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(...) My sons little league coach this year would tell the kids to "take a blow" when they sitting out the inning. I never heard that one before, and thought it odd. Julie (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) LOL! I never thought of it that way. Hmm, what other "take a ..." idioms does English have...? Take a bath Take a break/breather Take a guess Take a shot/stab [at it] Take a [various euphamisms for expulsion of liquid waste] Take a [various (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Weeks Box - round two (...no, really!)
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(...) Are you sure, you might have missed such a small thing... :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) FUT: lugnet.off-topic.fun Frank (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Want my car? I want your LEGO
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(...) Chris (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Are we all too nice?
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(...) Me likes it. :-D Jude (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Are we all too nice?
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes: <major, indiscriminate snippage> (...) Well, having thought about this long and hard (and having been digging around in the dusty back halls of Lugnet today), I think that an off-site solution already (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Kaadu = Hindi 'pumpkin'?
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Footnote: My Hindi-speaking friends tell me that kaddu is used as a derogatory term like 'dummy'. Just think of it: "You pumpkin-for-brains! You stinky hollow gourd with seeds rattling inside!" And in America it is a cute term for chubby babies... (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) I'd relish the thought, but not tonight. Maybe tomato. -Tim (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Just give me one good raisin to stop. (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I carrot stop, I tell ya! (oh gosh its late) (...) Um..yeah...just keep on thinkin that ;-) (...) Here we go again. -Tim (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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