"this sucks" (and more)

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:27 AM -0400 4/26/11, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>You mean people would still be shocked by, "Where the bee fucks, there fuck
>I?"

fortunately, there's a fucker born every minute

>
>Sounds so rural.  And it makes plainer sense than the original. But possibly
>really painful and self-defeating if you stop to think.
>
>Also, not only must they have had been much less giggly minds in the 18th
>C., they could tell the difference by the long ess's lack of the little
>stroke in the middle of the eff.
>
Whence the origin of "Different strokes for different folks".

LH

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