A Fig Newton of My Imagination

[Dennis R. Preston]

Probably because there aren't any fig mints.

dInIs

PS: Good! Sawdust wrapped around stale fruit!



>I was using this in the mid 80s.  Why I don't know.  (Fig Newtons
>are good though!)
>
>JL
>
>Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote:
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>108 webcites on Google for "a fig newton of my imagination", 280 for
>"...your imagination" and 50 for other possessive pronouns.
>
>Benjamin Barrett
>Baking the World a Better Place
>www.hiroki.us
>
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>BAT VAMP (THE DARK NIGHT) and Rabid, the Bat Wonder
>By Duke Da "It's a fig newton of my imagination" Duck [copyright 1992 by Ken
>Cooney] (http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/1155/batvamp002.html)
>-----
>I can't remember how one played it - I just remember the name. It's either a
>senior moment or a fig newton of my imagination if no one else remembers it.
>(Bird, 11 April 2000:
>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/BronxRoots/2000-04/0955482136 $B!K (B
>-----
>Age: This is not happening. This is, as we used to say in my family, a fig
>newton of my imagination. (George Bender, Summer 2001:
>http://portlandwriters.com/Drift/2001_July.htm)
>-----
>(Capitalized webcite)
>see, I finally got up enough nerve to ask out this certain young lady (any
>resemblance to the actuality of anyone whom you might remember is purely a
>Fig Newton of my imagination). (apparently by George "Pappy" Swan ('59),
>August 2004: http://alumnisandstorm.tripod.com/htm2004/2004-08-Aug.htm)
>-----
>(And with a hyphen)
>"Yeah, you are a fig-newton of my imagination," Zio said. (author, date
>unknown: http://www.phantasy-star.net/xmas/carol2.html)
>
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages
A-740 Wells Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-3099
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preston at msu.edu