Molly Ivins quotes

[Barbara Need]

At 11:03 -0800 01/2/07, Peter Farruggio wrote:
>CAN ANYBODY ANSWER THIS?
>
>The challenge for today: The Washington Post's obituary for Molly
>Ivins says, "In 1982, after she used a colorful colloquialism to
>describe a local chicken-killing festival, the Times and Ms. Ivins
>recognized it was time to part ways."
>
>What did she say?

It was "gang pluck". (She couldn't resist.)

I read it on one of the Texas Observer Tributes:
(http://www.texasobserver.org/molly_tributes.html click on Mya
MacPherson)

Barbara

Barbara Need
UChicago

>At 06:33 AM 2/1/2007, you wrote:
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>>From:    "Baker, John" <JMB at STRADLEY.COM>
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>>>          My favorite is "he was born on third base and thought he hit a
>>>  triple."  That's attributed to Ivins in reference to Bush (pere or
>>>  fils), though I haven't tracked down whether it was actually Ivins who
>>>  said it.  It looks like some people attribute it to Ann Richards.  I
>>>  suspect the aphorism predated the application to Bush in any case.
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>>I just read an article online in the _Chronicle of higher education_
>>that appears to have that line attributed to Barry Switzer.
>>
>>http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/01/2007012901c/careers.html
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