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  • I thought ad bacala was rubbing your nose in really stinky fish, which is what seems to be the case here.

    The absence of... Ann Althouse 2007

  • I wish there were a place to buy Venetian foods-even the big Italian specialty stores/delis in NYC like Agata & Valentina don't carry the foods I'm craving - bacala mantecato, sardele in saor, bigoli in salsa, and the rolls called 'rosete' which were a daily staple of mine with mortadella or prosciutto.

    Silk Screen Project 2004

  • Nicolay Valuev vs. Evander Holyfield "Fighter gets undeserved shot at title and actually outworks and outpoints the supposed champion; only to be screwed out of the victory by either blind or corrupt judges." bobby bacala, Dog Pound message boarder:

    Doghouse Boxing News 2009

  • Anyway I lost him at the third U-turn after the bacala and for all I know, he's still out there.

    Safat: The KuwaitBlogs' Aggregator 2008

  • I call it 'stinky * bacala man smell' and it's everywhere in Ramadan - it fills the corridors of my co-ed school and I just came across it in the Co-Op, 5 minutes ago.

    Safat: The KuwaitBlogs' Aggregator 2008

  • I had probably the best bacala I have ever had there.

    On the Wine Trail in Italy 2008

  • But I was doing no harm, sitting outside the bacala (corner shop), waiting to get my Coke Zero and some crisps … … doing no harm …. .and well you know the rest.

    Safat: The KuwaitBlogs' Aggregator 2008

  • Why don’t you give Peter Lawford a call, those Kennedy’s always have some loose bacala hanging around.

    "Michael Mukasey... is absolutely correct... that the issue of 'waterboarding' cannot be decided in the abstract." Ann Althouse 2007

  • I asked bacala man, "chouf sayara, hada inglesi wala arabi? '

    Safat: The KuwaitBlogs' Aggregator 2008

  • I hate these people - he was probably thinking, "who put that damn bacala there just to irritate me in the morning?

    Safat: The KuwaitBlogs' Aggregator 2008

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