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To: Monkey Face; Tax-chick; Covenantor

It reminds me of the old Reader’s Digest “It Pays To Increase Your Word Power”. But the words they use on WFTD I never saw in Reader’s Digest.


6,169 posted on 06/02/2015 3:22:35 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (I could win the Lottery! It only slightly skews the odds against me somewhat that I don't play.)
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To: NicknamedBob; Monkey Face; Covenantor
More like I opine there occasionally. Today's word is completely new to me. Fleer. It seems to mean the same as the Spanish carcajar.
6,170 posted on 06/02/2015 3:29:19 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Rant off.)
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To: NicknamedBob; Tax-chick; JimRobonson

I used to love that part of RD, and gleaned so much from each issue.

Today, however, FR gives me so much more than RD ever did, and I appreciate that because I’m an information junkie!


6,171 posted on 06/02/2015 3:33:52 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance.)
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To: NicknamedBob; Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Darksheare

Fleer is a famous name from my childhood. Dubble-Bubble bubble gum baseball and football cards.

Original formula, circa 1906, was called Blibber-Blubber. Wiki says except for bubble blowing it was “vastly inferior” to regular chewing gum. Reformulated and colored pink and marketed as Dubble-Bubble it became a success.


6,177 posted on 06/02/2015 3:49:05 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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