"It was a day like any other."

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Mon Aug 10 17:58:17 UTC 2009


Assuming you really mean "context," I still don't understand the question.

JL

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 8/10/2009 12:10 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Possibly second only to "It was a dark and stormy night" as an ominous
> >cliche, and certainly far more ironic.
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> But does it have its own contest?
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> Joel
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