Diversified shopping

[Jonathan Lighter]

"In theory" it shouldn't matter, since the meaning of "flesh" in this
context is long, if myopically, established.

But in the wise words of Homer Simpson (ca.1994),

"[_With elaborate condescension_] Marge, I agree with you. In *theory*. In
*theory*, Communism works. In *theory*."

Not in YBQ. A quarter million Google hits.

JL
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 3/24/2011 08:37 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Crayola dropped "flesh" color decades ago.
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> I did mention this in my initial message (although I didn't give a
> date), by copying a Wikipedia paragraph.
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> But it's *Prismacolor* I'm casting stones at -- it seems still to
> have a Flesh pencil (by that name), in its 24-Color Set (as I also
> wrote in my initial message). See
> http://www.dickblick.com/products/prismacolor-col-erase-pencils/
> (which admittedly is a seller's site, not Prismacolor's).
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> Joel
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> >JL
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> >On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net>
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> > > > White Flesh [slighted edited from original post for silliness's sake]
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> > > My goodness, Joel! What did you expect?!:-)
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