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The Brokerage or the Drug Store?
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Can I buy some collared greens?
K. Byard in The Akron Beacon Journal, writing about a grocer, added her own special touch:
“… he needed to go to Cleveland to get the [mustard, collar and turnip] greens….”
Does she write about apprehended criminals being collard?
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Well, she is PRO-conviction
Per Paul Foy, Associated Press: Utah doctor’s conviction follows family’s pursuit
…The daughters and sisters of Michele MacNeill hounded authorities to investigate Martin MacNeill….When the verdict was read, they let out a loud yelp before dissolving in tears as the jury delivered its verdict to the tense, packed courtroom.
“We’re just so happy he can’t hurt anyone else,” said Alexis Somers, one of his older daughters and his main protagonist.
Hey, Paul, you might want to check out this word ANTAGONIST on Dictionary.com. and compare it to the word you misused.
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A Pox on Your Haux.
Adrants “provides insightful, informed, experiential, no holds barred commentary on the state of the advertising…” which makes this rather embarrassing.
“This infographic from International Business Degree Guide is all about the faux pauxs that can occur when translating work to and from differing cultures.”
Well, French is a different culture.
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I don’t care how old you are, I don’t want to see that.
The AP (THE AP!) has this fab story headlined “Older brides with fancy gowns, garter belts, DJs” By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO. I was thinking the headline writer got it wrong but no, the paid journalist, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, writes:
Only a few years ago, it was considered in poor taste for a bride over age 55, particularly if she had been previously married, to do things like wear a fancy wedding gown, rock out to a DJ at the reception or have the groom slip a lacy garter belt off of her leg.
Yes, really Read it here.
Maybe I’m a prude but I don’t want to see a groom pulling the lacy garter belt off his bride, no matter what age. A garter I can tolerate.
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Proofreading prevents embarrassment.
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Sex makes men immortal
A 10-year study of 1,000 middle-aged men at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland, showed that men who engaged in weekly sex had half the death rate of men who had less frequent orgasms.
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Get the Dramamine
I’ve read way too many of these.
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