Orphan Workday (was Monday, July 3); "Reversal of Fortune" in hot dog eating
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Wed Jul 5 04:02:44 UTC 2006
ORPHAN WORKDAY
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An "orphan workday" occurred yesterday, Monday, July 3rd. Today, Tuesday,
July 4th, was a holiday.
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Does this means that only orphans worked yesterday?
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(GOOGLE)
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_Monday becomes orphan workday for some - US Business - MSNBC.com_
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13643124/) With the July Fourth holiday falling on
Tuesday this year, Monday will be an orphan workday for many people who can't
take the day off.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13643124/ - 49k - Jul 3, 2006 - _Cached_
(http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:u7LJAcgEyAcJ:www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13643124/+"orphan+wor
kday"&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&ie=UTF-8) - _Similar pages_
(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=related:www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13643124/)
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"REVERSAL OF FORTUNE"
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I was watching the Nathan's hot dog eating contest when "reversal of
fortune" came up. Does HDAS have it?
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(GOOGLE)
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_http://www.joesportsfan.com/HotDog.html_
(http://www.joesportsfan.com/HotDog.html)
After 5 minutes, Kobayashi had begun to separate himself from the pack.
Shirota chased him, staying within 4 or 5 for a short time, but the effort was
futile. Cookie Jarvis was is full collapse mode, struggling to stay within 10
of the champ. Badlands was holding onto the third slot but looking
dangerous close to a “reversal of fortune” as it’s called in the business.
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(GOOGLE GROUPS)
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_ESPN covering hot dog-eating contest_
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.gambling.poker/browse_thread/thread/5b5f1abf9278e5ad/44f4c62190f3543a?lnk=st&q="r
eversal+of+fortune"+"hot+dogs"&rnum=3&hl=en#44f4c62190f3543a)
... Vomiting in hot dog eating contest parlance is "reversal of fortune" and
results
in an automatic ... Only differences are: 1) We don't stick to hot dogs. ...
_rec.gambling.poker_
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.gambling.poker?lnk=sg&hl=en) - Jul 7 2004, 6:21 am by Jacob Johannsen - 13 messages - 12 authors
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