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- From: ecaxron@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Ron Graham)
- Subject: Re: The Quotation to End All Quoting
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- Date: 30 Dec 1992 10:09 EST
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- In article <1992Dec30.055826.22270@syacus.acus.oz.au>, ron@syacus.acus.oz.au
- (Ron Williams) writes...
-
- >"Bullshit." - Me.
-
- Now, that's profound. May I quote you on that? Oh, may I? I know you have
- spared your trademark for thousands upon thousands of others, and that's just
- people in Cleveland. :-)
-
- Now, others might have skirted around the issue, using words such as "feces,"
- "excrement," "defecation," or even "cow poopy steppage," but your quote is
- more elegant. Short, sweet and to the point. That's what quotes are for.
-
- Looking forward to permission to use this one,
-
- RG (:-))
-
- "That's it then! Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans; no more
- merciful beheadings; and call off Christmas!"
- - Sheriff of Nottingham, "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves"
-