[Lexicog] Re: overly talkative

bolstar1 bolstar1 at YAHOO.COM
Sat Nov 8 10:24:13 UTC 2008


Bill, and to think all our tax money went to MIT, just to hear your 
cute joke. Now I've heard everything. 

Scott

--- In lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com, billposer at ... wrote:
>
> 
> David Tuggy's post reminds me of a Vermont joke. (For those who 
don't know,
> Vermonters are known for not being overly effusive.)
> 
> A little boy was invited to dinner at the minister's house. At the 
end of
> the meal, he thanked the minister's wife and said: "That was very 
good, Mrs.
> Smith.", but as a true Vermonter, he continued "what there was of 
it.".
> Realizing that this might be offensive, he added: "And there was 
quite a lot
> of it too, such as it was".
> 
> Bill
>



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