Heard on the Maury Show

[Dan Goncharoff]

Hey, I don 't give two figs if it grinds YOUR gears, but if it grinds
your GRAMMAR's gears, I gotta know why.
DanG



On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Not saying things like "... they both equally grind my grammar's
>> gears" might help the at-a-glance issue.
>>
>
> Dan, I'm sorry. But, I can't help it, if you can't read my mind.;-)
>
> "Grinds my gears" is a catch-phrase from the animated cartoon, "The
> Family Guy." Needess to say, I need to keep in mind that not everyone
> is a fan of Adult Swim and, hence, a bare reference to [AS] is not
> going to be recognized as intended-to-be humorous by everyone.
>
> My apologies.
>
> --
> -Wilson
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
> to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
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