Lighter lid

[Wilson Gray]

On Apr 7, 2005, at 12:02 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> And who is this "Harrold" Wilson Gray we're hearing about ?
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> J. "Evan" L.

'Tis but I. I've been having problems sending messages, so I fiddled
around until I got my mail app working again. This seemed to require a
new name. So, I decided to add my "hang-up" first name. If someone
calls and asks for "Harrold," I simply hang up, since anyone that truly
was acquainted with me would know to ask for "Wilson."

-Wilson

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> Harrold Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM> wrote:
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> On Apr 6, 2005, at 11:35 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> No, just an arcane reference to the late Jimmy Hatlo, creator of the
>> comics "L'il Iodine" and "They'll Do it Every Time!," who used to
>> acknowledge ideas with "A tip o' the Hatlo hat to...."
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>> JL
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> Did you ever see the movie based on the cartoon in which it was
> revealed that "Iodine" was actually named "Diane"? Hatlo's work
> introduced me to "inkum" sc."tax" as a possible pronunciation of
> "income." and I'll never forget Uncle Lushwell and Mr. Bigdome, though
> I have forgotten the name of her mother. Her dad was Henry Tremblechin,
> "Trimble" in the movie.
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> -Wilson
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>> sagehen wrote:
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>> Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>>> Never discuss the poem, "The Man with a Hoe." (And a tip o'
>>> the Lighter lid to Roz Chast for that gem!)
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>> Izzat a Zippo?
>> AM
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>> ~@:> ~@:> ~@:> ~@:>
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