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So I'm typing along and hit this sentence.


He poured her a tumbler full of ouzo.


And I wonder "am I using right word?" So I use the WORD look up function and read the definitions for the word. Number Five amazes me on many levels.

5. pigeon that does somersaults in flight.

A domestic pigeon that can perform backward somersaults in flight.

WTF? Pigeon's can tumble backwards in flights? How do you train a pigeon to do that? Obviously enough have been trained over time that its become an o...
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Published on June 29, 2010 17:56
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