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2011/02/27 - 11:53pm

Agonstasy? Ecstony?

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2011/03/06 - 2:12pm

The discussion of "Erin" versus "Aaron" made me think of a cool story I stumbled across recently.
I'm doing research for a graphic novel called "The Boy's Book of Swashbuckling Jews," and I came across the amazing tale of Jim Levy, the Irish-Jewish gambler and gunslinger. In 1877 he was in a famous fight with Charlie Harrison in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The stories about what precipitated the shootout are confused and contradictory, but many believe it was a slur hurled at Levy. One historian claims that newspaper accounts were unclear whether Harrison called Levy a "Son of Aaron" (a Jew) or a "Son of Erin" an Irishman. At any rate, though Harrison shot first, it was Levy who administered the Coup De Gras.

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2011/04/04 - 6:52am

In Portuguese we have a saying similar to the Chinese one with horses and cows. It is Quem não tem cão caça com gato (He who has no dog hunts with a cat).

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2011/07/01 - 8:35pm

Arkholt said:

Loved the show! I really liked John's word quiz, but I was a bit disappointed that he didn't mention Liverpudlians (the natives of Liverpool, of course).


The residents of Halifax, Nova Scotia are Haligonians.

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2011/09/19 - 1:22pm

kellikb said:

To add to the conversation about what to call the "hurts so good" feeling when getting a massage…. I am a student in a massage therapy program and my instructor calls that "exquisite pain."
I really like the "Hu-so-go" abbreviation for hurts so good – no matter what you call it, it feels great!


I like soregasm

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=soregasm&defid=1871194

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2011/09/19 - 1:26pm

Nice!

And welcome.

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2011/09/19 - 1:28pm

tromboniator said:

Nice!

And welcome.


Thanks. Was having trouble with the URL link for a while there!

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