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#1 Post by frogman042 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:16 am

I had plans to open a new delicatessen,
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but they went awry
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#2 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:19 am

I don't get it. :?

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#3 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:20 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:I don't get it. :?
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#4 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:22 am

Duh.

Thanks, Cal. :oops:

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#5 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:24 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:Duh.

Thanks, Cal. :oops:
Don't feel bad. It took me several seconds as well.
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#6 Post by earendel » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:28 am

TheCalvinator24 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:I don't get it. :?
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Only if you pronounce it that way. My MIL used to pronounce it as "AW-ree".
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#7 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:42 am

earendel wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:I don't get it. :?
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Only if you pronounce it that way. My MIL used to pronounce it as "AW-ree".

What kind of bread is that?
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#8 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:06 am

earendel wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:I don't get it. :?
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a rye
Only if you pronounce it that way. My MIL used to pronounce it as "AW-ree".
Was she a Scot?
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#9 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:01 pm

earendel wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:I don't get it. :?
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a rye
Only if you pronounce it that way. My MIL used to pronounce it as "AW-ree".
That's exactly what I was doing, while I was failing to figure it out! :mrgreen:

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#10 Post by earendel » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:49 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
earendel wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote:
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Only if you pronounce it that way. My MIL used to pronounce it as "AW-ree".
Was she a Scot?
Not so's you'd notice - there was Scotland in her background but at least a century removed.
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#11 Post by SportsFan68 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:51 pm

How do you stop an elephant from charging!!!????
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You take away his credit cards.
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