"Cock"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Larry ain't obtuse. He's just Ivy League.

JL

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
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> > Â Am I missing something?
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> Surely, you jest! Of course you are, yankee. Does the hat read:
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> "I [LOVE] COCK FIGHTING
>
> or does it read:
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> "I [LOVE] COCK
>  fighting"
>
> You're being (purposely?) obtuse.
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