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 Post subject: What does this headline mean?
PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 6:46 am 
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"'Hairspray' fixes musical curls at Tony Awards "<p>I don't get it.


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 Post subject: Re: What does this headline mean?
PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 6:50 am 
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I just saw that on the Google news page<p>I can't decipher it, either.


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 Post subject: Re: What does this headline mean?
PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 7:19 am 
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Every day needs a mystery.


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 Post subject: Re: What does this headline mean?
PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 3:36 pm 
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And it's a bad day indeed when even I can't figure this one out!<p>[ June 09, 2003: Message edited by: SusanV ]</p>


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 Post subject: Re: What does this headline mean?
PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 7:51 pm 
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It means: Drug plant go boom!


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 Post subject: Re: What does this headline mean?
PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 1:06 am 
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I think "fix" has something to do with some chemical that straightens hair. Or sets the color. Or enhances the curl. Or the color. Whatever it did here, it made my head ache.


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 Post subject: Re: What does this headline mean?
PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 5:06 pm 
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I suppose it's too much to ask that the Olympic sport of curling is somehow involved. No, no, I thought not.


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