Oh, well

[Laurence Horn]

Wassamatta, you guys never heard of time travel?

LH

On Mar 12, 2012, at 10:23 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Even living backwards would only get them to 1926.
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> JL
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> "A person born in the US at the turn of the 20th century could expect
>> to live 49.2 years. _Their ancestor born in 2003_ could reasonably
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>> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
>> to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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