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• The Great Saturday Night Swindle - ESC 10/April/05
• Gone for a Burton - Parick Lynch 09/April/05
• Michael of Angels - Mosielle 09/April/05
• Origin meaning and the usages of the two phrases - bubu 09/April/05
• "Thou does protest too much!" - Brent 09/April/05
• Hammers of Hell - Pappy Atoms 08/April/05
• Jerry-built - Shane 07/April/05
• Ring around the rosy - al 07/April/05
• Make a killing off - redfox 07/April/05
• Saying Origin - Betsy 06/April/05
  • Saying Origin - David FG 07/April/05
  • Saying Origin - Bruce Kahl 06/April/05
• Under the Kosh! - John F. O'Brien 06/April/05
  • Under the Kosh! - Steve E 06/April/05
• Hot bunking - ESC 05/April/05
  • Hot bunking - Steve E 06/April/05
    • Hot bunking - ESC 06/April/05
• Advertising is best by word of mouth - misty kirbitz 05/April/05
  • Advertising is best by word of mouth - ESC 05/April/05
• Backbacon boys and N`SQL - Miri Barak 05/April/05
  • Backbacon boys and N`SQL - Brian from Shawnee 05/April/05
• Get the Monkey Off Your Back - Brent 05/April/05
• Stitch-up - Fred 05/April/05
• RULE OF THUMB - Andrew 04/April/05
  • RULE OF THUMB - Fred 04/April/05
• Let your life speak + integrity - margarita 04/April/05
• Dog whistle politics - ESC 03/April/05
• "Scoop" - al 03/April/05
• Death of a thousand cuts - nancy 03/April/05
• There are dragons to be slain - russ 03/April/05
• Cat's got your tongue - T Poly 03/April/05
• Origin of "leaving the door open" - John 03/April/05
  • Origin of "leaving the door open" - ESC 03/April/05
• The worst of both worlds - meaning - Al 03/April/05
  • The worst of both worlds - meaning - DRC 03/April/05
• Idiom origins - purty burdy 02/April/05
• Meaning of this caused HUGE arguement? please settle - Gina 02/April/05
  • Meaning of this caused HUGE arguement? please settle - Smokey Stover 02/April/05
    • Meaning of this caused HUGE arguement? please settle - Bruce Kahl 02/April/05
• LONGING to find out - Hugh 01/April/05
  • LONGING to find out - Smokey Stover 02/April/05
• Gift horse?? - Amanda 01/April/05
• And that all she wrote - Maria 01/April/05
• Some doubts - stuti 01/April/05
  • The Life of Riley - Judethedude 01/April/05
    • The Life of Riley - James Briggs 01/April/05
  • Some doubts - Fred 01/April/05
• Computer Crash - Brian from Shawnee 01/April/05
• The word "anywho" - a.e. 01/April/05
• Does the phrase "my one" exist - kelly 01/April/05
  • Does the phrase "my one" exist - Bob 01/April/05
    • Does the phrase "my one" exist - Brian from Shawnee 01/April/05
• "Wax on Wax off" - SER 01/April/05
  • Wax on wax off - Brian from Shawnee 01/April/05
    • Wax on wax off - Brian from Shawnee 01/April/05
• Vatican *are* - Fred 01/April/05
  • Vatican *are* - ESC 01/April/05
• "Suffice it to say" - Christina 01/April/05
  • "Suffice it to say" - ESC 01/April/05
• Meaning of "stove piped" - John 31/March/05
  • Meaning of "stove piped" - Bruce Kahl 01/April/05
• Meaning of "running the traps" - John 31/March/05
• Meaning of phrase - to take ostrich view - B Ramanand 31/March/05
  • Meaning of phrase - to take ostrich view - Fred 31/March/05
  • Meaning of phrase - to take ostrich view - Bruce Kahl 31/March/05
    • Meaning of phrase - to take ostrich view - Brian from Shawnee 31/March/05
• Halls of Fame - Jeff Rankin 31/March/05
• " questions - Stuart Parry 31/March/05
  • " questions - David FG 31/March/05
