Jim Wilson
n.— «I’d choose goo over sitting next to a “Jim Wilson” on a cross-country flight. Then again, the airline did give me free drinks—I guess it’s the hidden bonus of the corpse seatmate.» —“Re: Baby born in midair on London to Boston flight” by Caledonia Usenet: misc.kids.pregnancy Sept. 26, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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