04-17-2008, 04:39 AM
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And there's always those commercials claiming a product is "new and improved."
I'll think about this today OF. I live in Pa. Dutch country and they have a way with words!
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04-17-2008, 05:43 AM
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Lixy, there is a way with words which makes a beacon of them, and a way that makes a smokescreen of them.
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04-17-2008, 06:16 AM
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I don't know that this really fits, but I thought it was cute ...
"Due to a typing error, Gov Dukakis was incorrectly identified in the third paragraph as Mike Tyson." -- Correction in a Massachusetts newspaper.
Mama Mia, that's some spicy typing error! 
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04-17-2008, 07:03 AM
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Not at all.
I can see why the mistake would be an easy one to make.
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04-17-2008, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Oldfart
...there is a way with words which makes a beacon of them, and a way that makes a smokescreen of them.
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Like the way I'm constantly being told I'm "pre-approved?"
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04-18-2008, 04:43 AM
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OF...does this qualify? I cringe whenever I hear it.
"_________(<---insert name here) turned up missing today."
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04-19-2008, 01:17 AM
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I vote yes, Lixy...either you turned up, or you're missing, never both...
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04-19-2008, 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by LixyChick
OF...does this qualify? I cringe whenever I hear it.
"_________(<---insert name here) turned up missing today."
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A fine example.
More?
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