"It was a day like any other."

[Jesse Sheidlower]

No, he meant "contest".

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Jesse Sheidlower
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On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 01:58:17PM -0400, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Assuming you really mean "context," I still don't understand the question.
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> JL
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> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > At 8/10/2009 12:10 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > >Possibly second only to "It was a dark and stormy night" as an ominous
> > >cliche, and certainly far more ironic.
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> > But does it have its own contest?
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> > Joel
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