[From CM, who is, btw, blonde]
Last year, I replaced all the windows in my house with those expensive,
double-pane, energy-efficient kind. Today, I got a call from the contractor
who installed them. He complained that he had completed the work a year ago
and I still hadn’t paid for them.
Hellooooo, just because I’m blonde doesn’t mean that I am automatically
stupid. So, I told him just what his fast-talking sales guy told me last
year . . . that these windows would pay for themselves in a year.
Hellooooo? It’s been a year, so I told him they’re paid for. There was only
silence at the other end of the line, so I finally hung up. He never called
back. I bet he felt like an idiot.
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ANSWERS: Odd-looking “past tenses” of verbs used correctly in a sentence.
WORD CORRECT USEAGE
Flied — The batter flied out to center field.
Hanged — The posse hanged the cattle rustler.
Leaved — When spring arrived, the tree leaved.
Letted — Andre Agasi letted three consecutive serves.
Ringed — An enthusiastic crowd ringed the beloved preacher, Dr. Griffin.
Shined — The over-achieving student shined his professor’s shoes every day.
Spitted — We spitted a pig and then roasted it.
Sticked — The farmer sticked the vine to help it grow straight.
Treaded — He treaded water until help arrived.
Weaved — The car weaved its way through heavy traffic.
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Dr Bob Griffin
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“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”