The R word

[Jonathan Lighter]

And "rigger" is just one letter away....

But it was "retard."

JL

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> rigger?  For rigging games?
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> Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, then Tenn 3, NJ 33, now FL 9.
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> > Our local ABC affiliate just reported that Lebron James had been fined
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> > using the R word (towards a ref)
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> > I have to ask, what is the R word? Maybe senility...
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