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Originally Posted by Onomea
The Hawaiian Islands were initially known, to westerners, as the Sandwich Islands.
Not the Hot Dog Islands.
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Because, even in The Land of Eccentrics (ie England), there wasn't an Earl of Hot Dog.
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Originally Posted by yaktamer
I worked with a gal who was deathly afraid of clowns. One weekend she and her husband went to visit his Great Aunt. Guess how the guest room was decorated.
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"Coulrophobia" = fear of clowns (from Greek,
coulros, "stilt walker")