Sam Hell

[Jonathan Lighter]

1974 _Village Voice_ (June 13) 4: Now what in the Sam Hell can a fusion bomb
do?

Syn. _Sam Hill_ goes back to at least 1827.


JL

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> From a friend's blog, part of an apostrophe to politicians:
>
> Before any of you tell us, we huddled masses yearning to be able to afford
> > the basics of daily living, how to live, I want to see you do it right
> now.
> > On the same salaries, or lack thereof, we folks in the trenches are
> dealing
> > with right now.
> >
> > Otherwise how in the Sam Hell can *you* decide policy for the rest of us?
> > Gentlemen and Ladies, if *you* can't do it and survive, how the Hell can
> you
> > expect us to?
> >
>
> As lagniappe, notice the apposition to "us" of "we huddled masses yearning
> to...".
>
> m a m
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