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riversedge

(81,427 posts) Wed Apr 29, 2026, 06:52 PM Apr 29

A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus spilled its load leaving New York. Witnesses were..........

A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus spilled its load leaving New York.
Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyzed, dazed, bewildered, surprised, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, confounded, astonished, and numbed.

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A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus spilled its load leaving New York. Witnesses were.......... (Original Post) riversedge Apr 29 OP

That joke was ... Morbius Apr 29 #1

Thesaurus?? lastlib Apr 29 #2

Yes, They Are ProfessorGAC Apr 29 #4

I understand...... lastlib Apr 29 #5

I lost my dictionary, too. Wednesdays Apr 29 #3

Morbius

(1,077 posts)

1. That joke was ...

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 07:15 PM

Apr 29

predictable, expected, foreseeable, anticipated, routine...

lastlib

(28,533 posts)

2. Thesaurus??

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 07:17 PM

Apr 29

Ain't they 'xtinct?!?

Hey, whut's that other word fer "thesaurus"?

ProfessorGAC

(77,174 posts)

4. Yes, They Are

Reply to lastlib (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 07:53 PM

Apr 29

They were very lonely before the asteroid hit.
With their huge vocabulary the other dinosaurs didn't like them.

lastlib

(28,533 posts)

5. I understand......

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 09:37 PM

Apr 29

You don't make many friends when you have such a huge vocabulary, and all your peers can do is growl and hiss.......

(actually, I never heard a reptile growl or snarl, or hiss loudly.......I think it's a Hollywood thing......)

Wednesdays

(23,035 posts)

3. I lost my dictionary, too.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 07:18 PM

Apr 29

I have no words...

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