 | | Re: FOTY: What a find! —Maggie Cambron
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| | | (...) I love to hear about these kinds of finds. It can only be a positive thing when someone who really appreciates the brick comes across collections like this because then it ensures they won't be lost or totally trashed by someone who doesn't (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: FOTY: What a find! —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Ah, codependency! Let me guess--her name is Eileen, and they met at a butt-kicking contest. Dave! (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | While I've got you here... (Was Re: FOTY: What a find!) —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | (...) Say, Dave! I just heard an example another thing that makes no sense to me. It's when people who orally quote others say, "Quote, unquote" *before* launching into the actual quote. I'm only glad I heard it on the radio this time because when (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: While I've got you here... (Was Re: FOTY: What a find!) —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | (...) Dunno about universal, but it's common here in Aus, too. I think you can (at least partly) blame the inventors of the game of "Charades", where one uses the insect impersonation to indicate one's phrase is a quotation. ROSCO (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: While I've got you here... (Was Re: FOTY: What a find!) —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | (...) Billy Connolly did an excellent routine where he described people who do the <wiggle fingers> quote thing, and then went on to advocate the mimed addition of all punction to conversation. Cheers Richie (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: While I've got you here... (Was Re: FOTY: What a find!) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | (...) The insect tendency indeed *is* universal, we do it here in .il too. I encountered the "quote, unquote" saying with my history teacher, who did not use th insect motion, and therefore confused me greatly, because she said it very fast, and (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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