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To: jaydubya2

Whoops, I confused you with the other sleaze attack.

Make another Playboy reference and I’ll hit abuse again.


141 posted on 12/26/2007 8:35:53 AM PST by Petronski (Willard Myth Romney: 47% negatives)
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To: Petronski
Make another Playboy reference and I’ll hit abuse again.

You know, depending on how you read that statement... :)

143 posted on 12/26/2007 8:37:00 AM PST by kevkrom (All those in favor of Thompson, don't raise your hand.)
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To: Petronski

Watching this food fight from afar, I thought I would weigh in with an excerpt from a William Safire column:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E6DA1031F932A35756C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

In the initial coinage, the term was in no way synonymous with bimbo. “Enter the second wife: a decade or two younger than her husband, sometimes several inches taller, beautiful and very often accomplished,” wrote the unmarried Ms. Connelly. “The second wife certifies her husband’s status and, if possible given the material she has to work with, dispels the notion that men peak sexually at age 18. This trophy does not hang on the wall like a moose head — she works. Hard. For starters, she often has her own business.”

As a modern modifier, then, trophy most often means “bimbonic” when applied to women, though a second sense remains of “accomplished.” Applied to men, however, trophy is almost always complimentary. Not fair? “Life is unfair,” said President Kennedy, a trophy husband.


163 posted on 12/26/2007 8:44:41 AM PST by PurpleMan
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To: Petronski

Dude, you have some issues...


164 posted on 12/26/2007 8:44:45 AM PST by jaydubya2
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