suck

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:31 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Homer-sized

The writer should have gone with the standard form of the cliche. It
would have been funny. But, "Homer-sized"? What size is "Homer-sized"?

One time, in all seriousness, a Dutch friend, motivated by the
acquisition of a pack of the then-new "king-sized" American
cigarettes, asked me, "What size is 'king-sized'?"

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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
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