evolution of an "old saying"

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sun Jul 29 21:45:39 UTC 2012


Another "reversal."

JL

On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > pithily
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> Wait, what?
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