
08-23-2008, 05:38 PM
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Re: It's Sumter NOT Sumpter
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Originally Posted by Boomer BeBack
Russ, your punctuation is correct, but you should have said, "If it ain't broke..."
You know, it's like that old thing I say sometimes when describing a floozie who looks like she might hang out with Mr. Midnight. What I say is, "That ol' girl looks like she's been rode hard and put away wet." (Somehow "ridden hard" just don't git it.)
Boomer, Lover of the Vernacular
Addendum: Uh oh. Should I explain that the allusion is to horses?
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Naw. We'uns got it.
At least Mom n 'em got it.
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