new name you can use on your kid

[Tom Zurinskas]

Jherrica?  Rhymes with "America?"

Tom Zurinskas, first Ct 20 yrs, then Tn 3, NJ 33, Fl 9.
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> The computerized sales slip from the supermarket tells me that my cashier
> was "Jherrica."
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> Over 10,000 raw Google hits for "Jherrica," over 150,000 for "Jherica."
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> To generalize from my experience, they should be mostly twentyish white
> ladies with hair the color of blood.
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> JL
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