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JonScribe	Post subject: Re: as opposed to... Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:32 pm
Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 356 Location: Everett, Wash.	(I think that's the joke.)
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Re: as opposed to... Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:04 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	That's what you get for reading Dave Barry...unless paid to do so, of course.
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Mr. Ed	Post subject: Re: as opposed to... Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:06 pm
Joined: Mon Jul 19, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 2 Location: Somewhere in New England	I like Dave Barry. Usually.
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jmwalsh	Post subject: Re: as opposed to... Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 7:43 am
Joined: Sun Jun 13, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 46 Location: Ireland	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Mr. Ed: I like Dave Barry. Usually.<hr></blockquote><p>Yeah, I think his stuff is good. The Sunday Business Post ( http://www.thepost.ie ) used to carry it, but I haven't read him since they stopped.<p>J...
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: as opposed to... Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:17 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	Dave Barry: If he deserved a Pulitizer Prize, so did Erma Bombeck.<p>(I think I've said that before.)
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majorbabs	Post subject: Re: as opposed to... Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:56 am
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 744 Location: HuskerLand	Although I think Dave's column would often be funnier if he allowed someone to tighten it up a little, still allowing for a humorous rhythm. But, then, I'm just a slogger from the Midwest.
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Matthew Grieco	Post subject: Re: as opposed to... Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:15 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	The farther I move from Miami, the less funny Dave becomes.
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Re: as opposed to... Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:28 pm
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	Barry was funnier 10 years ago, when he often made me laugh hysterically. Now I just chortle a bit.<p>Anybody get all the way through "Big Trouble," his attempt at a novel? I couldn't. Bloody awful.
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