traveler = 'Communist sympathizer'

[Jonathan Lighter]

Watch out especially for The Travelers Indemnity Company and their
oh-so-subtle red umbrella.

JL

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 3/2/2011 08:12 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >By re-analysis of "fellow traveler":
> >
> >2009 _IMDb_ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052600/usercomments?filter=hate:
> >A Great Film For A Traveler, Otherwise Just a Curiosity ...  If you read
> who
> >the reviewers are and where they live it gives you a better clue on who
> >would totally love this film, I have to think they are travelers, it's all
> >good, but I'm just saying....it was good, but not great. Then again, I'm
> not
> >a traveler (I joined the military to help protect the USA from Soviet
> >aggressions in the 1980's) so take that into account.
>
> Another word/phrase taken from me, like "gay" (as in "The Gay
> Widow")!  Can I no longer refer to someone who accompanied me on a
> trip as a "fellow traveler"?  Or even to someone who ... uhm,
> excursed, as  just "a traveler"?  :-(
>
> Joel
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