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AE 1173 - Expression: Keep Your Shirt On

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Why Does Wally Wear a Striped Shirt?

Waldo is what Americans call Wally. It's one of these weird names like, Wally is short, I imagine in Australia, at least for Walter. So the joke today is why does Waldo, or well, we would call him Wally in Australia, not Waldo, why does Wally wear a striped shirt? And Wally is from the book, Where's Wally? Right. He doesn't want to be spotted. To keep something on is to maintain it on your body. If you are spotted, you could be a leopard, for example, and you have a spotted coat. You have spots on your coat, as opposed to say like a tiger having stripes. so you

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