Teaspoon

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Teaspoonsful" has the edge in my mind.

And "passersby." (Like Wilson, I'm not even sure I've heard the variant.)

JL

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
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> > Passerbys
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> I've *never* come across that one before. If I continue to live right
> and I accept Jesus into my heart as my lord and savior, perhaps I'll
> never come across it again. But,
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> Youneverknow.
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