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[–] 24 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Based on width, it’s covering two letters, so it’s probably “cluck”. So, get yourself a chicken.

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  • [–] 55 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    This wouldn't happen if y'all spelt cheque correctly.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The etymology of cheque and the reason it's spelled that way is wonderful. Cheques are so called because they were a check on fraud (compared to an IOU anyway). That meaning of check comes from what you say in chess when you endanger the opponent's king, and this comes from the Persian word for king, Shah. (The "h" is pronounced, and became a hard "k" sound in English).

    The same game gave its name to the checkerboard. That kind of board was used in medieval England for the royal accounts or Exchequer. Like many things royal it retained more of its French roots in its spelling. In British English, when the word "check" (spelled that way) was applied to the financial instrument, the financial association ended up lending the French spelling to monetary cheques. But Americans didn't call their treasury an exchequer and if they had they probably would've spelled it wrong anyway - so they had no reason to do the same thing, and here we are.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    "Cock Please"

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    No particular reason, but which rapid transit system is this? I know it isn’t the DC Metro; NYC Subway? London Underground? Chicago L?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    Last time this was posted I thought "crack".

    I thought it was an ad for a chiropractor.

    Crack can always ease the pain.

    Also works if you smoke crack.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    A big fat chick obviously!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    We’ll it’s definitely not “cheque”.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Lmao I remember seeing those from that angle too. I think that ad hasn't been up for awhile though (someone at the firm probably noticed)

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    For me it causes pain? Am I doing it wrong?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    look folks. It can't be "cock" because the word is to long to be one

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Damn ig he's a chubby chaser

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    It's amazing how a big fat chick can ease the pain.

    Actually I have a friend who's a chubby chaser, but he's got a hernia. His girlfriend is getting pretty huge, and last time she topped him, he was in excruciating pain. So in that case, a big fat chick makes the pain worse. I told him it's time to stop bottoming until his hernia is healed, and he sounded mournful.

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