Was that he was guilty obvious?

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jan 12 19:47:10 UTC 2011


On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> obviously worse

Say what?! "*Obviously* worse"?! Got dam, my brother! That's cold!

Well, Randy is soliciting opinions and, certainly, yours is a valid one. ;-)

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