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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 12/22/05 22:16
On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:04:59 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) Gave us:
>On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:11:44 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs
><roylfuchs@ufargingicehole.org> wrote:
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>>>>>DVDs are...
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>>>> Go away, IDIOT
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>>>I thought it was funny.
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>> May or may not be the same idiot, but it was posted here a couple of
>>years ago already. Almost the same exact text. How droll.
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>All these years I though "droll" meant "a dull attempt at humor" but a
>correspondent from Britain told me otherwise. I looked it up and sure
>enough:
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>droll: having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
OMG, you're right! That is the exact opposite meaning I had given
it.
I guess even Fred Flintstone used it incorrectly on Barney as well!
That's seems to be where I garnered my assumed meaning from.
Wow... wonders never cease.
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