"Barb wire"

[Jonathan Lighter]

You might be thinking of "Deuces Wilde."

JL


On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> > bobwire
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> Spelled "Bob Wyer," wasn't he a buddy of Rick O'Shay?
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