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   Tim Poston on July 1, 2014 at 9:57 pm

   That’s a STRAIT jacket (narrow, as in Straits of Detroit — translate from French, that’s Straits of Strait), not ‘straight’. Nothing rectilinear about it.

   Keep up the evil work.

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     John on July 2, 2014 at 9:26 am

     Thanks, Tim. The dictionaries I’ve consulted indicate that both “straitjacket” and “straightjacket” are now accepted spellings. That said, it appears that it “straitjacket” may have been the original spelling, but that the more common spelling now is “straightjacket.”

     Still, I think I’ll probably go with “straitjacket” in the future. Again, thank!

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   Fritz G on July 2, 2014 at 7:43 am

   A straight-jacket must be something hetero males wear to keep from being hit on by the gay males in San Francisco.

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     John on July 2, 2014 at 9:28 am

     Nicely put, Fritz. Hmm, then I suppose a “wind jacket” would be protection from a “blow job.”

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       Fritz G on July 2, 2014 at 1:15 pm

       Would wearing a “windbreaker” conceal one’s farts?

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         John on July 2, 2014 at 1:19 pm

         Unless you’ve got it stuffed up your nose, no.

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   Alphacentaurian on July 2, 2014 at 6:00 pm

   So it’s a non-formal wedding then. Darn hippies…

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