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Old May 22nd 08, 07:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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On May 21, 3:27*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

What a maroon!


Do you see the irony in this?


YES! You answered to your name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


No. In the Warner Bros. cartoons that gave rise to this expression, Bugs
Bunny would say "What a maroon!" in an attempt to call someone else stupid,
not realizing that "maroon" is a mispronunciation of "moron." Thus, he
demonstrated that he was stupid by trying to call someone else stupid.

Now do you see the irony?