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Regarding that last one: a local mom-n-pop gas station here (who have closed their doors now, alas) had, at the start of the sharp upswing last year, a sign
reading:
ARM 9/10
LEG 9/10
SOL 9/10
I was vastly amused, both by the wordplay, and then also by the thought that premium gas would cost me the Sun.
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Not being a spiritualist, I can't be certain, but knowing the general disposition of most people I believe they weren't using 'Sol' as sun, but
as Soul. Maybe. Makes some sense, at least (i.e. Sell your soul for a tank of gas).
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Or perhaps "Shit Out of Luck"....
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.