• Help me - isalil 31/March/05
• "Same Meat Different Gravy" - Roger Cunningham 30/March/05
• As puzzling as all getout - Chip 30/March/05
  • As puzzling as all getout - Smokey Stover 30/March/05
• 'The Cat's t i t s' - arobba 30/March/05
  • 'The Cat's t i t s' - ESC 30/March/05
• Where did this come from? - Susan Bowes 30/March/05
  • Where did this come from? - James Briggs 30/March/05
  • Where did this come from? - David FG 30/March/05
• 2 cents - Mohoo 29/March/05
  • 2 cents - Smokey Stover 29/March/05
• Meaning of phrase - Jean 28/March/05
• Pay the Piper/ Fiddler - SR 28/March/05
  • Pay the Piper/ Fiddler - ESC 28/March/05
• Origin of phrase - Mary 28/March/05
  • Helen Back - SR 28/March/05
• You pays your money and you takes your choice - the meaning? - Mathematician 28/March/05
• All people are equal but some are more equal than others. - Han Lan 27/March/05
  • All people are equal but some are more equal than others. - ESC 27/March/05
• Dog-whistle politics - Fred 27/March/05
• Misheard lyrics - al 27/March/05
  • Misheard lyrics - ESC 27/March/05
    • Misheard lyrics - David FG 28/March/05
• What does it mean to shuffle your feet? - Nick 27/March/05
  • What does it mean to shuffle your feet? - Bob 27/March/05
• Lazy as ludlum's dog - Toby Whitty 26/March/05
• " To hide behind your mothers' skirt " - Lynne S. 26/March/05
• HELP - jean 26/March/05
  • HELP - ESC 26/March/05
• Hmmm... - Lindsay 26/March/05
  • Hmmm... - ESC 26/March/05
• More [BLANK] than you can shake a stick at... - Chris 26/March/05
  • More [BLANK] than you can shake a stick at... - ESC 26/March/05
    • More [BLANK] than you can shake a stick at... - Victoria S Dennis 06/April/05
    • Falling off the wagon - ESC 26/March/05
• Meaning of a phrase - karan 26/March/05
  • Meaning of a phrase - karan 26/March/05
• If I must say so myself - Farshad 25/March/05
  • If I must say so myself - ESC 25/March/05
• Devil's Dancing Hour - Stewart Baird 25/March/05
• Can it - Deb Tompkins 25/March/05
  • Can it - SR 25/March/05
    • Can it - Smokey Stover 26/March/05
• Richer than dreams of averest - Deb Tompkins 25/March/05
  • Avarice - R. Berg 25/March/05
• DOG...man in moon - YONI 24/March/05
  • DOG...man in moon - ESC 26/March/05
• 11th hour - K 24/March/05
• Top-drawer - Chris 24/March/05
  • Top-drawer - dave nesbitt 25/March/05
  • Top-drawer - ESC 24/March/05
• Pier six brawl - Chris 24/March/05
• Down and out - Mark Ge 24/March/05
  • Down and out/ boxing - SR 24/March/05
• Why/where - j 22/March/05
  • Why/where - Steve E 23/March/05
  • Why/where - Steve E 23/March/05
• Pretend to kiss but hit with forehead - sat 22/March/05
  • Pretend to kiss but hit with forehead - Chris 29/March/05
  • Pretend to kiss but hit with forehead - ESC 22/March/05
• Cut the tension with a knife - thank you 22/March/05
• Food Pounding - Jacqueline Johnson 22/March/05
  • Food Pounding - ESC 22/March/05
• Praise from Caesar - Edward 22/March/05
  • Praise from Caesar - ESC 24/March/05
• "Beat the **** out of somebody" - ryan 22/March/05
  • "Beat the **** out of somebody" - Bruce Kahl 22/March/05
• :On the cards - brainyme 22/March/05
  • :On the cards - Bruce Kahl 22/March/05
• Math quiz - jon 22/March/05
  • Math quiz - mugball-us 22/March/05
    • Math quiz - Bob 22/March/05
• MEANING OF CROSS MY HAND WITH SOMEONE - Pedro 21/March/05
• Pirates - Gerrald 21/March/05
  • Pirates - SR 21/March/05
• Dead Ringer - Duane 21/March/05
