[Ads-l] "uterus" an indecorous word? ("slut" in the news)

[paul johnson]

Is a "Hail Mary Pass" praying you'll get lucky?


On 9/28/2018 2:59 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>> nothing is worse than "blowhard" and "moist."
> [shudder!] (frisson of horror and disgust)
>
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 9:43 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Just remember: nothing is worse than "blowhard" and "moist."
>>
>> JL
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 2:30 AM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> WB:  Sounds like the ol' Hail Mary pass.
>>> Nailed it!
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 12:03 AM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> WG:  << "Blessed is the fruit of thy womb: Jesus." >>
>>>> WB:  Sounds like the ol' Hail Mary pass. What passed as unorthodox was
>> my
>>>> juvenile re-interpretation:
>>>> << Blessèd is the Fruit of the Loom Jesus. >> (Discovering the image of
>>> Our
>>>> Lord in one's underwear? Jeezus!)
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