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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Spotted this in an outdoor pursuits clothing catalogue which came with the Sunday newspaper or perhaps another magazine. I can drag it out of the recycling bin and quote exactly if required but it was something along the lines of: ‘Use our repellant to give some rest-bite from mosquito attacks’
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Welcome to the forum, leolyons. This one and its variants have been suggested a number of times, going all the way back to the first few days of the Database. Looks like it’s time for a “respite round-up,” starting with the oldest post:
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/contribute/comment-page-3/
[scroll down to Philip Newton’s comment at #30 for that one]
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/contribute … t-page-22/
[scroll down to Ken Lakritz’s comment at #216]
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … p?pid=1298
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … p?pid=1580
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … p?pid=3723
[scroll down to MartyArtie’s comment, which is #13 in this thread]
Last edited by patschwieterman (2007-07-06 01:23:22)
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