[Ads-l] Heard on Dr. Phil:

Peter Reitan pjreitan at HOTMAIL.COM
Sat May 6 02:26:50 UTC 2017


There's a fine line between pilloholism and pillophilia.
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I love my pillows. I use them every night. Does that make me a pilloholic?

DanG

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> "My mother is a _pillolic_ and an alcoholic."
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> Used numerous of times =F0=9F=A4=A1, though I'd prefer "pilloholic."
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