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weird al

#225
May 08 07 11:53
A lady I knew worked for a dentist, a Dr. Loader. Which wouldn't have been particularly funny, except for his habit of  washing down Valium with alcohol, which often necessitated his taking a  cab home in the middle of the work day. He's long retired by now.  

Gopher

#226
May 13 07 10:58
From Potter's Field - Patricia Cornwell
A fool's paradise is better than none.

kitten

#227
May 13 07 11:00
The Fourth Bear - Jasper Fforde
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

Gopher

#228
May 13 07 11:03
Ff??
A fool's paradise is better than none.

kitten

#229
May 13 07 11:04
Yyess!
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

Gopher

#230
May 13 07 11:05
Strange how names that are spelled with a double 'f' always seem posh, isn't it?  
A fool's paradise is better than none.

kitten

#231
May 13 07 11:07
Is a double f stressed more when being pronounced?  I agree about it sounding more posh.  I always wondered why the letter would be duplicated.
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

Gopher

#232
May 13 07 11:09
In Welsh ff is pronounced as (our) f, whereas a single f is pronounced as a v - so maybe that's where it comes from. Ffascinating!
A fool's paradise is better than none.

kitten

#233
May 13 07 11:10
Ffor sure!  Thanks for the information.  I thought it might be Welsh.
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

Sportsdude

#234
May 13 07 03:56
I've got a double letter in my last name. Funny thing is that people never pronounce the other letter after it.
I've also got an "e" in my name that my german grandmother says it like an "a" so I end up saying it and confusing people even more. lol
 
"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

Gopher

#235
May 15 07 01:21
Point Of Origin - Patricia Cornwell
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Lil Me

#236
May 16 07 09:50
Resistance- Daniel Kalla  
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

Gopher

#237
May 29 07 05:52
Notes On A Scandal - Zoe Heller
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Sportsdude

#238
May 29 07 11:24
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck

Its an urban planning book critical of american sprawl
 
"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

Gopher

#239
Jun 01 07 01:59
Striptease - Georges Simenon. (By the way, Notes on a Scandal was excellent, well worth the reading).
A fool's paradise is better than none.
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