Perdue (not Frank either)

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:41 AM -0400 3/21/11, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>Do you have something against pretty bugs?
>
>     VS-)

I thought JL meant a [pretty [bug tube]] rather than a [[pretty bug] tube]--
I figured he'd have called the latter a "butterfly tube" like the
rest of us grown-ups do.

LH

>
>On 3/20/2011 9:40 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>A pretty "big" tube.
>>
>>Jeez I'm old.
>>
>>JL
>>
>>On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Jonathan
>>Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>Gee, I only thought it applied to test-tube babies.
>>>
>>>I guess they need a pretty bug tube, too....
>>>
>>>JL
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