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Re: [OM] The Exorcist and Asterisks

Subject: Re: [OM] The Exorcist and Asterisks
From: Larry <halpert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:27:26 -0500
Yes, or in Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiam" where in after calling in an 
obituary for
a
"beloved aunt", the newspaper printed a typo replacing the "a" in aunt with a 
"c" .....

Larry


Lex Jenkins wrote:

> Hans, as a favor to me so I don't die from laughing 'til I choke, may I
> suggest that you try "c*ounting" as an alternative spelling if you find it
> necessary to insert an asterisk?  I don't think I've seen *that* word used
> so casually and profusely since a character in "The Exorcist" punctuated
> every sentence with it.  I fear that if you continue your head may begin
> spinning around.
> ===========
> Lex Jenkins
> =====================================================================
> "I don't like to drive fast.  I just want to be ahead of YOU."
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> >
> >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:21:19 +0100
> >From: "Hans van Veluwen" <hcvanveluwen@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: [OM] TOPE 4 initial launch final call for submissions...
> >
> >I wouldn't c*unt on that! Unlike the archaeological excavations that you
> >call c*unting machines, the equipment we use in the Netherlands is dead on,
> >just like, uhm, the c*unters in our beloved OM bodies! Have you ever seen
> >an OM that moves its c*nter from 24 back to 13...
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