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From: yrdbrd@bmcg.UUCP (Larry J. Huntley)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Syno-phrases
Message-ID: <1660@bmcg.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-May-85 16:39:45 EDT
Article-I.D.: bmcg.1660
Posted: Tue May  7 16:39:45 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 10-May-85 02:14:10 EDT
References: <547@udenva.UUCP> <140@nic_vax.UUCP> <>
Reply-To: yrdbrd@bmcg.UUCP (Larry J. Huntley)
Organization: Burroughs Corp. ASG, San Diego, CA.
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Summary: 

In article <> edward@ukma.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett) writes:
>In article <140@nic_vax.UUCP>, luscher@nic_vax.UUCP writes:
>> >        OLD PHRASE      replaced with           MODERN PHRASE
>> >        ----------      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~           -------------
>> 	I recently enjoyed:               He's a couple bubbles off of level.
>> Jim Luscher/Nicolet Inst./Madison, Wis.
>	I'd always heard:		He's about a half bubble off plumb.
>	The best thing about this expression are the looks you get from
>people who have never seen/used a carpenter's level!
>
>edward
>
And for those of us who were once employed as surveyors ("Civil Engineers")
it's: "She's about half a bubble off of dead center."

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