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Postby expat » Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:53 am

Stumbled across this little collection of people. Answered a few question for me.......There was actually a chap called Jacuzzi, hence..........

People who became nouns.

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PS I wonder if we could make Fozzer into a noun too .
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Re: People who became nouns

Postby ShaneG_old » Sat Nov 06, 2010 6:52 am

:-? Hmmm, let's see...


"In every forum that I visit, I make sure that my profile has a nice looking fozzer."

"If you could just place your fozzer on the dotted line sir..."


Yeah, that could work, although John Hancock may be a little miffed about it.
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Re: People who became nouns

Postby Fozzer » Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:06 am

Landed in California today.
The weather is glorious, the food is scrumptious, the wine from Napa Valleys is to die for, and many of the folks speak a version of English....
So, all in all...
We are all having a fozzer of a time!!

Wish you were here!.
Lots of love,

Mavis, and the rest of the
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Re: People who became nouns

Postby patchz » Sat Nov 06, 2010 1:37 pm

I never knew. Sorry guys gentlemen, I will attempt to refrain from using that term in the future. ::)
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Re: People who became nouns

Postby Steve M » Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:13 pm

Paul would be better as a verb, I think.
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Re: People who became nouns

Postby H » Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:37 pm

[quote]Paul would be better as a verb, I think.
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Re: People who became nouns

Postby Fozzer » Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:14 pm

[quote][quote]Paul would be better as a verb, I think.
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Re: People who became nouns

Postby olderndirt » Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:51 pm

The fact that he was inadvertently locked in a closet with the neighbor's wife, cast a 'Paul' over an otherwise happy occasion - from the Hereford News and Gazette.
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Re: People who became nouns

Postby SeanTK » Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:46 pm

The fact that he was inadvertently locked in a closet with the neighbor's wife, cast a 'Paul' over an otherwise happy occasion - from the Hereford News and Gazette.


Inadvertently? Yeah right, like anyone inadvertently locks themselves in a space with someone's wife....
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Re: People who became nouns

Postby TacitBlue » Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:30 pm

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I would classify today as being a 10 on the Fozzer scale of happiness.
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