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Thread #64745 Message #1436653
Posted By: GUEST,Auggie
17-Mar-05 - 12:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: English To English Dictionary
Subject: RE: BS: English To English Dictionary
Jerry-
My favorite Wisconsinism came at a department store when I asked for help from a clerk who was, unbeknownst to me, taking her lunch break.
"I'd like to help you," said she, "but I'm on my off."
(Second place goes to a golf partner who, after hitting his drive on a short par 3 pin high but into the sand trap on the left remarked, "Damn, I got the right up but the wrong over.")
Worst part is, I knew right away what both of them meant.