Quote: the toast of two continents

[Jonathan Lighter]

It's a very close call, and the more I think about it the harder it becomes
to decide.

"Africa and Antartica"?  How about that?

JL

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 7/19/2010 11:26 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >She knew that penguins can't offer toasts.
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> And if they did, they couldn't be eaten.  After all, someone (I
> disremember who) said that he would never eat an animal whom he had
> been introduced by.
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> P.S.:  Jon, is it the "Asia and Africa" or "Australia and Greenland"
> that sounds faux-Parker to you?  My sense is that she would not have
> said the former, but might have said the latter, knowing full well
> that Greenland was not a continent.
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> Joel
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