semantic drift: "officer" PLUS bonus anecdote AND....

Paul paulzjoh at MTNHOME.COM
Sat Apr 12 14:35:08 UTC 2008


paul johnson asks "What is the "F & F Show"

Mark Mandel wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>   Now for the bonus anecdote.  This morning's _F & F_ show ran the clip of Hillary Clinton asking rhetorically, "How many angels dance on the head of a pin?"
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>>   All three anchors made fun of this by asking each other,  "What's _that_ mean?" "Did she make that up or is that some kind of _saying_?" "My grandmother used to come up with strange phrases like that. stuff  like 'more something than Carter has pills.'" "I dunno...."
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> Schmucks will be schmucks. As anchors, they get paid for it.
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