Perdue (not Frank either)

[Jonathan Lighter]

A pretty "big" tube.

Jeez I'm old.

JL

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Gee, I only thought it applied to test-tube babies.
>
> I guess they need a pretty bug tube, too....
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> JL
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>   On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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>> At 5:35 PM -0700 3/20/11, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
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>> >  >From my inbox. The spelling of "Purdue" in the subject line above
>> >was from the original.
>> >
>> >--- Begin forwarded message:
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>> >  You, who worry about democrats versus republicans--relax, here is
>> >our real problem. In a Purdue University classroom, they were
>> >discussing the qualifications to be President of the United States .
>> >It was pretty simple. The candidate must be a natural born citizen
>> >of at least 35 years of age. However, one girl in the class
>> >immediately started in on how unfair was the
>> >requirement to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was that
>> >this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming
>> >president. The class was taking it in and letting her rant, and not many
>> >jaws hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating "What
>> >makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country
>> >than one born by C-section?"
>>
>> Maybe she'd been paying too much attention in English class when they
>> read "Macbeth".
>>
>> LH
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