just "going through the emotions"

[Jonathan Lighter]

And why doubt that for many people "the emotions" sounds just fine?

JL

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 5/14/2012 08:14 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> >…is what, according to Charles Barkley, the
> >Celtics have been doing in their playoff game
> >tonight against the 76ers, who they obviously
> >don't respect (again, according to Barkley,
> >although I tend to agree).  I assume it's a
> >blend of "going through the motions" + "playing without emotion".
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> Or the five stages of playing B-ball?
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> Joel
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