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A friend of mine said that his grandmother used to say, "Hearty man ate a toad", but he had no idea of what it meant, or where it came from. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
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[nq:1]A friend of mine said that his grandmother used to say, "Hearty man ate a toad", but he had no idea of what it meant, or where it came from. [/nq] I just want a reading on one thing: Is there really a person named Callipygian Nullifidian? It's just not possible.
- [nq:1]A friend of mine said that his grandmother used to say, "Hearty man ate a toad", but he had no idea of what it meant, or where it came from.
- [/nq] I just want a reading on one thing: Is there really a person named Callipygian Nullifidian?
- It's just not possible.
- Gary Eickmeier
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[nq:1]A friend of mine said that his grandmother used to say, "Hearty man ate a toad", but he had no idea of what it meant, or where it came from. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?[/nq]
I just want a reading on one thing: Is there really a person named Callipygian Nullifidian? It's just not possible.
Gary Eickmeier
I just want a reading on one thing: Is there really a person named Callipygian Nullifidian? It's just not possible.
Gary Eickmeier
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[nq:1]A friend of mine said that his grandmother used to say, "Hearty man ate a toad", but he had no idea of what it meant, or where it came from. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?[/nq]
This may be no help at all. A friend of mine whose grandparents were poor Irish immigrant farmers in West Quebec (the last generation that stayed on the land) said they sometimes ate a kind of thick biscui
This may be no help at all. A friend of mine whose grandparents were poor Irish immigrant farmers in West Quebec (the last generation that stayed on the land) said they sometimes ate a kind of thick biscui
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> A friend of mine said that his grandmother used to say, "Hearty man
> ate a toad", but he had no idea of what it meant, or where it came > from. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
This may be no help at all. A friend of mine whose grandparents were poor
Irish immigrant farmers in West Quebec (the last generation that stayed on
the land) said they sometimes ate a kind
> ate a toad", but he had no idea of what it meant, or where it came > from. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
This may be no help at all. A friend of mine whose grandparents were poor
Irish immigrant farmers in West Quebec (the last generation that stayed on
the land) said they sometimes ate a kind
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> A friend of mine said that his grandmother used to say, "Hearty man
> ate a toad", but he had no idea of what it meant, or where it came > from. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
I just want a reading on one thing: Is there really a person named Callipygian Nullifidian? It's just not possible.
Gary, old man, don't you know that anything is possible? I don't use my name
> ate a toad", but he had no idea of what it meant, or where it came > from. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
I just want a reading on one thing: Is there really a person named Callipygian Nullifidian? It's just not possible.
Gary, old man, don't you know that anything is possible? I don't use my name
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