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- From: peterc@suite.sw.oz.au.sw.oz.au (Peter Chubb,x114,6982322,3982735)
- Subject: Re: Question - what's the word for ...
- Organization: Softway Pty Ltd
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 23:10:17 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.231017.10523@softway.sw.oz.au>
- Originator: peterc@suite.sw.oz.au
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- From article <1993Jan22.143916.19750@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, by djd@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (david.j.daulton):
- >
- > BTW, is there a name for Dan Quayle's "A mind is a terrible thing to
- > loose"? It seems to almost be a malapropism, but I am not sure. (As for
- > Dan's assertion that there are canals on Mars, and water and, air, and
- > it's in the same orbit as earth and we could live there, well I think
- > that's called "dumb".)
-
- Personally, I frequently loose my mind to ponder on almost anything....
- What's wrong with that?
- Peter C.
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