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I see that you have morphed from a throbbing-veined heart-attack-in-waiting into a semi-literate person willing to post your wrath on your favorite bloggy ..... Congratulations.

That might be Step #2 on the road to recovery. I understand that it is frustrating to deal with any combination of the following: an old lady with multiple, perhaps expired coupons; a person who cannot count and brings at least 20 items into the line, including a feminine hygiene product that needs a price-check; or the tired and frazzled cashier that is moving, robot-like, through the 14-hour shift that allows her to feed and dress her 7 children thanks to the patronage of suited and loafered assholes like yourself. You're standing there so irate, so convinced everyone is just an inconsiderate moron, yet you're the same person driving solo in the carpool lane then cutting over the other 3 just in time to exit at a brake-squealing rate, so you get to work on time to make the money that empowers you to fume at others in a grocery store. I.E., who are you to judge?

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So ...... Im ryTN U frm D futR. Ive ritN dis shrt col Ntirely n txt msgN lingo -- wich S now akcptD WW. I wrk 4 a nws txt firm +I wrt a sprts col n Occsnly rprt on lcl intrsts hre n NY. I urge all U writrs 2 kip ^ W teknlG -- YNK w@ ryTN myt l%k lk 2mro! If the above paragraph doesn't make an iota of sense to you, you might want to ask a teenager for assistance in translating the message written in Texting, the way that GenNext communicates -- much to the horror of their teachers.

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This is going to be a little crude, folks, but let's try to keep a stiff upper lip. I've heard a number of variations of the "*****-as-acronym" story, none of which, in my opinion (and that of most linguists), is even remotely likely: (1) It stands for "fornication under consent of the king," which was supposedly tacked up over the doors of government-approved brothels in early England. (2) It stands for "for the use of carnal knowledge," which allegedly was stamped on condoms, or, alternatively, used the same way as "for unlawful carnal knowledge."

This passion for preposterous acronyms seems to be peculiar to Anglo-Americans, and some believe it started around World War I, about the same time many acronyms began popping up in government. Others I've come across include P.O.S.H. ("port outward, starboard home"), said to have been stamped on the tickets of first class passengers on India-bound British ships who wanted their cabins on the shady side of the boat during the passage through the tropics; C.O.P. ("constable on patrol"); and T.I.P. ("to insure promptness"). All are rubbish.

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So ...the vp of my company comes to me today and hands me a bill from a phone company, thats just "slammed us! You know, they call. talk to someone, and then pretend that we've green lighted a meaningless charge, Bastards !!

So .... I get the bill. I call the customer service number. The recording says to leave a number; they'll call back in 2 days, right.

Stupidly though, they left a FAX NUMBER !! It's just like they'd dropped their pants and exposed their flaccid genitals for my personal abuse! Time for a humiliating kick to the corporate crotch!

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