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High brow insults.

Mar 7, 2004 1:36AM PST

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Re: Love this. Plan on using ot too. ...nt
Mar 7, 2004 1:41AM PST

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I liked this one Rosalie :)
Mar 7, 2004 8:23AM PST

[Thou] appeareth nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours

I think he is accusing someone that he smells very bad, and needs a good bath, or perhaps in those days it would be a tub I guess.

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Some of those phrases are real winners. I'm with Mary Kay, I intend ...
Mar 7, 2004 8:35AM PST

to use a few of them. Once I get 'em figured out. Wink

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I think you hit the nail on the head there Rosalie - It is very difficult to sus out what they mean :) here is a link
Mar 7, 2004 9:09AM PST
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I hope you don't think I was being rude putting that link there Rosalie, I had to look it up because of the slang spelling and thought you might be interested :( NT
Mar 7, 2004 10:21AM PST

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Not at all Steve. It is interesting. Tks. -nt
Mar 7, 2004 1:01PM PST

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That shakespeare spear stuff is something else - wow - don't worry too much if you cannot work It out - I probably can't :( NT
Mar 7, 2004 3:05PM PST

NT

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They should use that one in an anti-perspirant commercial! [nt]
Mar 8, 2004 2:31AM PST

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You may well have a good idea there James - I'm thinking of sending it to one of them :) NT
Mar 8, 2004 9:15AM PST

NT

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Re:High brow insults.
Mar 7, 2004 8:59AM PST

I'm not too much into Shakespear.

However, I do like this one "Go, Ye Giddy Goose"

Maybe I should bone up on Shakespear start yelling at the geese up town. Devil

George

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Low brow insults.
Mar 8, 2004 2:28AM PST

You could probably get a fairly large collection from SE over the years.