Kudos to the Associated Press writer who penned the last line of this story about a 42-foot-tall snowman that was stolen in Tyler (and kudos to the alert FBvian who spotted it).
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Do you mean “abducted”? I don’t mean to get all marty cortland on you, tim, but come on.
@ 5:06 pm on December 4, 2007
no fair changing it now.
@ 5:12 pm on December 4, 2007
True. When one ADducts ones arm, one brings it towards the body. When on ABducts the arm they draw it away, as in a clockwise motion. Just a litlle FYI.
ab·duct·ed, ab·duct·ing, ab·ducts
1.To carry off by force; kidnap.
2.To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb
ad·duct·ed, ad·duct·ing, ad·ducts
To draw inward toward the median axis of the body or toward an adjacent part or limb.
@ 5:29 pm on December 4, 2007
Yeah, but how do you know he’s really male?
@ 5:56 pm on December 4, 2007
Maggs, you have to check for snow balls.
@ 6:05 pm on December 4, 2007
Or the large carrot.
@ 10:11 am on December 5, 2007
FrontBurner® launched in March 2003, the first blog in Dallas run by a media organization. This is where the editors of D Magazine come to waste a tremendous amount of time.
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Do you mean “abducted”? I don’t mean to get all marty cortland on you, tim, but come on.
no fair changing it now.
True. When one ADducts ones arm, one brings it towards the body. When on ABducts the arm they draw it away, as in a clockwise motion. Just a litlle FYI.
ab·duct·ed, ab·duct·ing, ab·ducts
1.To carry off by force; kidnap.
2.To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb
ad·duct·ed, ad·duct·ing, ad·ducts
To draw inward toward the median axis of the body or toward an adjacent part or limb.
Yeah, but how do you know he’s really male?
Maggs, you have to check for snow balls.
Or the large carrot.