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    Quote Originally Posted by KiltedCodeWarrior
    Never did understand how it could morph to refer to somebody who was homosexual. Was it that people thought homosexuals were happier than others?
    No, I can help out here. Gertrude Stein first used the term in "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," which is also, by the way, where we get the recipe for her wonderful cookies!

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    Oops, wrong story. This one: "Miss Furr & Mrs. Skeene." I was probably asleep in class at the time. The title above refers to Alice and Gertrude.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kilt_nave
    Oops, wrong story. This one: "Miss Furr & Mrs. Skeene." I was probably asleep in class at the time. The title above refers to Alice and Gertrude.
    Kiltnave, thanks for the reference, I will have look it up!
    The kilt concealed a blaster strapped to his thigh. Lazarus Long

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    I just called it clothing.

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