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#1 2011-07-08 19:56:49

burred
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"Tie raid" for tirade; "tie rant" for tirade

Oops! Sorry I guess I went off on a tie raid the point is I guess we don’t use language like we use to.
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Is that like a panty raid? Is someone fit to be tied? Hot under the collar?

NOW that you admit to being inbred, you decide to go off on a tie-raid about how America is politically and religiously screwed up?
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When the politics of the world tend to overwhelm you into a tailspin of anger and bewilderment, and you feel a tie-raid coming on
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And to prevent me from going into a tie raid and thrashing around the place
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See “tyrant” for tirade: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?id=2031

she might as well said if I wanted drugs for pain I came to the wrong place and went so far as to contact My private doc to stop giving meds for pain because I wanted to start getting them through the VA and went off on a tie rant you wouldn’t believe.
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#2 2011-07-11 16:13:51

fpberger
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Re: "Tie raid" for tirade; "tie rant" for tirade

Maybe harking back to the phrase “fit to be tied”?

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