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Star 69
*69 is a telephone service that
allows one to call back the last party that called your number.
[Ron Henry]
* The reference to the sexual act of 69ing is probably intentionally
misleading. [Chris Piuma]
"what you've done is ignoramus
103"
Ignoramus 103, as in a [beginner's]
law school course to teach you about being an ignoramus. [Ron Henry]
"petty larceny"
"Petty larceny" is theft
of less than $500 (?), as opposed to grand larceny. [Ron Henry]
"I know squirrelys didn't chew
the wires"
According to Lin Wright on r.m.r,
U. Georgia had many communications problems due to wires chewed
partially through by squirrels. [Ron
Henry]
"I don't like to tell-tell but
I'm not your patsy."
To "tell tell" is to
be a "tattle-tale". A "patsy" is a colloquial
term for one who takes the blame for another. [Ron Henry]
"why'd you put your quarter down
on me?"
That is, why'd you spend 25 cents,
the cost of a phone call. [Ron
Henry]
"this reads like some dork inside
edition hard copy."
Inside Edition and Hard Copy are tabloid television "news"
shows. [Ron Henry]
"I can't be your character witness"
A "character witness"
is a witness in a trial who testifies that the defendant is trustworthy.
[Ron Henry]
"we learned spy vs. spy"
Spy vs. Spy is the Mad magazine
comic where two spy characters plot endlessly to destroy each
other. [Ron Henry]