Engineering amazing

[Jonathan Lighter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DNexGfaUVA :

"Tired sucks. Not end of a long day tired. But middle of the day,
places to go, things to do, deadlines to meet. But all I want to do is
close my eyes tired. 5-hour ENERGY fixes tired fast."

Also on TV.

JL

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Re adj. > n.
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> Michael Moore explained today that the banks are filthy rich.
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> "But filthy rich isn't good enough."
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> All of these forms may be characterized as simple (though novel)
> "being"-deletion.
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> (Apologies if someone has already suggested that.)
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> JL
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> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Ben Zimmer
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>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> > The commercial I mentioned is for Grant Thornton, management consultants.
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>> > As the words materialize on the screen, a voice tells you,
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>> > "Big doesn't win....
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>> > "Original wins.
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>> > "Fresh wins.
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>> > "Smart wins."
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>> And speaking of the opposition between "smart" and "big", there's a
>> commercial currently running for the Smart Car with a tagline
>> seemingly designed to appeal to Larry Horn: "Unbig. Uncar."
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>> http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/ad-day-smart-car-134981
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>> --bgz
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