[Ads-l] like a fat guy

Robin Hamilton robin.hamilton3 at VIRGINMEDIA.COM
Wed Aug 31 04:44:23 UTC 2016


But fat numbers make a bigger splash when they hit the fan.

RH.

> 
>     On 31 August 2016 at 05:26 Dave Hause <dwhause at CABLEMO.NET> wrote:
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>     Again proving the semi-literacy of sportswriters, as Galileo showed in
> 1589
>     that heavy things fall at the same speed as (relatively) light things.
>     Dave Hause
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Jonathan Lighter
>     Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 2:39 PM
>     To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>     Subject: like a fat guy
> 
>     Rick Reilly, sportswriter, CNN:
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>     "His numbers are falling like a fat guy on a water slide."
> 
>     JL
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> truth."
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