“the mother of all battles”

[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nobody in the media says "_the grandaddy of all Xs_" anymore.

Was there ever a time when they did?

Oh, of course. Sometimes, I forget. Never mind. :-)

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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