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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 01:29 PM
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Poll question: What's the correct spelling of the more comman name for undershirt?
Edited on Sat Aug-19-06 01:35 PM by yurbud
on edit: added last two options.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 01:32 PM
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1. All wrong, it's T-shirt
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 01:34 PM
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3. the hyphen! I forgot. Hold on, I'll up-date
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 01:54 PM
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5. Thus Spake the Editor RebelOne
Edited on Sat Aug-19-06 01:56 PM by Gormy Cuss
:thumbsup:
Do you know the etymology?
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:32 PM
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7. yeah, it's really hard to make a tee shirt that fits bugs.
That's what etymologists say.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:42 PM
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12. Yes, but it's easy to make a T-shirt for entomologists.
:silly:
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:46 PM
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14. they study how ancient Egyptians buried their dead entomb-ologists
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:51 PM
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16. Wow, I thought they studied the origins of disease.
Edited on Sat Aug-19-06 02:58 PM by Gormy Cuss
Learn sumthin new every day. :silly:
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 03:50 PM
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19. that's an epidermis.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 04:14 PM
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21. I thought that was anesthesia used mostly in childbirth.
:silly:
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 07:27 PM
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22. that's an epilady--easy to remember cuz it's used on ladies.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 01:33 PM
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2. My dear yurbud.........
I say.....T shirt............

Go figure.........:shrug:
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 01:34 PM
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4. I work for the phone book and I SAY....
TEE SHIRT
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:31 PM
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6. in all caps? doesn't it take longer to deliver them if you're reading
the t shirt ads?
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:35 PM
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8. Capital letters cost less
they take up less room on your hard drive, too. :)
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:38 PM
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10. Is that true?
Edited on Sat Aug-19-06 02:39 PM by OhioBlues
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :bounce: :7


The part about they take up less space on a hard drive?


Edit: missing "r"
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:40 PM
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11. No, it's not true
It's a puerile joke for fooling newbies with.

:hug: :loveya:
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:36 PM
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9. T-shirt
It's called a T-shirt because it's shaped like a T.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:44 PM
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13. tay shirtay
but only when jodie foster is wearing it...

RL
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:47 PM
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15. Nell-very esoteric
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:54 PM
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17. wife beater
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 07:28 PM
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23. that's not stritly a tee since it has no sleeves
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 02:55 PM
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18. I don't know but common is with an "o" as long as you're inquiring
:evilgrin:
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 07:29 PM
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24. sorry, that's my mother's maiden name, so I always mix it up
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querelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 03:51 PM
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20. Camisole? n/t
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 07:29 PM
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25. isn't that what you spray on camel toe when it smells not so fresh?
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IndyBob Donating Member (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 07:36 PM
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26. What's the difference between a T-shirt and a Jersey?
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-20-06 02:13 PM
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27. thickness, and jersey implies team uniform
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IndyBob Donating Member (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-21-06 08:25 AM
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28. The difference is
You can wear a T-shirt in Jersey, but you can't wear a Jersey in T-shirt.

Boo-hiss, incredibly bad, I know. I heard this somewhere, and this seemed like the place to post it. I've been waiting years to use it.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-21-06 11:23 AM
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29. I thought you were going to say you can't milk a t-shirt
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