[Ads-l] Wee Man, renowned in some circles as a member of the "Jackass" cast, says:

[Jonathan Lighter]

The preferred term today is "shocking."

JL

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 1:26 AM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> "I can kick myself in the _forrid_!"
>
> and proceeds to kick himself in the forehead. Considering that he wasn't
> born until 1973, his use of the old-school pronunciation is nothing short
> of startling!
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
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