=SDC= Q55: Say wha'?

Vinny Burgoo

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Sep 5, 2010, 6:17:46 AM9/5/10

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Can you guess the punchline?

http://twitpic.com/28zr75

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VB

James Hogg

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Sep 5, 2010, 9:26:27 AM9/5/10

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Vinny Burgoo wrote:
> Can you guess the punchline?
>
> http://twitpic.com/28zr75

Yours is for sure the most beautiful baby

--
James

James Hogg

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Sep 5, 2010, 9:49:19 AM9/5/10

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More likely:

Yours is by far the most beautiful baby

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James

CDB

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Sep 5, 2010, 11:00:47 AM9/5/10

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The possibilities are endless. "You have produced a most beautiful
baby", "This is one hell of a beautiful baby", "You win the prize for
the prettiest baby"....

CDB

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Sep 5, 2010, 11:29:53 AM9/5/10

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Or, in keeping with the title, "This is one Black and Beautiful Baby."

Frank ess

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Sep 5, 2010, 5:14:31 PM9/5/10

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Vinny Burgoo wrote:
> Can you guess the punchline?
>
> http://twitpic.com/28zr75

Now, /that's/ what I call a BABY!

Cora Fuchs

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Sep 5, 2010, 10:18:14 PM9/5/10

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On Sun, 5 Sep 2010 11:17:46 +0100, Vinny Burgoo <hlu...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>Can you guess the punchline?
>
>http://twitpic.com/28zr75

IT'S A BABY!

or maybe even:

ITS A BABY!

Cora Fuchs

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Sep 7, 2010, 12:23:37 AM9/7/10

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On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:18:14 -0700, Cora Fuchs <cor...@katamail.com>
wrote:

One last gasp:

ITS' A BABY!

(I know that apostrophe is significant in some way.)

Mark Brader

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Sep 7, 2010, 6:19:12 AM9/7/10

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> Can you guess the punchline?
> http://twitpic.com/28zr75

"Birthdays are good for you -- the more you have, the longer you'll live"?
--
Mark Brader "A healthy nation is as unconscious of its
Toronto nationality as a healthy man of his bones."
m...@vex.net -- Shaw

James Hogg

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Sep 7, 2010, 6:36:57 AM9/7/10

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Mark Brader wrote:
>> Can you guess the punchline?
>> http://twitpic.com/28zr75
>
> "Birthdays are good for you -- the more you have, the longer you'll live"?

Just keep the placenta and throw out the baby.

--
James

CDB

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Sep 7, 2010, 8:00:00 AM9/7/10

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Cora Fuchs wrote:

> Cora Fuchs <cor...@katamail.com> wrote:
>> Vinny Burgoo <hlu...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Can you guess the punchline?
>>>
>>> http://twitpic.com/28zr75
>>
>> IT'S A BABY!
>>
>> or maybe even:
>>
>> ITS A BABY!
>
> One last gasp:
>
> ITS' A BABY!
>
> (I know that apostrophe is significant in some way.)
>

Or maybe the word itself? "That 'Wah!' means you have a new baby!"

Jerry Friedman

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Sep 14, 2010, 12:38:51 AM9/14/10

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I was hoping for some help from the question author, since as CDB
points out there are lots of possible answer, but I think the above
deserves some thanks. And a Cormo.

--
Jerry Friedman, T. O. Sheepbelater

James Hogg

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Sep 14, 2010, 1:55:41 AM9/14/10

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Thanks.

I realize your "lots of possible answer" is a mere typo, but it reminds
me of a development I have noticed in the language of Scandinavians. It
concerns constructions of the type "one of the best films he ever made".
In Swedish many people keep the word "film" in the singular here,
obviously under the attraction of the "one". They do this in Swedish and
they assume that it's all right in English too, so I often have to
correct this mistake. This morning I saw it in a Danish newspaper, so
the usage seems to be spreading.

Has anybody come across this in the language of native speakers?

--
James