Fwd: [Linguine] [Overheard in New York] Every Minute of Every Day, I Love New York

[Mullins, Bill]

This quote is certainly alsome:

"Dumb teen: Hey, look at this! It says "Train for jobs in beeyotch."
Smarter teen: Fool! That word is biotech. Why you gotta be ignorant all
your life?  "


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> As an expatriate New Yorker, this item brought a tear to my eye !
>
> Not of nostalgia, just a tear.
>
> I seem to recall a conversation from a generation ago that
> involved the question of whether Vietnam was as far away as
> California.  (Actually, lurkers, it's much farther ! )
>
> A real lagniappe is the left-of-screen heading "Totally
> Alsome Quotes."  I guess that's the editors' spelling.
>
> And hey, there's 60,000 raw Googlits for "alsome" !  It
> doesn't get any better than this !
>
> Thanks, Barbara !
>
> JL
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