need V-ed
Roger Shuy
rshuy at MONTANA.COM
Sun Jul 9 17:36:10 UTC 2006
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> Poster: "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
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> a recent IdiotBOX cartoon by Matt Bors, "Lawn Order", has, in its
> first panel:
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> If there is one thing *on the planet* that can cajole fat inert
> Americans out of their *TV* induced comas it's a lawn that needs mowed.
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> and where, you ask, does Matt Bors come from? Canton., Ohio,
> apparently. ah...
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> arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)
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Or Akron, Ohio I still use it unashamedly, even after being gone from that
area for 50 years.
Roger
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