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   Message 17,237 of 19,138   
   Debra to Vincent Maycock   
   Re: A holiday quiz   
   17 Dec 14 00:14:06   
   
   From: dfreemans@live.com   
      
   On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 6:02:52 AM UTC-5, Vincent Maycock wrote:   
      
   > On 15 Dec 2014 22:23:20 +0000 (GMT), Lardy Girl    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >Vincent Maycock  wrote:   
   > >> On 14 Dec 2014 11:28:17 +0000 (GMT), Lardy Girl    
   > >> wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> >Here are four things encountered in the holiday season.  Feel free to   
   > >> >come up with more.  At least the first two or three should be pretty   
   > >> >easy to work out.   
   > >   
   > >> Mmmmm.... easy ...   
   > >   
   > >I'll leave the less easy one in here for further head-scratching.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >> >3.        Gay filth, sir!   
   > >   
   > >> What the fuck?! There's such a thing as "fairy lights"?   
   > >   
   > >Them's the little lights that bedeck Christmas trees and so on.  For   
   > >those tasked with untangling the beasties or determining which bulb   
   > >has made the whole string go dark, they may also represent   
   > >  frailty (sigh)   
   > >And, if overdone, strung every which way, they may   
   > >  fit garishly.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >> >4.        Gigs' endings, annually   
   > >   
   > >[This space intentionally left blank, but Phil had the right general   
   > >idea]   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >And now there's the matter of the traditional welcome to alt.anagrams.   
   > >Which is rather tricky in the absence of a middle name or similar.   
   > >The nominative determinists might be forced to conclude that you   
   > >operate an   
   > >    Icky convent cam   
   > >   
   > >If we go with 'Mister Vincent Maycock', we get:   
   > >   
   > >      I track cynics' movement   
   > >      Nice tact vs. Mick Romney   
   >   
   > Or   
   >   
   > Mitt:  "Craven Nicky .... comes!   ...ewwww..."   
      
   Hey - I see an actual anagram available here   
      
   MISTER VINCENT MAYCOCK =   
   CRAVEN MITTS, N ICKY COME.  [cowardly goes it / alone / it goes]   
      
   Debra Dee Freeman   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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