Maddened by Mad Men

[Jonathan Lighter]

If people would only say, "Hold down the anti-gravity space fort," all would
be groovy again.

JL

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Hunter, Lynne R CIV
> SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700 <lynne.hunter at navy.mil> wrote:
> > Wilson Follett was annoyed by "hold down the fort"
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> Needless to say.
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