ick [Was: to bogart]

[Wilson Gray]

Who knew?1 Thanks, Larry!

-Wilson

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Laurence Horn<laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> At 8:27 PM -0400 7/16/09, Wilson Gray wrote:
>>My memory is the same as Alison's. Though I don't have much occasion
>>to drink Ovaltine, these days - is it still being manufactured, even?
>>- I actually liked the stuff a lot. I was still drinking it into my
>>mid-twenties, at the least.
>>
> It better be, since it's still advertised all over the place, at
> least on radio and TV: Â Kid's voice shouting "More Ovaltine, please!"
> The commercials assure us that "rich, chocolaty Ovaltine" is much
> healthier than that other stuff (Nestle's Quik, I assume). Â Sometimes
> they add in other ingredients too for free:
> http://www.boondockramblings.com/boondock_ramblings/2009/05/no-more-ovaltine-please-at-least-not-with-beetle-included.html
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> LH
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