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gutmon
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quote sdebol: " 
:^)" I've smiled at that sign before.
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h20
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Thanks, all. Two mysteries solved in this thread.
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sdebol
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quote gutmon: "Minneapolis/St Paul airport."
No, Hennepin County Medical Center in Mpls.
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h20
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where's the sign at?
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h20
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So wheres it at?
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sdebol
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quote h20: "So wheres it at?"
HCMC--I took the picture! :^)
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sdebol
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:^)
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gutmon
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Minneapolis/St Paul airport.
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h20
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I Know what it is...but what does GORP stand for? (sorry..I'm a word guy.)
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boonie
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I don't know, but I've heard it was an acronym for "good old raisins and peanuts" - the original GORP...?
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billconner
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transcript
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marsonite
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According to NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Gorp is "An Old English word meaning, to gobble or eat greedily".
Here's a transcript of the bit: http://www.wbur.org/npr/155071355/novelist-john-irving-plays-not-my-job
(Sorry but the Add a link thing didn't work for me)
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Hawbakers
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lol OK I didn't know that. Interesting indeed. Thanks, I learned something new today! : )
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