On 3/25/2012 11:25 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> Subject: Re: "blow water"
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> Scratch that.
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> What she said was, "[But] you're still below water, as some would say."
Now I have to ask--how does that relate to the ever popular
"underwater"? (Which is popular here in the rel estate world, which I
find interesting because I am old enough to remember the Great Florida
Land Bargains.)
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