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Old 11-23-2006, 10:29 PM   #90
Urbane Guerrilla
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Originally Posted by monster
dogsbody = gopher
Also spelt "gofer" if your spellchecker doesn't tyrannize. I rather prefer this spelling as it more clearly carries the meaning:

"You need a gofer."
"Huh?"
"A gofer. A guy to go fer coffee, go fer a paper..."

--Some Donald E. Westlake novel I read over thirty years ago

I see I wrote a little too ambiguously: I figure "batman" for a chiefly military usage. I know he's not a "batsman."
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