  • Deceased Quasimodo - SR 21/March/05
• "Fill Yer Boots" - Michael Citulsky 21/March/05
Use your loaf. - mike 21/March/05
• Use your loaf. - Henry 21/March/05
  • Use your loaf. - David FG 21/March/05
• Bothering me - jessy 21/March/05
• Old Dan Tucker , posted in Jan.,2003 - Ward Greene 21/March/05
• "The man" - Steven O. Spurger 21/March/05
• Lend a Hand - Charlotte 20/March/05
• Last ditch effort - Billy Thomas 20/March/05
• Hard work never killed anyone - Serge Liberman 20/March/05
• Bum rap - DRC 19/March/05
  • Bum rap - ESC 20/March/05
• Holidays are off. - meimei 19/March/05
  • Holidays are off. - ESC 19/March/05
• Work - Matt Tupa 18/March/05
  • Work - Bruce Kahl 18/March/05
• Call it a wash or It's a wash - Katrina Connor 18/March/05
  • Call it a wash or It's a wash - Bruce Kahl 18/March/05
• In so may words - Dylan Fox 17/March/05
  • In so may words - Fred 18/March/05
• Nothing in particular - bubbles 17/March/05
  • Nothing in particular - Fred 17/March/05
• Oscar Wilde questions - Ruth Julius 17/March/05
  • Oscar Wilde questions - Fred 17/March/05
  • Art - Lewis 17/March/05
  • Oscar Wilde questions - Lewis 17/March/05
• Phrase origin - Deborah 17/March/05
  • Phrase origin - Ruth Julius 17/March/05
• Take it or leave it - chris 17/March/05
  • Take it or leave it - Brian from Shawnee 17/March/05
• Goose & gander (again) - Pamela 17/March/05
  • Goose & gander (again) - - 17/March/05
• Irish blessings - ESC 16/March/05
  • Irish blessings - Shae 16/March/05
• Get out of my hair. - Reggie 16/March/05
• Waiting for the other shoe to drop... - Rhonda Breland-Gil 16/March/05
  • Waiting for the other shoe to drop... - Bob 16/March/05
    • Waiting for the other shoe to drop... - Rhonda Breland-Gil 16/March/05
• Running with hare and hunting with horn - nupur 16/March/05
  • Running with hare and hunting with horn - James Briggs 16/March/05
• Get busy living or get busy dying - mohoo 16/March/05
  • Get busy living or get busy dying - ESC 16/March/05
• Send in the Clowns - Ward 16/March/05
  • Send in the Clowns - Dougan 16/March/05
• Blood is Thicker Than Water - Warren 15/March/05
  • Blood is Thicker Than Water - Bruce Kahl 16/March/05
    • Blood is Thicker Than Water - warren 16/March/05
• Twisting my melon man? - Jo 15/March/05
  • Twisting my melon man? - Brian from Shawnee 15/March/05
• Proverbs :HELP!!! - Dougan 15/March/05
  • Proverbs :HELP!!! - Katy Bilton 15/March/05
• Orwell's "universal deceit" quote - lothar 14/March/05
  • Orwell's "universal deceit" quote - Bruce Kahl 14/March/05
• Going Swimmingly - Katy Bilton 14/March/05
  • Going Swimmingly - Smokey Stover 14/March/05
• Origin of "contempt prior to investigation" - Michael StG 13/March/05
• Balls to the Wall - Andy 13/March/05
• Top End [capitalized] [Australian] - Al 13/March/05
  • Top End [capitalized] [Australian] - Bruce Kahl 13/March/05
• "Eat by their lights"? - Word Camel 13/March/05
  • "Eat by their lights"? - ESC 13/March/05
• Origin of 'the late' Mr. so and so - Ginny 13/March/05
  • Origin of 'the late' Mr. so and so - R. Berg 14/March/05
• The wish on the stairs - Bob Gerold 13/March/05
  • Esprit de l'escalier - ESC 13/March/05
• Origin of 'Spruce Up' - Doug Harris 13/March/05
  • Origin of 'Spruce Up' - J. W. 13/March/05
• A trained monkey can do that - dano 13/March/05
• Yeoman's Effort - Jeff 12/March/05

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