This is almost an eggcorn

Your Name ROSESKES at AOL.COM
Mon Oct 22 03:50:22 UTC 2007


If you consider that addicts are referred to as "junkies," this could be
considered an actual eggcorn:

<< SCANNING the phone book for a garbage collection service, I came across
one that clearly wasn't afraid to tackle any job. Their ad read: "Residential
hauling. All types of junk removed. No load too large or too small. Garages,
basements, addicts."

--Contributed to "All In a Day's Work" by Mary Beth Carroll
>>


Rosemarie

No husband has ever been shot while washing the dishes.





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