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Doa's Death
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16/05/2007 05:41:00
 
 
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15/05/2007 14:10:03
Mike Cole
Yellow Lab Technologies
Stanley, Iowa, United States
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Family
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Children
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Miscellaneous
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01223129
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>>>>Thanks. I did stop and think about that but didn't care enough to look it up. Will try to remember from now on that it's "me." Why is that, anyway?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>SYNTAX POLICE:
>>>>>... It was also funny to see John and I in complete agreement.
>>>>>
>>>>>It was also funny to see John and me in complete agreement.
>>>>>
>>>>>Sorry - bugbear of mine! :-)
>>>
>>>The rule is, you take out the other person and the sentence should still make sense, for example:
>>>It was also funny to see I in complete agreement.
>>>It was also funny to see me in complete agreement.
>>>
>>>Now the meaning isn't preserved, but the second sentence is gramatically correct.
>>>
>>>You Illini...
>>
>>
>>Illini?! Bite your tongue! Wildcat is fine and so is Badger, but don't call me a steenkin' Illini.
>
>Illionian? What do they call people from Illinois? We are called Iowans, or Iowawegians from Minnesotans. However, I call them Canadians.

Did you know the "iowa" is arabic for "yes"?
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
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