Birth of a nova--not?

[Dennis Baron]

woody allen would say that has a lot of heaviosity


dennis


On Jan 18, 2006, at 5:25 PM, Michael McKernan wrote:

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>> On Jan 19, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Jon Lighter wrote:
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>>> "Truthfuliness" will be next year's WOTY.  Thus I prophesize.
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>> i'm trying to push "periverisimilitude" 'an approximation to an
>> appearance of truth'.
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>> arnold, trying to add verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and
>> unconvincing narrative
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> Jon:  why not 'Truthifulness,' in the fulness of truthiness?
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> Arnold:   why straddle the 'peri' fence just for an internal
> rhyme?  why
> not pee(-)river(-)similitude?  You'd attract a whole new clientele
> to your
> otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative...showers of (fool's)
> gold might
> rain down on you.  Truthifulness be with you.
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> Michael McKernan
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