It's a case for Fred Shapiro!

[Mark A. Mandel]

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> writes:

>>>>>
Then there's the related "Call me whatever you want, as long as it's
not late for dinner"
<<<<<

Distinguo, Larry.

I've only ever heard it as something like
     Call me anything you like,* just don't call me late for dinner.
If you don't have "call" in the second clause, you risk losing the pun that
is the whole point of the line.

* <crossthreading> punctuate at will </crossthreading>

-- Mark