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Squinch

(50,949 posts)
1. I am grateful that you undertook the dangers of a foray into that world...
Mon Apr 9, 2018, 09:53 PM
Apr 2018

... so I don't have to.

What a bunch of maroons.

 

Exotica

(1,461 posts)
7. maroons were actually African slaves who escaped and blended in with the indigenous people,
Mon Apr 9, 2018, 10:32 PM
Apr 2018

fighting off the white slavers for ages. Most famous were in Jamaica, out in Cockpit Country especially.
I have some maroon stock in me, if my W.I. family folklore is to be believed.

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
8. Wow. That's pretty interesting. I was just quoting a Bugs Bunny malapropism.
Tue Apr 10, 2018, 06:39 AM
Apr 2018

I think I will stop using that phrase, though, in light of this new information.

Sorry.

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
4. Y'know, when you actually report the news...
Mon Apr 9, 2018, 09:59 PM
Apr 2018

you don't have the added burden of needing to make shit up.
Fox is one hell of a bullshit factory.

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