"Killing is our business, and business is good"

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:29 AM -0800 1/3/05, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>With a "K."  Otherwise it wouldn't have been worth reporting to this
>august body.
>
>JL

What I thought; just checking for the record.

L

>Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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>At 5:05 AM -0800 1/3/05, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>Bumper sticker (2004): "Monkey is my business and business is good!"
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>>JL
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>Is that "Monkey" with or without a k?
>
>LH
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>>Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
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>>KILLING IS OUR BUSINESS + BUSINESS IS GOOD--202 Google hits, 18 Google
>>Groups hits
>>...
>>My sister came back from vacation, so I called her. She said she was on
>>another line and would call me back. I thought I just wait and watch "Law &
>>Order." And another "Law & Order." And another "Law & Order." And
>>I'm wondering,
>>how many people have to die??
>>...
>>On one "Law & Order," a suspect had a "business is good" tat on one arm.
>>"Business is good?" remarked Jerry Orbach. "Was he working for the Chamber of
>>Commerce?"
>>...
>>It was later found that this personal was in this military. What "tat" is on
>>the other arm of military men? "Killing is our business."
>>...
>>I've heard this before, but I can't find many hits. Is it a quote from
>>Patton?
>>
>>
>>(GOOGLE)
>>...
>>_From Vietnam to Iraq, by Edward S. Herman_
>>(http://musictravel.free.fr/political/political35.htm)
>>... (Second best is the words of the banner hung over the Vietnam military
>>camp run
>>by General George Patton Jr.: "Killing is our business, and business is
>>good."). ...
>>musictravel.free.fr/political/political35.htm - 23k - _Cached_
>>(http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:EGFHVV9OyBMJ:musictravel.free.fr/political/political35
>>.htm+"killing+is+our+business"+and+"business+is+good"&hl=en&ie=UTF-8) -
>>_Similar pages_
>>(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=related:musictravel.free.fr/political/political35.htm)
>>...
>>...
>>(GOOGLE GROUPS)
>>...
>>_From Vietnam to Iraq_
>>(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/soc.culture.iraq/browse_frm/thread/d91434e07f4f4120/1d8f4793556b3283?q="killing+is+our+business"
>>+and+"business+is+good"&_done=/groups?q="killing+is+our+business"+and+"busines
>>s+is+good"&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&sa=N&tab=wg&&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&
>>&d#1d8f4793556b3283)
>>... best is the words of the banner hung over the Vietnam military camp run
>>by General
>>George Patton Jr.: "Killing is our business, and business is good.") In the
>>...
>>_soc.culture.iraq_ (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/soc.culture.iraq) -
>>Apr 30 2003, 8:34 pm by Dan Clore - 2 messages - 2 authors
>>...
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>>COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC:
>>WHERE DID BARRY POPIK EAT?
>>
>>It was another perfect day for walking. I've essentially walked all of the
>>recent Time Out New York's "Cheap Streets for Cheap Eats."
>>...
>>_http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2004/10/25/chock_full_of_tasty_goodness.php
>>_
>>(http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2004/10/25/chock_full_of_tasty_goodness.php)
>>...
>>On Sunday, I did Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, 116th Street in Manhattan, and
>>Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint (above the BQE this time). I ate at
>>the praised
>>OTT (Authentic Thai Cuisine), 970 Manhattan Avenue, and too many Arthur
>>Avenue bakeries.
>>...
>>Addeo's Bakery, 3352 Arthur Avenue, proudly declares "The original pane di
>  >casa." The original house bread??
>>
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