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Re: Egads, is nothing sacred?
« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2012, 08:12:06 PM »
Oh, I understand. It's what you guys call a barn sale. Or bum sale?
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Re: Egads, is nothing sacred?
« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2012, 07:14:13 AM »
I call it marketing. No need to read anything deeper into it.

Whether it's effective beyond grabbing your attention is hard to tell. At least it shows that they're concerned with the, errm, bottom line.
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Re: Egads, is nothing sacred?
« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2012, 08:56:47 AM »

 Cheap lookin' ho's to sell cheap lookin' ho's............Truth in advertising at last  ;)
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« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2012, 11:05:26 AM »
I've heard of some American idiom called a "bum's rush" ...
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Re: Egads, is nothing sacred?
« Reply #19 on: May 09, 2012, 03:45:06 PM »
That's a rash way of putting it.
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Re: Egads, is nothing sacred?
« Reply #20 on: May 10, 2012, 01:17:05 AM »
must be a rum bash
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Re: Egads, is nothing sacred?
« Reply #21 on: May 10, 2012, 04:52:57 AM »
a bum's rush is physically throwing some clown out of your place of business. usually a bar. ;D
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Re: Egads, is nothing sacred?
« Reply #22 on: May 10, 2012, 05:07:54 AM »
A hand in the bush is worth two in the bird...?

Nope, that wasn't it...
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Re: Egads, is nothing sacred?
« Reply #23 on: May 14, 2012, 08:22:07 AM »
Quote from: BUFF on May 10, 2012, 05:07:54 AM
A hand in the bush is worth two in the bird...?

Nope, that wasn't it...

A hand in the bush is worth more than two free birds.
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Re: Egads, is nothing sacred?
« Reply #24 on: May 14, 2012, 11:31:34 AM »
As long as the gardener's kept up with the maintenance and the shrubbery is well tended.
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Re: Egads, is nothing sacred?
« Reply #25 on: May 15, 2012, 02:49:11 PM »


 So I was at my local GC today and saw one in person, as they say "Beauty is only skin deepbut ugly goes down to the bone".

 Aesthetics matter - I'm just that shallow  ;)

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Re: Egads, is nothing sacred?
« Reply #26 on: May 15, 2012, 04:19:23 PM »
Quote from: TBird1958 on May 15, 2012, 02:49:11 PM

Aesthetics matter - I'm just that shallow  ;)


That's not shallow at all. If it doesn't look right to you, you can't enjoy it even if it sounds good.
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