Duggy wrote:   
   > On Sep 12, 10:17 pm, Joseph DeMartino  wrote:   
   >> On Sep 12, 1:31 am,Duggy wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> But the joke was Egg cream contains neither Egg nor Cream.   
   >>> Girl Scout cookies are actually cookies.   
   >>> Animal crackers are crackers.   
   >>> Dog biscuits are biscuits.   
   >> Actually, the joke was about people who are terminally literal in the   
   >> way they read things.  Which means that, in spite of yourself, you   
   >> have managed to contribute to the amusement-value of this thread.   
   >>    
   >    
   > The original joke was the irony of "neither eggs nor cream".   
   > It then became about literality, which isn't as funny.   
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   > = DUG.   
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   By your definition, Grape Nuts still fits then.  No trace of either    
   grapes or nuts.   
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