Block that metaphor!

[Mark Mandel]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> At 8/13/2008 06:49 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> >"That's a lot of eyeballs they won't have another bite at."
> >Yum yum!
>
> Isn't the eyeball CBS?
> Joel

Not necessarily...

"Now you'd think that Sauron's done, for they did destroy the One,
 And you must admit that Mordor is a mess,
 But he found a way, I fear, to exploit the Palantir,
 And the Eye shows up each night on CBS!"

  from The Orcs' Marching Song
  Words by George Heap and others.
  Tune 'Jesse James'.

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Mark Mandel

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