IVIV (1) Aunt Reet

Ian Livingston igrlivingston at gmail.com
Tue Aug 25 11:21:36 CDT 2009


Oh, yes, I think both might apply.  I mean, putting Aunt Reet in the
tree section might just be good for a smile.

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Dave Monroe<against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Ian Livingston<igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Anagrammatic, too, Reet and tree.
>
> As in "tree section"?  Me, I can't help but think, Reet Poteet, but I
> also haven't quite found any justification for assuming that's the
> case beyond, well, the fact that (a) it's the first thing that comes
> to mind when I see Reet (again, Jackie Wilson, "Reet Petite"), and (2)
> there IS a character by the name of Poteet, so ...
>



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