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Re: Daily gripe: "I got to get me one of those"

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From: MrKablooey�
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 00:00
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Walt Horning wrote:
>ken$corn@clark.net wrote:
>>Walt Horning <whorning@pipeline.com> wrote:
>>: Driving home I noted a faster way to beat the rush hour. This guy was
>>: weaving in and out of traffic, and really getting past the snails on
>>: the road. And he did it with ease on his motorcycle.
>>
>>: Gee, I got to get me one of those.
>>
>>Just figgered that out, have you?
>
>It spelled "figured" not "figgered".


Walt, he did that on purpose *shaking head*.   It's more of a slang term,
"jest figgered dat out dincha?"  You could also use "figgert" instead of
"figgered", but obviously, YMMV.
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From: "MrKablooey�" <mrkablooey@kablooey.com>
Subject: Re: Daily gripe: "I got to get me one of those"
Date: 1998/07/18
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