"moist" (again)

[Amy West]

On 12/12/12 12:02 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> Date:    Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:28:40 -0800
> From:    Arnold Zwicky<zwicky at STANFORD.EDU>
> Subject: Re: "moist" (again)
>
> On Dec 11, 2012, at 6:20 AM, Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>  wrote:
>
>> >Truly incredible. Rationally inexplicable.
>> >
>> >It "nauseates" them, even when applied to cakes!
>> >
>> >Makes me want to use it more. And eat more cake.
> yes, it makes me want to stand up in a crowded theater and shout, "MOIST MOIST MOIST"
>
Me three. If you guys are coming to Boston for LSA/ADS in Jan. we can do
this. While holding cake.

(What a bunch of head cases they must all be. And I oughta know. . . )

---Amy West

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