_wonky_ = "shady"?

[Jonathan Lighter]

If the roofers come back, they're unreliable. If not, they're crooks.

That's semantics for you.

JL

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:03 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > Whippersnapper B: "They're not crooks. They've got a five-star rating
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> > the Better Business Bureau. They're just not reliable."
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> Clearly, some hair-splitting has occurred.;-)
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