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Betty

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Jul 5, 2005, 10:34:38 PM7/5/05
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Stan's April 11 posting reminded me of this story:

The firefighter teaching the young children about fire safety asked
"What would you do if your clothes were on fire?" (He was ready to do
the "Drop, cover your face, and roll" lesson)

The little girl said, "I wouldn't out them on!"


(Image: standing at the closet, saying, "Nope, not getting dressed
today!")

Jim

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Jul 6, 2005, 4:35:25 PM7/6/05
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"Betty" <esme...@aol.com> wrote in news:1120415993.098219.279900
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> The little girl said, "I wouldn't out them on!"

I'm sorry, I don't get it.

Jim

Phillip Sego

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Jul 6, 2005, 7:09:11 PM7/6/05
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I wouldn't *PUT* them on.

I love spell checkers. A local pol sent out a mass email telling people they
"could count on her...", but she missed the o in count. (true story)

-- Phil

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Karen

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Jul 6, 2005, 8:28:43 PM7/6/05
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Phillip Sego wrote the following on 7/6/2005 7:09 PM:

> I love spell checkers. A local pol sent out a mass email telling people they
> "could count on her...", but she missed the o in count. (true story)

I once worked in a department store with a sale on men's T-shirts. It
was over a week before someone noticed that the sign was missing the 'r'...

Karen R.

Phil

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Jul 6, 2005, 8:23:27 PM7/6/05
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The little girl said, "I wouldn't out them on!"

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Charlie Bress

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Jul 6, 2005, 9:59:23 PM7/6/05
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"Jim" <no...@example.com> wrote in message
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Notice that on the keyboard that 'o' is next to 'p'.

Try "I wouldn't put them on"

The fallacy of spell checking


Philipp Strathausen

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Jul 6, 2005, 9:59:10 PM7/6/05
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Jim schrubte:

> "Betty" <esme...@aol.com> wrote:
>>The little girl said, "I wouldn't out them on!"
> I'm sorry, I don't get it.

I think it has to be "I wouldn't put them on!" :-)

bbksh, Philipp

Jerome Senturia

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Jul 7, 2005, 12:27:07 AM7/7/05
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Jim,

I think it is a typo -- if you substitute "put" for "out" it will make
sense. It took a while for me to get it too.

Jerry
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Segue

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Jul 7, 2005, 12:25:32 AM7/7/05
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Typo. Read it as "I wouldn't put them on."


Tonyc

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Jul 7, 2005, 12:25:10 AM7/7/05
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>>exchange O for P <<

--
Peace,G'D Bless and have a good day
TONYC

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Philipp Strathausen

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Jul 7, 2005, 12:06:48 PM7/7/05
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I also hava a nice one:
My grandfather is a protestant minister. He had to take care of some
churches, of 5 of 6 villages. Once they had collected money for a new
bell. They ordered an old traditional family company to construct it,
manually, like it has been done for centuries.

It has been introduced to the public and there was a big celebration.
So the bell has been seen by some hundreds of people. But only three
days after the installation, my grandmother climbed up the tower, just
to see the bell again, and noticed that "Christus" is missing the "r".

Bye,
Philipp

Phil

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Jul 7, 2005, 8:54:34 PM7/7/05
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Phil Helped..

The little girl said, "I wouldn't Put them on!" (TYPO..)


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lev...@uwm.edu

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Jul 7, 2005, 10:40:26 PM7/7/05
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This is a wonderful group. Nowhere else can you get so much mileage
out of a simple typo. Keep it up.

len levine


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fred

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Jul 8, 2005, 11:19:46 PM7/8/05
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Apply the Proximal Key Rule: Look at all possible substitute keys
adjacent to "o". "iut", "put", "kut","lut".

"I wouldn't put them on!" seems most likely to me.

Joseph Toubes

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Jul 9, 2005, 12:34:37 PM7/9/05
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she thought that if her clothes were on fire, she would put them on. her
clothes as such as those in the closet were on fire, oh well...

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jhlowy

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Jul 9, 2005, 9:19:22 PM7/9/05
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The number of ci-devant well educated "Posters" who are unable to
recognize a simple typo is unbelievable.

I had no idea our audience contained such a high percentage of
"whatevers". jhl

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Mordechai Housman

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Jul 26, 2005, 7:40:27 AM7/26/05
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Don;t you mean "tyoo?" ;)

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Mike Lindsay

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Jul 28, 2005, 7:07:56 AM7/28/05
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In article <YvkFe.15928$iR2.2607@trndny02>, Mordechai Housman
<hou...@verizon.net> writes

>Don;t you mean "tyoo?" ;)
>
Don't you mean 'Don't'? :-)

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Leon

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Jul 28, 2005, 11:46:09 AM7/28/05
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lev...@uwm.edu> wrote in message news:dajmds$hin$1...@uwm.edu...
> This is a wonderful group. Nowhere else can you get so much mileage
> out of a simple typo.

My Honda Typo was modified at the factory to use sea water as fuel. I live
close to the Atlantic Ocean. After I start the Typo using two AA batteries,
I get fifty or sixty miles per gallon of sea water, which is available
without charge..

The batteries last approximately six months, starting on an average of eight
times each day. I buy them from street vendors, preferring such brands as
Donocell, Buracel, Panacomic or Everoddy. At sixteen batteries for $2, my
simple Typo is very economical to operate.

Leon

Mordechai Housman

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Jul 29, 2005, 4:23:13 PM7/29/05
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"Mike Lindsay" <mi...@sailplane.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <YvkFe.15928$iR2.2607@trndny02>, Mordechai Housman
> <hou...@verizon.net> writes
>>Don;t you mean "tyoo?" ;)
>>
> Don't you mean 'Don't'? :-)

No, I don;t mean don't, or don,t I?

fred

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Jul 29, 2005, 11:21:22 PM7/29/05
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Mike Lindsay wrote:
> In article <YvkFe.15928$iR2.2607@trndny02>, Mordechai Housman
> <hou...@verizon.net> writes
> >Don;t you mean "tyoo?" ;)
> >
> Don't you mean 'Don't'? :-)
>
> ><lev...@uwm.edu> wrote in message news:dajmds$hin$1...@uwm.edu...
> >> This is a wonderful group. Nowhere else can you get so much mileage
> >> out of a simple typo. Keep it up.

Typo never was as funny as his more famous Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo
and Gummo.

Mordechai Housman

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Jul 31, 2005, 7:05:44 AM7/31/05
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Yes, but look at it this way. Reading the resultant threads has provided
more laughs than the original joke!

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Mordechai Housman

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Jul 31, 2005, 1:33:41 PM7/31/05
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You forgot Pokey. And let us not omit Sneezy, Breezly, Dopey, and so on.

Mordechai Housman

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Aug 1, 2005, 12:01:05 PM8/1/05
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"Mike Lindsay" <mi...@sailplane.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <YvkFe.15928$iR2.2607@trndny02>, Mordechai Housman
> <hou...@verizon.net> writes
>>Don;t you mean "tyoo?" ;)
>>
> Don't you mean 'Don't'? :-)

No, I don;t mean don't, or don,t I?

Dick Adams

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Aug 3, 2005, 9:07:14 AM8/3/05
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> Typo never was as funny as his more famous [brothers] Groucho, Chico,
> Harpo, Zeppo, and Gummo.

Groucho tried as hard as he could to use Typo in his movies, but Typo
was always being struck from the script by proofreaders.

Typo became depressed and committed suicide by drinking a bottle of
White-Out.

Dick

Gorbag

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Aug 3, 2005, 3:40:18 PM8/3/05
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I heard he got an infusion of type B negative, and died from the reaction.

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