Best damn sexual assault program in the country

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Thu May 8 07:09:46 UTC 2014


"Dazed, he leads her into his room."

In context, *she* is the one who is "dazed," not he. Apparently, the rule
of thumb for any style of written intercourse, given the headline, is,
"Leave the semantics as an exercise for the reader."


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 6:42 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Thought it was an ad from Nigeria, offering bachelor's & advanced degrees
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