Dave Smith wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> l, not -l wrote:
>>
>> > On 21-Jan-2008, Dave Smith > wrote:
>> >
>> >> > > It's weird that as much as we all think we know the word
>> >> > > "gullible" it's
>> >> > > not actually in the dictionaries.
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > --
>> >> > > Blinky
>> >> >
>> >> > Guess it depends on your ditionary; it's in my hardbound Websters
>> >> > Unabridged
>> >> > and the Merriam-Webster online;
>> >> > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?gullible
>> >>
>> >> Maybe he was just fishing to see who was gullible enough to look it
>> >> up. :-)
>> >
>> > That would certainly be a good cover story, should one be caught
>> > making a bone-headed assertion ;-)
>>
>> If you Google the phrase "gullible is not in the dictionary" you'll see
>> about 10,000 hits. That's fishing, pure and simple, as was my own cast.
>>
>
> And I was the only one who spotted it? That's odd, since I am usually
> naive.

Well, no. I've only reeled in three piscines with it so far, and I'd
think lots more members of the group would've seen my fly-cast. As common
as it is, I'm pleasantly surprised to have hooked that many. All in the
name of good-natured fun, of course.


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