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- From: isbell@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Andy Isbell)
- Subject: Re: Royal Rumble summary
- References: <25JAN199312194931@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov> <1993Jan26.162821.10579@ac.dal.ca>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:36:07 GMT
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- jsteeves@ac.dal.ca (Jason Steeves) writes:
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- >In article <25JAN199312194931@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov>, ecaxron@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Ron Graham) writes:
- >>
- >> Bobby Heenan introduces us to Narcissus, Lex Luger. For some reason,
- >> he is referred to as "the Narcissist."
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- >..and why do you suppose that is? The sign above his head clearly
- >said "Narcissist". We've just been mistaken the past several weeks.
-
- >If anyone had gone to the bother of looking the word up in the
- >dictionary (as Mean Gene did for us already), you would find:
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- >narcissism : self-love
- >narcissist : one who practices narcissism
- >narcissus : bulbous plant
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- It's been a long time since I've seen Luger (Lugar?) wrestle, but maybe his
- workrate in the WWF will be comparable to the workrate of a bulbous plant.
- Seems like a fair comparison to me. :) :)
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