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Sleepy in Seoul · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:

All Americans have been and will always remain "Seppos" to me.

P.S. Jade, what is branch water?

The Man known as The Man · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:35 am Post subject:

The great thing about Michingan is they take the city of Toronto's garbage.

jaderedux · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Lurking outside Seoul

PolyChronic Time Girl · Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Location: Korea Exited

When I hear someone calling me a "yankee" my first assumption is that they are calling me some New York crazed baseball fan....and I don't give one friggin' rat's a** about baseball.

Sleepy in Seoul · Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 3:07 am Post subject:

billybrobby · Joined: 09 Dec 2004

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Dear Cecil:

I watch Dallas like some people go to church. J.R. is my favorite villain. He drinks "branch water," though, and for the life of me I can't find out what "branch water" is. Bartenders look at me like I'm nuts when I ask for it. Liquor stores don't have any idea what J.R.'s favorite drink is either. What is "branch water" and where can I get some? --Pat Locastro, Jacksonville, Florida

Cecil replies:

You're looking in the wrong place, bro. Get your nose out of the saloons and find yourself a babbling brook. Branch water is nothing more than water from a stream (often called a branch in the South) rather than a well. I gather such water is highly prized in some parts. Of course, you also hear people ask for a "bourbon and branch," meaning whiskey and plain water rather than soda water. So what J.R. is really supposed to be sipping is anybody's guess.

--CECIL ADAMS

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