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To: Poet who wrote (3822)8/21/1998 8:19:00 PM
From: Diver  Respond to of 12810
 
Thread:

I saw (sawed?) a great cartoon. On a bed lay (lain, layed, laid) a chicken and an egg. The chicken was smoking a cigarette. The caption read, "The answer to an age old question."

I rest my case,

Diver

PS - When you fly commercial, which is correct, "When the fasten seat belt light is lit", or "When the fasten seat belt light is lighted."
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