prescriptivism, conventions, irony, and could(n't) care less

Tony Glaser tonyglaser at MINDSPRING.COM
Fri Feb 2 23:56:12 UTC 2001


> (Pace the
>theoretical reference to tactile ability, as in the Beatles' film _A Hard
>Day's Night_:
>     Reporter:      How do you feel?
>     Ringo(?): I used to use my hands.)

This reminds me of Lonnie Donnegan's "My Old Man's a Dustman":
- "My dog's got no nose"
- "How does he smell?"
- "Terrible!"

Tony Glaser



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