need V-ed

[Roger Shuy]

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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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