Eggcorn?

[Scot LaFaive]

>"A One _and_ a Million Chance!"
That could make the odds quite a bit different.

Scot

On Feb 4, 2008 8:58 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> The title of a "joke" sent to me by my mother-in-law:
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> "A One _and_ a Million Chance!"
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> -Wilson
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