Good People

Mark A. Mandel mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU
Tue May 18 21:18:20 UTC 2004


I didn't grow up with the expression "good people" in that sense, and I
don't know where I first encountered it, but it made perfect sense to me
and I adopted it in the singular as well as in the plural and definitely
with that "down-home" connotation. (Hum, hum, hum... find
self-citation...)

Newsgroup: rec.music.filk
From: Mark A. Mandel
Subject: Re: Contacting the Fish
Date: 2001-07-18

NudeAdGuy <nudeadguy at aol.com> wrote: : << I know, it's insane to
actually want to contact LEslie Fish. I mean, you;re : taking your life
in your hands if you do something to offend her, and men : like me
probably offend her just by existing.

        [...]

Summary: Relax, pal. Da Fish is good people. :-)\


-- Mark Mandel
[This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]



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