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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
- Hot bunking - Steve E 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
- Meaning of this caused HUGE arguement? please settle - Smokey Stover 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
- The Life of Riley - Judethedude 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
- Does the phrase "my one" exist - Bob 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
- 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
- Misheard lyrics - ESC 27/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
- More [BLANK] than you can shake a stick at... - 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
- Can it - SR 25/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
- Math quiz - mugball-us 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
- Waiting for the other shoe to drop... - Bob 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
- Blood is Thicker Than Water - Bruce Kahl 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