mistress-minds

[Jonathan Lighter]

1. Seen her long-form birth certificate?

2. Quick! *Where* was she born?  You don't know, do you?

3. Citizenship papers? Never heard of any.

4. And have you ever, ever, seen anyone step forward to swear they knew her
in college? Or even grade-school?

JL



On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> >>Mr. Obama. Mrs. Obama.
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> >>Who is she really?
> >
> > Surely it's "who are they really"? Â (And I'm brought to contrasting
> > "Two heads are ..." vs. "Too many cooks".)
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> FWIW, I see it Jon's way.
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