"Close, but no cigar."

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Thu Apr 7 15:25:50 UTC 2011


On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 11:13:21AM -0400, Garson O'Toole wrote:
> March 6 1930, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Page 24 has
> Close-but no cigar

Where did you find this? Any further context?

Thanks.

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