so you won't have to

[sagehen]

>I've occasionally heard this formula, usually in some kind of slogan:
>
>we do x, so you won't have to.
>
>X is usually something difficult, unpleasant, or otherwise to be
>avoided.
>
>Then today I came across a web site selling t-shirts for Defense
>Language Institute alums, and one of the t-shirts says,
>
>"We speak Farsi so you won't have to."
>
>Is there a locus classicus for the general formula, which sounds like
>it comes from an ad or a movie?  A web search tells me it's a lot
>more common than I thought.
>
>Best,
>
>Dennis
>
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I think there's a TIAA-CREF ad  along those lines: they'll keep an eye on
the investment scene, so you, academics , researchers, &c., with more
important fish to fry, won't have to be bothered.
AM

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