mespock
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So Who wants a tape worm?
Adds from the 1930's
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lunchmeat
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LOL. More doctors smoke camels. Thats classic.
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I have taken the liberty to call Ms. Bethke. She will contact you for some remedial English classes... 
Ads*
ad 1 |ad|
noun informal
an advertisement.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: abbreviation.
adds
add |ad|
verb [ trans. ]
1 join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount : a new wing was added to the building | some box offices now add on a handling charge | [as adj. ] ( added) one vitamin tablet daily will give added protection | [ intrans. ] this development added to the problems facing the staff.
• [ intrans. ] ( add up) increase in amount, number, or degree : watch those air miles add up!
• put or mix (an ingredient) together with another as one of the stages in the preparation of a dish : add the flour to the eggs, stirring continuously.
• put (something) in or on something else so as to improve or alter its quality or nature : chlorine is added to the water to kill bacteria | [as adj. ] ( added) the fruit juice contains no added sugar.
• contribute (an enhancing quality) to something : the canopy will add a touch of class to your bedroom.
2 put together (two or more numbers or amounts) to calculate their total value : they added all the figures up | add the two numbers together | [ intrans. ] children learned to add and subtract quickly and accurately.
• [ intrans. ] ( add up to) amount to : this adds up to a total of 400 calories | figurative these isolated incidents don't add up to a true picture of the situation.
• [ intrans. ] [usu. with negative ] ( add up) informal seem reasonable or consistent; make sense : many things in her story didn't add up.
3 [ reporting verb ] say as a further remark : [with direct speech ] “I hope we haven't been too much trouble,” she added politely | [ trans. ] we would like to add our congratulations | [with clause ] he added that few of America's allies would support military action.
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin addere, from ad- ‘to’ + the base of dare ‘put.’
Ads*
ad 1 |ad|
noun informal
an advertisement.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: abbreviation.
adds
add |ad|
verb [ trans. ]
1 join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount : a new wing was added to the building | some box offices now add on a handling charge | [as adj. ] ( added) one vitamin tablet daily will give added protection | [ intrans. ] this development added to the problems facing the staff.
• [ intrans. ] ( add up) increase in amount, number, or degree : watch those air miles add up!
• put or mix (an ingredient) together with another as one of the stages in the preparation of a dish : add the flour to the eggs, stirring continuously.
• put (something) in or on something else so as to improve or alter its quality or nature : chlorine is added to the water to kill bacteria | [as adj. ] ( added) the fruit juice contains no added sugar.
• contribute (an enhancing quality) to something : the canopy will add a touch of class to your bedroom.
2 put together (two or more numbers or amounts) to calculate their total value : they added all the figures up | add the two numbers together | [ intrans. ] children learned to add and subtract quickly and accurately.
• [ intrans. ] ( add up to) amount to : this adds up to a total of 400 calories | figurative these isolated incidents don't add up to a true picture of the situation.
• [ intrans. ] [usu. with negative ] ( add up) informal seem reasonable or consistent; make sense : many things in her story didn't add up.
3 [ reporting verb ] say as a further remark : [with direct speech ] “I hope we haven't been too much trouble,” she added politely | [ trans. ] we would like to add our congratulations | [with clause ] he added that few of America's allies would support military action.
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin addere, from ad- ‘to’ + the base of dare ‘put.’
mespock
Marxists - Socialists
ah so you know Ms. Bethke