Iced Tea; Tailgate Picnic; "No Noose Is Good News" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Wilson Gray]

I remember it in the form, "No noose is good news" as a graffito on
the wall of a cell in a newspaper cartoon from the 'Forties. In _Grin
and Bear It_ by George "Lichty" Lichtenstein, perhaps, and in any
number of other cartoons by any number of other cartoonists.

-Wilson

On 10/12/07, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> > Subject: Iced Tea; Tailgate Picnic; "No Noose Is Good News"
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> > NO NOOSE IS GOOD NEWS--An old saying, also given as "No noose
> > is good noose." When did that saying start? What's behind the
> > recent noose news?
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> Probably the recent unrest at Jena, LA.
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> > ...
> > ICE TEA & TAILGATE PICNIC--I've added my "iced tea" material
> > to the New York Food & Drink and Texas sections of my
> > website, and Tailgate Picnic to the Texas section. (Texas
> > Tailgating is big at UT.)
>
> Note that Barry is referring to the University of Texas when he says
> "UT".  I hope that Jon Lighter and Bethany Dumas (both of whom are on
> the faculty of the REAL UT -- the University of Tennessee) will agree
> with me that while Barry is okay in referring to U of Tex as UT when he
> is in Texas, he should be careful when sending nationwide emails,
> because most right-thinking people will recognize UT as the one in
> Knoxville.  As they should.  <G>
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> > Any earlier "iced tea" in 19th
> > Century U.S. newspapers? Maybe someone can add to Wikipedia
> > to make sure that the 1904 "iced tea" myth doesn't get told again.
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>  "The Navy" _The New York Herald_, (New York, NY) Friday, August 21,
> 1863; p 1, col E
> "There are three large iceboxes in the vessel, which are capable of
> containing
> about thirty tons of ice, besides stowing away a large quantity of fresh
> meats, &c.
> Tanks have been placed in different parts of the vessel, which are to be
> filled with
> iced tea and coffee, and in fact everything has been done to make her
> indeed a
> "home." "
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> "News" _The Daily Miners' Register_, (Central City, CO) Tuesday, July
> 21, 1868; Issue 306; p 3, col C
> "Iced tea with a slice of lemon in it is said to be decidedly ahead of
> lager."
>
> [no title] -_Trenton State Gazette_, published as State Gazette; Date:
> 02-09-1852; Volume: VI; Issue: 1532; Page: [2]; col 3
> "Throughout the summer, ices are sold in the streets of every Russian
> town; and, not only iced
> water, iced wine, iced beer, but even iced tea is drank in immense
> quantities."
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> Bill Mullins
> Univ of TN at Knoxville, Class of 1985
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