Holiday wish from Mr. Goto

[Jonathan Lighter]

Us waggish monolinguals always giggle at "Kinkos."

  JL

"Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU> wrote:
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I forgot to note that Mr. Goto represents KINKI COMPANY LIMITED. Us
waggish Japanese learners always giggle at Kinki.

dInIs

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>Colleagues,
>
>Those of you who like to dress up funny (or know those who do), may
>want to respond to Mr. Goto. (I wish it was his first name! I'd know
>what last one to give him - although it would break Japanese syllable
>stucture rules.) Wonder what's in my juink mail that gets filtered
>out?
>
>dInIs
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>I am Mr. Eiichi Goto of JUMVEA / Japanese Used Motor Vehicle
>Exporters Association, we are a group of business men who deal on
>Cars and import/export into any part of the World.
>We are searching for a Trusted and Truthful Representatives who can
>help us establish a medium of getting to our costumers in America,
>Canada, Europe and some part of Asia, as well as making payments
>through you to us. If you are interested in transacting business with
>us we will be very glad.
>--
>It should be the chief aim of a university professor to exhibit
>himself in his own true character - that is, as an ignorant man [sic]
>thinking, actively utilizing his small share of knowledge. Alfred
>North Whitehead
>
>There are many different religions in this world, but if you look at
>them carefully, you'll see that they all have one thing in common:
>They were invented by a giant, superintelligent slug named Dennis.
>Homer Simpson
>
>Dennis R. Preston
>University Distinguished Professor
>Department of English
>15-C Morrill Hall
>Michigan State University
>East Lansing, MI 48824-1036
>Phone: (517) 353-4736
>Fax: (517) 353-3755
>preston at msu.edu
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It should be the chief aim of a university professor to exhibit
himself in his own true character - that is, as an ignorant man [sic]
thinking, actively utilizing his small share of knowledge. Alfred
North Whitehead

There are many different religions in this world, but if you look at
them carefully, you'll see that they all have one thing in common:
They were invented by a giant, superintelligent slug named Dennis.
Homer Simpson

Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
15-C Morrill Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1036
Phone: (517) 353-4736
Fax: (517) 353-3755
preston at msu.edu

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