IVIV (8): Scott Oof

Dave Monroe against.the.dave at gmail.com
Wed Sep 30 07:13:59 CDT 2009


On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Kevin Troy <kevin.troy at gmail.com> wrote:

> If Scott's last name is Oof, doesn't that make Doc's aunt's name Reet Oof?

Ah ...

> Sounds like a heavily-accented pronunciation of "write off."  (I might
> be stretching my ear hear -- whaddya think?)  As in, we couldn't move
> the shipment before it spoiled, so we had to write it off.  Nah, the
> insurance wouldn't let us file a claim -- they said that spoilage is
> an inherent vice of kreplach.

Kreplach!




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