shocked = 'pleasantly surprised'

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/25/2013 04:43 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>We've mentioned this before, but here's another good one. A yakking head on
>CNN says he was "shocked" to hear Seth McFarlane's singing voice at the
>Acade--- I mean at the Oscars.

So was Claude Rains.  Pleasantly surprised, surprised, I mean.  He
was expecting his winnings shortly.

Joel


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