it doesn't behoove you

[Jonathan Lighter]

I can't tell you how long I've been hearing this. A long time.

JL

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Paul Frank <paulfrank at post.harvard.edu>wrote:

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> Overheard on NPR about two hours ago: "It doesn't behoove you to go to
> Ciudad Juárez." From the context it was clear that this didn't mean,
> "It's not your responsibility/it's not incumbent upon you to go to
> Ciudad Juárez," but rather "you'd be a damn fool to go to Ciudad
> Juárez because it's a dangerous place."
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