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11. Like my old boss used to say:

Fri Nov 29, 2019, 09:45 PM

Nov 2019

"If you're looking for sympathy, it's between shit and syphilis in the
dictionary."
I checked and it's true.

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I'm dumb. I just had to look up Vulgate and Douay. [View all] panader0 Nov 2019 OP

Did you wipe off the crossword puzzle after that? jberryhill Nov 2019 #1

The book has 500 NYT puzzles. panader0 Nov 2019 #2

It's remarkable that you came across them both in the puzzle jberryhill Nov 2019 #5

especially at my age. panader0 Nov 2019 #8

Two translations of the Bible, no? CurtEastPoint Nov 2019 #3

The Douay is the translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible into English. panader0 Nov 2019 #4

Thank you. Many of us owe you a beer. empedocles Nov 2019 #9

No. They were Saddam Hussein's kids jberryhill Nov 2019 #6

I would look them up, but I don't know how to. LuckyCharms Nov 2019 #10

Like my old boss used to say: panader0 Nov 2019 #11