"stink up the room"

[Jonathan Lighter]

If you'll provide footage of the Cards and the Braves all in the same
room during the pennant race with the Cards grimacing, swearing, and
holding their noses, I'll accept your interpretation.

JL

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Huh? Doesn't this just mean they stank so bad everyone in the room
> could smell 'em??
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> On Oct 29, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> 'To present vexing difficulties or distractions.'
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>> CNN reports that in the midst of the Cards'  dramatic drive to the
>> pennant and the World's Championship, "The Braves began stinking up
>> the room."
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>> JL
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