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 Message 17,237 of 19,133 
 Debra to Vincent Maycock 
 Re: A holiday quiz 
 17 Dec 14 00:14:06 
 
From: dfreemans@live.com

On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 6:02:52 AM UTC-5, Vincent Maycock wrote:

> On 15 Dec 2014 22:23:20 +0000 (GMT), Lardy Girl 
> wrote:
>
> >Vincent Maycock  wrote:
> >> On 14 Dec 2014 11:28:17 +0000 (GMT), Lardy Girl 
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> >Here are four things encountered in the holiday season.  Feel free to
> >> >come up with more.  At least the first two or three should be pretty
> >> >easy to work out.
> >
> >> Mmmmm.... easy ...
> >
> >I'll leave the less easy one in here for further head-scratching.
> >
> >
> >> >3.        Gay filth, sir!
> >
> >> What the fuck?! There's such a thing as "fairy lights"?
> >
> >Them's the little lights that bedeck Christmas trees and so on.  For
> >those tasked with untangling the beasties or determining which bulb
> >has made the whole string go dark, they may also represent
> >  frailty (sigh)
> >And, if overdone, strung every which way, they may
> >  fit garishly.
> >
> >
> >> >4.        Gigs' endings, annually
> >
> >[This space intentionally left blank, but Phil had the right general
> >idea]
> >
> >
> >And now there's the matter of the traditional welcome to alt.anagrams.
> >Which is rather tricky in the absence of a middle name or similar.
> >The nominative determinists might be forced to conclude that you
> >operate an
> >    Icky convent cam
> >
> >If we go with 'Mister Vincent Maycock', we get:
> >
> >      I track cynics' movement
> >      Nice tact vs. Mick Romney
>
> Or
>
> Mitt:  "Craven Nicky .... comes!   ...ewwww..."

Hey - I see an actual anagram available here

MISTER VINCENT MAYCOCK =
CRAVEN MITTS, N ICKY COME.  [cowardly goes it / alone / it goes]

Debra Dee Freeman

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