unintentional

[Jonathan Lighter]

OK, so the 9/11 terrorists were "cowards" and the victims were "heroes."
Of course, the first responders were heroes too.

Inglish marches on.

JL

On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Garson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Bonnie Taylor-Blake wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >>> 9. Tennis commentator: "One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is
> >>> that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses
> >>> them... Oh my God, what have I just said?"
> >
> > That one goes back to at least 1954.  I found the Walter Winchell
> > sighting a few years ago and passed it along to David Mikkelson, who
> > includes it in his analysis,
> >
> > http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/kissballs.asp
>
> Excellent Bonnie. The following cite for the first two items is much
> later, 2002. But I am posting it because it earlier than the date
> given in the introductory description:
>
> [Begin excerpt from Victor's post of G+ post]
> > Top 9 Comments made by commentators at the 2004 Olympics
> [End Excerpt]
>
> Newsgroups: alt.hi.are.you.cute
> From: camlawn... at aol.com (Camster)
> Date: 20 Sep 2002 16:00:21 GMT
> Local: Fri, Sep 20 2002 12:00 pm
> Subject: Things that sound dirty but arent
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.hi.are.you.cute/msg/af3080850d994236
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> 1. Weightlifting commentator at the Olympic Snatch and Jerk Event: "This is
> Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her
> warm up and it was amazing."
>
> 2. Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator: "This is really a lovely horse
> and I
> speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother."
> [End excerpt]
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