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by **Kwark** on Wed Apr 18, 2001 9:16 am

"Is there a mouse in your pocket?" Huh? Discuss amongst yourselves.
*goes to find a suitably twisty lynching rope*------------------
Sex, guns, and a lizard with dreadlocks.
OK, so I lied about the sex and guns.
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by **MizunoL** on Wed Apr 18, 2001 9:30 am

My "reference I'm this close to getting but not" sense is going off like crazy. Beyond that I'm clueless.<Edit> It's just an expression for when someone suggests "we" do something when you don't want any part of it. I don't think it's any twistier than that. [This message has been edited by MizunoL (edited 04-18-2001).]

by **PercentMan** on Wed Apr 18, 2001 9:34 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally uttered by Joe:
Is there a mouse in your pocket?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>LOL! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspot.com/KeenBoard/biggrin.gif"> It's a come-on line if I've ever heard one! The first solid evidence of sex among the Avakiddies."Is there a mouse in your pocket?
...can I check for myself?"Somehow I think Joe knows full well what this "we" stuff is. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspot.com/KeenBoard/wink.gif"> <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspot.com/KeenBoard/tongue.gif"> <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspot.com/KeenBoard/wink.gif"> <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspot.com/KeenBoard/tongue.gif">Oh. WAIT! I'm projecting again! DANG![This message has been edited by PercentMan (edited 04-18-2001).]

by **Gilgalad** on Wed Apr 18, 2001 9:50 am

well it could just be the obvious answer. Joe didn't see anyone else so Ceilidh musta been hidin the rest of the "we" she spoke of. Joe also could've gone the route of the "imaginary friend"."We? What's this we? You have an imaginary friend now? Is this friend here now?"

by **Kwark** on Wed Apr 18, 2001 10:10 am

All is well. Aeire says that she uses that expression a lot in #avalon, so that's where Josh picked it up from. No more twistiness! Well, not nearly as much at least.------------------
Sex, guns, and a lizard with dreadlocks.
OK, so I lied about the sex and guns.
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by **Josh Phillips** on Wed Apr 18, 2001 10:19 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Kwark:
Aeire says that she uses that expression a lot in #avalon, so that's where Josh picked it up from.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Aeire visits #avalon?? :-)

I've only seen her in there once, and I'd never heard her use it.If you must know, it's a phrase my dad has been using for at least 20 years...JOSH.------------------
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by **TheStranger** on Wed Apr 18, 2001 10:48 am

Josh,It must be a Canadian thing. My dad (native Montrealer) does the same thing, and so do all of my Canadian relatives.My mom's kind of picked up the habit from him, but I've never heard an American who didn't have Canadian relatives somewhere use that line.

by **Guest** on Wed Apr 18, 2001 10:51 am

So... what's it mean?------------------
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by **Slappy the Stick** on Thu Apr 19, 2001 3:31 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Josh Phillips:
 Aeire visits #avalon?? :-)

I've only seen her in there once, and I'd never heard her use it.If you must know, it's a phrase my dad has been using for at least 20 years...
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>So, I must conclude that your dad knows Aeire and that's where he picked up from right? I don't see him on the forums to much..... 
heh heh heh....
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by **Chuckg** on Thu Apr 19, 2001 8:12 am

My dad's sixty-plus, and first heard the joke from *his* dad. Aeire ain't that old. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspot.com/KeenBoard/smile.gif">

by **Chuckg** on Thu Apr 19, 2001 10:17 am

"We? Whaddya mean we? You got a mouse in your pocket?"Actually, it's a very old joke. It's used when somebody says "We're going to do..." something without first asking you if you actually want to do it. I learned it from my father, it's that old. It's the "Hey, let's not just assume that I'm going along with you here, you didn't ask me if I was or not..." comeback.I think it derives from that other famous 'we' joke, the one about Tonto and the Lone Ranger..."Tonto, my faithful Indian companion! We are surrounded by ten thousand howling Apaches! What are we going to do?""What do you mean 'we', white man?"

by **Sage** on Thu Apr 19, 2001 11:44 am

It's a JOKE. Jeez, talk about reading into things... I mean, /I/ got it when I read it. Granted, it took me a second, but still...

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