Just had a strange thought about slang and how it can get folk into trouble.
Americans say " Can I bum a smoke ?"
Combine that with the English slang for a cigarette "FAG" and the potential for misunderstanding goes ballistic
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A DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of 'why' this country is in trouble:
1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)
2. I got a call from a Kansas...
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ST. LUCIE, Fla., March 18 (UPI) -- Florida authorities said an 80-year-old man was arrested for attacking his neighbors' door with a garden hoe because he thought they stole his cookies.
The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said the St. Lucie residents called 911 Sunday and reported they were...
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Dose our government use Vista? That would explain a lot. I can see why they thought there were WMD's in Iraq from a misunderstood pop up during an Age of Empires network game.