Crude Oil and other interesting possibilities

It never occured to me before today to think of the phrase "crude oil."

When you think about it, "'crude' oil" has an interesting ring to it ... just think.

I remember Helen Hunt wondering in the movie As Good As It Gets if conscience was really spelled that way: 'con'-science!!!

Bill Safire would be the master of this game ... and I do not claim to be his heir.

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