"Who-shot-John"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/22/2012 03:21 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> > No relation to Haj, a.k.a. John *Robert* Ross (if I may be
> permitted a different in-joke reference--although he lives in Texas
> now, albeit 40 miles NW of the Ewings).
>
>Haj was the only "John Ross" that I could of. Hence, the reference
>went over my head.

I used "John Ross" instead of "J. R." (Ewing) because Margaret Lee
had claimed ' When I was growing up (western VA), "Who shot *John*"
meant what is today referred to as "drama." '   And to have some fun
mystifying persons on this list, even if momentarily.

Joel


>BTW, Larry, you social-site snob :-), Haj and I are Facebook-friends.

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