"Killing is our business, and business is good"

[Jonathan Lighter]

With a "K."  Otherwise it wouldn't have been worth reporting to this august body.

JL

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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At 5:05 AM -0800 1/3/05, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Bumper sticker (2004): "Monkey is my business and business is good!"
>
>JL

Is that "Monkey" with or without a k?

LH

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>Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
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>KILLING IS OUR BUSINESS + BUSINESS IS GOOD--202 Google hits, 18 Google
>Groups hits
>...
>My sister came back from vacation, so I called her. She said she was on
>another line and would call me back. I thought I just wait and watch "Law &
>Order." And another "Law & Order." And another "Law & Order." And
>I'm wondering,
>how many people have to die??
>...
>On one "Law & Order," a suspect had a "business is good" tat on one arm.
>"Business is good?" remarked Jerry Orbach. "Was he working for the Chamber of
>Commerce?"
>...
>It was later found that this personal was in this military. What "tat" is on
>the other arm of military men? "Killing is our business."
>...
>I've heard this before, but I can't find many hits. Is it a quote from
>Patton?
>
>
>(GOOGLE)
>...
>_From Vietnam to Iraq, by Edward S. Herman_
>(http://musictravel.free.fr/political/political35.htm)
>... (Second best is the words of the banner hung over the Vietnam military
>camp run
>by General George Patton Jr.: "Killing is our business, and business is
>good."). ...
>musictravel.free.fr/political/political35.htm - 23k - _Cached_
>(http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:EGFHVV9OyBMJ:musictravel.free.fr/political/political35
>.htm+"killing+is+our+business"+and+"business+is+good"&hl=en&ie=UTF-8) -
>_Similar pages_
>(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=related:musictravel.free.fr/political/political35.htm)
>...
>...
>(GOOGLE GROUPS)
>...
>_From Vietnam to Iraq_
>(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/soc.culture.iraq/browse_frm/thread/d91434e07f4f4120/1d8f4793556b3283?q="killing+is+our+business"
>+and+"business+is+good"&_done=/groups?q="killing+is+our+business"+and+"busines
>s+is+good"&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&sa=N&tab=wg&&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&
>&d#1d8f4793556b3283)
>... best is the words of the banner hung over the Vietnam military camp run
>by General
>George Patton Jr.: "Killing is our business, and business is good.") In the
>...
>_soc.culture.iraq_ (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/soc.culture.iraq) -
>Apr 30 2003, 8:34 pm by Dan Clore - 2 messages - 2 authors
>...
>...
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>COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC:
>WHERE DID BARRY POPIK EAT?
>
>It was another perfect day for walking. I've essentially walked all of the
>recent Time Out New York's "Cheap Streets for Cheap Eats."
>...
>_http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2004/10/25/chock_full_of_tasty_goodness.php
>_
>(http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2004/10/25/chock_full_of_tasty_goodness.php)
>...
>On Sunday, I did Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, 116th Street in Manhattan, and
>Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint (above the BQE this time). I ate at the praised
>OTT (Authentic Thai Cuisine), 970 Manhattan Avenue, and too many Arthur
>Avenue bakeries.
>...
>Addeo's Bakery, 3352 Arthur Avenue, proudly declares "The original pane di
>casa." The original house bread??
>
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