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"Sign on the door of a curio shop in Hong Kong: Teeth extracted by latest Methodists." I recognized that phrase from a collection I have of similar linguistic follies. It was originally published in The International Educator. Here is the complete list. I hope you and your readers get a laugh out of it. I do, every time I read it. -Amused in Vermont

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Dear Ann Landers: I would like to contribute an item for your stupid-crook collection. This appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune. -- June in Calif.

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