Heard: TV dialogue...

[Jonathan Lighter]

> But also really sad, when you think about it.

Yeah. Like life itself.

JL


On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> to the following effect -
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> A. [Blah-blah-blah, whatever.]
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> B. Hush! Don't let them hear you say that!
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> A. Why not? Is it their equivalent of the N-word?
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> B. Worse! It's like the N-word hooked up with the C-word and they had a kid
> that was raised by a family of all the J-words!
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> Pretty funny!
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> But also really sad, when you think about it.
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