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To: mandaladon

"the temporary residents were also apparently ripe with parasites and communicable diseases"

Do you suppose they meant to say the invaders were "rife" with parasites?

7 posted on 12/02/2018 3:10:39 PM PST by Flag_This (Liberals are locusts.)

To: Flag_This

I don’t know, they probably smell pretty ripe.

9 posted on 12/02/2018 3:13:56 PM PST by 43north (Its hard to stop a man when he knows he's right and he keeps coming.)

To: Flag_This

Do you suppose they meant to say the invaders were "rife" with parasites?

I think that's what they should have said.

12 posted on 12/02/2018 3:19:22 PM PST by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)

To: Flag_This

Hey, it sounds pretty close, so that’s good enough. It’s only old curmudgeons that think writers (even bloggers!) should use words correctly.

14 posted on 12/02/2018 3:23:57 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin

To: Flag_This

Bad editing, but both true in this case. After ‘walking’ all that distance, I’m sure they were smelling pretty ripe.

15 posted on 12/02/2018 3:24:26 PM PST by lee martell (AT)

To: Flag_This

Do you suppose they meant to say the invaders were "rife" with parasites?

That works or maybe the parasites were rife with invading diseases.

17 posted on 12/02/2018 3:28:17 PM PST by Boomer (The other name for "Democrat" is "Nation Killer")

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