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Originally Posted by BigDon
This Funny Noise sounded like you would imagine a weiner dog in a cement mixer to sound like. As we had neither weiner dogs nor cement mixers in our shop our collective curiosities were peaked. (Gillian, is that the right one?)
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“piqued” is the one you where looking for. From the French word “pique” meaning “prick,” in the sense of “stimulate.”
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