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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2005-01-29

"This girl I know was singled out once by the insane campus preacher as an example of how 'proper' women should dress. She was just walking by, wearing some long flowing dress. Upon being singled out, and without missing a beat, she took off the dress mid stride and continued on to class wearing nothing but tidywhities and combat boots.

"I'm told the preacher nearly had a heart attack."

-- [livejournal.com profile] dorsey, 2004-08-28

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posted by [identity profile] tikvah.livejournal.com at 03:41pm on 2005-01-29
Oh, that's lovely.
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posted by [identity profile] malada.livejournal.com at 05:11pm on 2005-01-29

*sigh* A woman after my own heart! *swoon* ;-)

-m
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posted by [identity profile] kkpixie.livejournal.com at 05:40pm on 2005-01-29
*chokes on her breakfast*

Oh man. Mind if I post this quote too?
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 07:09pm on 2005-01-29
How could I object, considering the nature of snarfing a quote in the first place? Go for it.
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posted by [identity profile] hunterkirk.livejournal.com at 05:50pm on 2005-01-29
good for her.. there is no escuse for bad mannors..
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posted by [identity profile] peaceofpie.livejournal.com at 06:22pm on 2005-01-29
Hi! I'm Danni. [livejournal.com profile] osuneko sent me here. Mind if I add you?
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 07:10pm on 2005-01-29
No, I do not mind. Welcome.
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posted by [identity profile] realinterrobang.livejournal.com at 09:21pm on 2005-01-29
What are "tidywhities"? Is that some kind of girl version of "tighty whities"?

Do I need to find an internet copy of the Dictionary of American Regional English?!
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 09:25pm on 2005-01-29
I assumed that they meant "tighty whities" and considered replacing "tidywhities" with that phrase in square brackets, but decided to leave it as it was Just In Case it's a regionalism or something.
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posted by [identity profile] leiacat.livejournal.com at 12:15am on 2005-01-30
It seems to be a less frequent but certainly not at all uncommon way of referring to the same thing.
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posted by [identity profile] realinterrobang.livejournal.com at 05:15am on 2005-01-30
I can see the derivation -- seems to be an ease of articulation thing, but OTOH, it really destroys the parallelism and the rhyme... /English Lit/Linguistics Geek

Thanks.
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posted by [identity profile] dacuteturtle.livejournal.com at 12:24am on 2005-01-30
A great story, but is has all the hallmarks of an urban legend:

- No date
- No place
- No names
- No nothing
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posted by [identity profile] wolfieboy.livejournal.com at 09:51am on 2005-01-31
I don't think it loses validity by being an urban legend. It's still a great response.
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 05:08pm on 2005-02-01
*nod* On the one hand, the author did say "this girl I know", not "this girl a friend of mine knows." On the other hand, yeah, it's light on details. On the gripping hand, I would have quoted it just as gleefully (okay, very nearly as gleefully) had I found it in a novel instead of an alleged "this really happened" report.
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