I thought that was a _________

[QUOTE=Zeldar]
I beg to differ.

The twister you refer to is actually just the common polite address to a male in refined conversation. It’s also the horse Ed’s first name.
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A common mishearing. Use this simple mnemonic. Ed was a talking horse, and when he wanted quiet, he would whisper

Nope, that’s not right – you’re thinking of a hair on one’s chinny-chin-chin.

[QUOTE=twickster]
Nope, that’s not right – you’re thinking of a hair on one’s chinny-chin-chin.
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Are you sure? I thought that was the liquor made from corn.

(Have any of you made a list of the words so far? Quite impressive, I’d say.)

[QUOTE=Zeldar]
Are you sure? I thought that was the liquor made from corn.
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No, not the liquor made from corn, but the feeling you sometimes get after you’ve had a few shots of it. Dogs frequently get feeling this way, too, and without benefit of liquor.

[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
No, not the liquor made from corn, but the feeling you sometimes get after you’ve had a few shots of it. Dogs frequently get feeling this way, too, and without benefit of liquor.
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I think you said frisky instead of the cut of beef that’s often cooked in a Crockpot.

[QUOTE=twickster]
I think you said frisky instead of the cut of beef that’s often cooked in a Crockpot.
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No, no. That’s a kind of quick bread usually made with baking powder in the South, yeast in the North.

[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
No, no. That’s a kind of quick bread usually made with baking powder in the South, yeast in the North.
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By any chance do you mean

biscuit?

If so, you might be interested to know that that’s actually a soup commonly made with lobster.

[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
If so, you might be interested to know that that’s actually a soup commonly made with lobster.
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Soup? Hardly. That’s those guys in the north of Spain who keep blowing things up and want their own country.

[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
Soup? Hardly. That’s those guys in the north of Spain who keep blowing things up and want their own country.
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Nah, you’re thinking of that crip course they have in college for football players where you weave the things. You put eggs in them, but not all of them.

No, that’s a basketThe thing you are looking for is a box to hold a corpse.

[QUOTE=UncleRojelio]
No, that’s a basketThe thing you are looking for is a box to hold a corpse.
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A box??? What, those little things that flamenco dancers click between their fingers?

[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
A box??? What, those little things that flamenco dancers click between their fingers?
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Surely you must mean those things they put babies in…

[QUOTE=Zeldar]
Surely you must mean those things they put babies in…
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Huh? I’m guessing you mean a

bassinet,

but that’s actually the goat-headed demon of Knights Templar lore.

[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
but that’s actually the goat-headed demon of Knights Templar lore.
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What a horrible thing for you to say about that lovely blond-headed actress from Annie! You know, Ms. Peters?

[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
What a horrible thing for you to say about that lovely blond-headed actress from Annie! You know, Ms. Peters?
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Surely you don’t mean that gal that Pat Boone sang about? Name was something like Gabardine and was like a line of cosmetics. (Glad you could spin away from Baphomet!)

[QUOTE=Zeldar]
Surely you don’t mean that gal that Pat Boone sang about?
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That gal? You mean the one named after the red syrup they use to make mimosas?

Isn’t that the island Reagan invaded?

[QUOTE=twickster]
Isn’t that the island Reagan invaded?
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No, that’s the Italian dessert made from shaved, frozen espresso. Yum. I’d invade a bowl of that stuff any damn day of the week.

[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
No, that’s the Italian dessert made from shaved, frozen espresso. Yum. I’d invade a bowl of that stuff any damn day of the week.
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Could

granita

not be that trail mix of oats and nuts and raisins and M&M’s that hippies are prone to eat?