Dakos/Dacos; Seftalies; Youvetsi; Bougatsa

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:03 AM -0500 5/15/06, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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>>  Greetings from Rhodes. I'm busy making babies,
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>TMI, Barry.  TMI.
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Ah, I was wondering why Bill was referring Barry to Three-Mile Island
(which I'm sure is a rather less attractive isle to tour than Crete),
but I see with google's help that the more relevant initialism is
'Too Much Information'...

Larry

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