits |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Yes, it is. But remember, those are the people who say "al-yoo-MIN-ium. They like syllables. |
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Sat Dec-15-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
32. We have one at work where the woman is talking about meat |
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SPKrazy
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Sat Dec-15-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
33. or working in psych, "hal-i-dol" for haldol |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Or "ambu-LANCE." |
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SPKrazy
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Sat Dec-15-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. yeah |
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dropkickpa
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Mon Dec-17-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #33 |
75. Grrr on the med name |
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lost-in-nj
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Sat Dec-15-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
36. or caffe (calf ee) |
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SPKrazy
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Sat Dec-15-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. geez what kind of moran |
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A-Schwarzenegger
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Sat Dec-15-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. since vs. because ... |
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ashling
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Sat Dec-15-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. All that gitters is nor jooelry, |
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madinmaryland
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Sat Dec-15-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. And why do Reelators wear lots of joolery? |
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Lil Missy
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Sat Dec-15-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
44. What do you expect from a nation whose leader says "nukular"? |
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Occam Bandage
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Sat Dec-15-07 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
45. You're okay on "joolery," but dead wrong on "caramel." Both pron. are acceptable. |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Feh. Your dictionary may accept it, but I don't. And by the way, MOST dictionaries are wrong |
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Sat Dec-15-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I pronounce caramel that way. |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. And I'll be sure to repond to your hostility with good manners. |
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fudge stripe cookays
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Sat Dec-15-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. That wasn't good manners above. |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Take things a bit too personally, there? I guess I'll just have to learn to be careful |
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Sat Dec-15-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Nah... |
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Redstone
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Sun Dec-16-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Ignore is my friend. Goodbye. |
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Sun Dec-16-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Truth hurts. |
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dbt
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Sat Dec-15-07 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's "joolery" among the Irish! |
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reyd reid reed
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Sat Dec-15-07 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
50. You'd think... |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. And also sad the newspapers no longer have editors who edit. For example, stories that |
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reyd reid reed
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Sat Dec-15-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. A year or two back |
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Redstone
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Sun Dec-16-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Above the fold, too, I'll bet. There was a story on page 1 of the Home section of |
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reyd reid reed
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Sun Dec-16-07 01:24 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Never give up. |
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Redstone
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Sun Dec-16-07 01:26 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Probably not. But, as you say, we need to refuse to give up. |
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DeepBlueC
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Sat Dec-15-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
54. Why do some realtors |
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ElboRuum
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Mon Dec-17-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
83. It's cam-ra, not cam-er-a... derrr. |
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Sat Dec-15-07 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
55. Maybe they are antisemitic |
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Redstone
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Sat Dec-15-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Or maybe they REALLY like Jools, notwithstanding their feelings about Jews. |
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Ellen Forradalom
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Sun Dec-16-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
69. my favorite sportscaster neologism is "analyzation" |
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Redstone
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Sun Dec-16-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. And also, regarding sports, "Ath-a-lete." Heard it just today, in fact. |
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Mon Dec-17-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. I heard that announcer say that a few times yesterday. |
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Ellen Forradalom
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Mon Dec-17-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
71. I'll skip this tomfoolery |
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gbate
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Mon Dec-17-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
72. Where I come from, it's Car-mel. |
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Mon Dec-17-07 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
73. And it's not "Febyooary"... |
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Burma Jones
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Mon Dec-17-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
74. Carmel is a nice little town in NY, or California |
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Tommy_Carcetti
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Mon Dec-17-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
78. I'm going to Balmer, Merlan to buy some joolery |
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gbate
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Mon Dec-17-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Hey hon! Welcome to Bawlmer! |
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