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Old 11-18-2014, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by redwitch View Post
I remember when Russ Boston started the pee comments, mainly because it was a pet peeve of his and it was a gentle way to let folks know it is "Sumter, " but
imagine you are new to TOTV and the third or fourth reply is correcting your spelling of Sumter. You don't know it's a running joke. You just know you feel like a fool. So, I think it is a perfect example.
Two years ago I was on the state website going through links to find a site that listed dumping locations for unusual items. The website I found finally referred me to a "Sumpter County" link.
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