Three guys from Iwo Jima

[Dan Goncharoff]

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 9/27/2010 08:20 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>Well, "Three Guys From Iwo Jima" is a better name for a sushi joint
>>than "Five or Six Guys From Iwo Jima".
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> Absolutely.  The latter makes one wonder how chancy the special of
> the day will be.
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> I only took the "three" from what had been written to that
> instant.  And it's still true that two guys (guy wires) on Iwo Jima
> couldn't hold up a flag.
>
> Joel
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