before others tell me I'm an idiot
David Casseres
david.casseres at gmail.com
Fri Sep 15 12:54:28 CDT 2006
Possibly a reference to the character "Bloody" Chicklitz, because
"bloody chiclets" is from (I think) Mickey Spillane and means
knocked-out teeth. Weird choice for the cover art, though.
On 9/7/06, Rcfchess at aol.com <Rcfchess at aol.com> wrote:
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> I'll admit it: I'd written
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> I'm guessing that that means "Slow Learner" & if so it shows someone
> teething (since they're so young; get it?)(Uh...I think...)
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> EXCEPT now I see it's really a Polish version of COL49, so there goes that
> theory. So I'm as stumped as monropolitan, who submitted the question in the
> first place, and presumably everybody else who can't figure out what the
> stupid teeth symbolize...
>
> RF
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