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Re: Standing outside 5592 Quiet Brook Rd last night at 3 am with a jerry can of gasoline in each hand
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Um actually
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Date: February 10, 2020 11:49AM
russian trollbots Wrote:
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> jerry can is a term only foreigners use
"Jerry can" is a term coined by American GIs during WWII. "Jerry" was slang for "German" and the Germans carried larger gas cans than Americans hence "Jerry can". I may be a Russian trollbot but apparently I know your culture and your language better than you!
Re: Standing outside 5592 Quiet Brook Rd last night at 3 am with a jerry can of gasoline in each hand
Posted by:
keg mcgee
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Date: February 11, 2020 09:02AM
Um actually Wrote:
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> russian trollbots Wrote:
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> > jerry can is a term only foreigners use
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> "Jerry can" is a term coined by American GIs
> during WWII.