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70. They already had two sons, both of whom are now grown

Mon Nov 18, 2019, 04:41 PM

Nov 2019

I think their combined IQ could wipe out the national debt. In the meantime, my brother has one of those "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you" jobs, so it's just as well he and his wife are now mostly by themselves in their place in northern Virginia. Besides, the World Bank severance package has run its course, and she doesn't get the freebie trips any more.

Check with me in your next incarnation!

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Note to all: please avoid using acronyms that are not universally understood. Sure, it is [View all] Atticus Nov 2019 OP

TSLAIFSIR Generic Brad Nov 2019 #1

LOL justhanginon Nov 2019 #2

Rofl. BootinUp Nov 2019 #7

NS! No Text Atticus Nov 2019 #3

NS! ? SCVDem Nov 2019 #45

NSNo Shit! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2019 #49

TYVM! SCVDem Nov 2019 #50

lol Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #59

This hits home, as I am FBI DFW Nov 2019 #4

HA! At first look I thought you were Dallas Fort Worth..My bad. nt monmouth4 Nov 2019 #8

That's just my home airport DFW Nov 2019 #14

Thank you, I'll digest that...LOL. n/t monmouth4 Nov 2019 #18

No nonstops from DUS to DFW, unfortunately DFW Nov 2019 #20

On the other hand, Lefta Dissenter Nov 2019 #30

No better connection than that? DFW Nov 2019 #39

That would make sense, wouldn't it? Lefta Dissenter Nov 2019 #41

I understand DFW Nov 2019 #42

Wow! Lefta Dissenter Nov 2019 #69

They already had two sons, both of whom are now grown DFW Nov 2019 #70

I'm in the FBI too Poiuyt Nov 2019 #22

Does it get you in as much trouble as it gets me? n/t DFW Nov 2019 #26

In High School, a long time ago, SCVDem Nov 2019 #46

The urban dictionary has all the abbreviatons! mfcorey1 Nov 2019 #61

CYPPSEA Hugin Nov 2019 #5

OCOSYKWITA! Atticus Nov 2019 #12

YMCA? Hugin Nov 2019 #13

YIKADCMS JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2019 #24

HA!! Sugar Smack Nov 2019 #34

Made me laugh too! SCVDem Nov 2019 #47

Ok. (This post is devoid of any further textual entries.) 5X Nov 2019 #6

LOL. (This post is also devoid of any further textual entries.) sl8 Nov 2019 #63

Good Morning Vietnam when Richard Nixon was in town Doc_Technical Nov 2019 #9

I actually understood that! SCVDem Nov 2019 #48

Good advice. braddy Nov 2019 #10

acronyms, acronyms, acronyms, acronyms, and more acronyms???!!!!! My pet peeve too. Stuart G Nov 2019 #11

TTYMFBN Hugin Nov 2019 #15

Tip for posters: If you want me to read your post, write something understandable. nt hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2019 #16

TGTIAASG! Polly Hennessey Nov 2019 #17

Time to trot out this classic! csziggy Nov 2019 #19

That was THE original acronym song! DFW Nov 2019 #21

Yes - and it is one of my favorite Alan Sherman songs of all time! csziggy Nov 2019 #23

That and "Won't You Come Home Disraeili?" DFW Nov 2019 #25

Good advice Turbineguy Nov 2019 #31

This one immediately came to mind: happybird Nov 2019 #52

That one is great, too csziggy Nov 2019 #55

Thanks. I'd forgot this song. I enjoyed hearing it again. Midnight Writer Nov 2019 #56

WTF? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #27

this is the universal acronym gopiscrap Nov 2019 #29

I'm with you. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #28

LSMFT. OK? yonder Nov 2019 #32

IARWTSF wryter2000 Nov 2019 #33

I remember that one DFW Nov 2019 #40

Okay! SCVDem Nov 2019 #51

They're just a silly millimeter longer. trof Nov 2019 #72

Who made you the MMFIC? panader0 Nov 2019 #35

I remember HMFIC. SCVDem Nov 2019 #53

MMFIC M M******* F***** in charge. not sure what the first "M" stands for Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #60

Main panader0 Nov 2019 #64

OK. KnR. Hekate Nov 2019 #36

IDUWN!! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2019 #37

Thanks. Iggo Nov 2019 #38

Close enough. It's "Just Saiyan" sakabatou Nov 2019 #43

Good luck with that, Atticus. littlemissmartypants Nov 2019 #44

Thanks to Rachel Maddow, SCVDem Nov 2019 #54

May I attach my standard, enduring plea to beat down non-context, non-info thread posting? NBachers Nov 2019 #57

LMAO! lunatica Nov 2019 #58

There's nothing that I wouldn't do, if you would be my POSSLQ ... sl8 Nov 2019 #62

That is what Google is for.. HipChick Nov 2019 #65

There are also free language translators available on line. If we are going to Atticus Nov 2019 #66

Understood.. HipChick Nov 2019 #68

Back in the Old DU we had a stickied "glossary" thread Recursion Nov 2019 #67

IDK! Initech Nov 2019 #71