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Heaveninawildflower
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Sure, they know we love sushi.
Who the heck started that 'peachy keen' thing and what on earth does it mean?
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| May 13, 2008 @ 1:00 AM |
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redhairNfreckles
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Copied from The Phrase Finder:
Anyone know the origin of "Peachy Keen"? I always thought it meant swell or great (with conotations of wonderful). I also believe that it is used somewhat sarcasticly? "Well ain't that just Peachy Keen"
PEACHY KEEN - The "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997) has a long passage about the sexual connotations of the noble peach. "Peaches were the 'Percian apples' of the ancient Romans. Their name, 'Persicum,' became 'pessica' in Late Latin, 'peche' in French, and finally came into English as 'peach.' The fruit, luscious to look at, touch, and taste, has been described as a pretty young girl at least since the ancient Chinese used it as slang for a young bride." And so forth. "Listening to America" by Stuart Berg Flexner (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1982) says: "A peach, something or someone wonderful, 1870 (a pretty girl has been called 'a peach' since the Civil War, from a peaches and cream complexion'). 'A peach of a'.1896; 'peachy,' fine, wonderful, around 1900; 'peacherine', also around 1900; 'peacherino,' 1905; peachy keen, humorous for 'peachy,'' 1955."
Might have known someone would look at a damn peach and think of sex..... 
My question: anyone got a good recipe for "Peach Cobbler"........ 
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| May 13, 2008 @ 1:06 AM |
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EyesofBlue72660
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I believe there's one in the "Kama Sutra" 
Why is there always "one in every crowd"?
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| May 13, 2008 @ 5:11 AM |
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beckyiv42000
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cause two in every crowd would be dangerous 
why on EARTH am I back up at 2 am?? and doing laundry and dishes to boot?? 
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| May 13, 2008 @ 10:17 AM |
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SaintBacon
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Because you can't sleep without a "clean" conscious.
Will George Bush every catch a clue?
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| May 13, 2008 @ 1:45 PM |
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redhairNfreckles
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No, because he's too busy eating left-over wedding cake.
Why do neighbors insist on cranking up their lawn mowers at 7:30 AM on mowing day?
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| May 13, 2008 @ 2:44 PM |
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beckyiv42000
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I dont know about anyone else but I do it to get back at my neighbors that HAVE to have their late night parties on weekdays when my kids have to be at school etc.. 
why is it darn near impossible to explain how a computer works over the phone?? and what a WINDOW is  *sigh*
(tried to do this this AM with my sisters friend trying to help her send an email it IS her first computer tho and her first time USING one )
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| May 13, 2008 @ 10:19 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Becks...especially when you tell them they need to go to START to sign off... 
Why do people miss all the red flags that are obvious to everybody else,but you know they won't believe you so you have to just watch them merrily marching off to the slaughter...
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| May 13, 2008 @ 10:54 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
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because lust is blind... why does not everybody know this?
(edited for...do I know this person?)
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