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    From Hactar@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu May 5 14:37:16 2016
    XPost: alt.fan.cecil-adams

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Bill Turlock <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thu, 5 May 2016 13:02:56 -0400, Jeff Wisnia <[email protected]> wrote:>
    Didn't something bad happen to a boat shipping mayonaise to Mexico on
    this date back around 1862?

    Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!

    And that's why using the same program for mail and newsgroups is a bad idea.

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  • From Jeff Wisnia@21:1/5 to Hactar on Thu May 5 17:19:36 2016
    XPost: alt.fan.cecil-adams

    Hactar wrote:


    And that's why using the same program for mail and newsgroups is a bad idea.


    No, not this time, that was an intentional post to AFCANS. Someone here
    just might not have heard it more than five times already today.

    Is this one any better?

    "I swore I'd lose 10 pounds by next month and I only have 16 more to go...."

    Jeff

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  • From Hactar@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu May 5 19:09:40 2016
    XPost: alt.fan.cecil-adams

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Jeff Wisnia <[email protected]> wrote:

    Hactar wrote:

    And that's why using the same program for mail and newsgroups is a bad idea.


    No, not this time, that was an intentional post to AFCANS. Someone here
    just might not have heard it more than five times already today.

    Oh ha, I get it now. I'm just exceptionally obtuse.

    Is this one any better?

    "I swore I'd lose 10 pounds by next month and I only have 16 more to go...."

    "Losing weight"... I've heard of it.

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