Perot's ears-quote -- . was: Re: some stuff on "jazz"

[Joel S. Berson]

Sorry :-) I didn't mean to suggest Alfred *said* that, just that he
had a similar appearance.

Joel

At 11/19/2009 09:49 AM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
>I don't know about Alfred E. Newman, but I do remember Ross Perot on
>television (it must have been a presidential debate) saying "I'm all
>ears." (i.e., he would be eagerly listening for a solution to some
>problem). And since Perot's protruding ears are a salient feature of
>his appearance, the audience found this statement very amusing. And
>IIRC, Perot did too.
>
>Gerald Cohen
>
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>Original message from Joel S. Berson, Thu 11/19/2009 8:19 AM.
>
>At 11/19/2009 08:46 AM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
> >As Ross Perot would say: "I'm all ears."
> >
> >Gerald Cohen
>
>Wasn't that Alfred E. Neuman?  Or have I been swigging from the jug too much?
>
>Joel
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