to bogart

[Alison Murie]

On Jul 14, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> At 7/13/2009 05:31 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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>> "And should a monkey insist on bogarting its millipede, the other
>> monkey simply rubs its body against the anointed one's fur to ick up
>> some stray secretions."
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> I just noticed this while deleting old mail.  "ick" up should be
> "pick" up.
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> Eggcorn?  Freudian-like slip?
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> Joel
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Oh, heck! Here I thought it was a clever nonce word.
AM

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