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To: js1138
There is no alternative hypothesis except poofism.

This reads all wrong on this side of the Atlantic: I'm thinking that "poof" (short for "poofter") doesn't have the same slang meaning over there!

186 posted on 04/19/2006 10:43:14 AM PDT by ToryHeartland
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To: ToryHeartland

Poof is a word associated with magic. Poofter is a word known to me, but not used by Americans.


190 posted on 04/19/2006 10:46:46 AM PDT by js1138 (~()):~)>)
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To: ToryHeartland
This reads all wrong on this side of the Atlantic: I'm thinking that "poof" (short for "poofter") doesn't have the same slang meaning over there!

Totally off topic, but:

I was on a backpacking forum once, and somebody asked if anybody knew where to get "fanny pack suspenders". That one got quite a few giggles from the Aussies and Brits as they tried to envision the possible function of such a dastardly device...

(In case you didn't know this, a fanny pack is a small, zippered purse-sized pouch attached to a belt around the waist, with the pack carried in the back. "Fanny pack suspenders" are basically a clip-on shoulder harness to support the belt). ;-)

563 posted on 04/20/2006 1:13:01 PM PDT by wyattearp (Study! Study! Study! Or BONK, BONK, on the head!)
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