"It was a day like any other."

[Jonathan Lighter]

Ohhhh. Now I get it.

It would be a bigger contest because writers wouldn't be constrained by
considerations of meteorology.

JL
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:

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> No, he meant "contest".
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> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
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> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 01:58:17PM -0400, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > Assuming you really mean "context," I still don't understand the
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> > JL
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> > 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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