Unlucky Camel & Dog Killers & Sleeping with elephants

[Wilson Gray]

"Icon" is derived from the name of this town, Conya? Surely, he did but
jest!

-Wilson

On 5/21/06, bapopik at aol.com <bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> Greetings from Conya, Turkey. My tour guide said "icon" comes from here.
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> UNLUCKY CAMEL--In full, "the unlucky camel gets fucked even in the
> arctic."=20=
> Turkish for bad luck everywhere.
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> DOG KILLER--Bad Turkish wine.
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> WHEN YOU SLEEP WITH AN ELEPHANT, YOU TURN OVER WHEN THE ELEPHANT DOES--My
> Ca=
> nadian tourist friends said that this quote comes from Pierre Trudeau.
> Does=20=
> Fred have it?
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> A HAT IS CHEAPER THAN A HEADACHE--Line used by a local hat seller. Any
> evide=
> nce on Google?
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> FULLMARKET--One roadside gas station called its shop this. OED? Like a
> super=
> market?
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> TURKISH CORNER--Architecture term. OED?
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> ROOF--A drink served at my hotel of fru=C4=B1t ju=C4=B1ce and grenadine.
> Sou=
> nds a bit like a Shirley Temple.
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> NEWS OT: I gotta lay low here. They're killing judges!
> =20
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