[Ads-l] Heard on Forensic files:

[Dave Hause]

Well, maybe they wouldn't know "supine" but they'd know it ISN"T prone.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dave Hause 
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:08 PM 
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Subject: Re: Heard on Forensic files: 

Anyone who ever had instruction in rifle marksmanship.
Dave Hause

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jonathan Lighter
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 7:47 PM
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Subject: Re: Heard on Forensic files:

Of course. But who else knows that?

JL

On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 7:43 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> "She was lying on her back, when she was stabbed, _in the prone 
> position_."
>
> He meant to say, "in the _supine_ position," of course.
> --
> -Wilson
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> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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