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pobegaing - 9/3/2017 7:04:09 AM   
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RE: pobegaing - 9/3/2017 7:12:30 AM   
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RE: pobegaing - 9/3/2017 7:44:08 AM   
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RE: pobegaing - 9/3/2017 7:45:59 AM   
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RE: pobegaing - 9/3/2017 7:53:54 AM   
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Sounds rather exciting and careless at the same time!

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RE: pobegaing - 9/3/2017 8:36:16 AM   
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RE: pobegaing - 9/3/2017 3:56:17 PM   
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ORIGINAL: S1

We'll, obvious extra points if you swipe a box addressed to Mike P


That's called "Nixoning".

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RE: pobegaing - 9/3/2017 4:24:02 PM   
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RE: pobegaing - 9/4/2017 6:48:47 AM   
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ORIGINAL: fingers

For the benefit of the non-WB people, can we get a definition? Even as a (very) occasional lurker over there, I really don't have a grasp on the meaning, other than it is some dude's name. Something about popping the cork as soon as it's in your possession?


Urban Dictionary definiftion of 'Pobegad'

< Message edited by River Rat -- 9/4/2017 6:49:06 AM >

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RE: pobegaing - 9/4/2017 6:52:33 AM   
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RE: pobegaing - 9/4/2017 9:23:35 AM   
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RE: pobegaing - 9/4/2017 5:56:27 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Jenise

Nixoning? Isn't that where you put a great wine in an ordinary bottle so no one else wants to drink your wine?

Serve it in your most paranoid stem.
(make sure you record it for posterity...)

< Message edited by S1 -- 9/4/2017 5:57:02 PM >

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