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[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/21/2012 12:23 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>The TV (cable) preview for Seven Psychopaths uses the line "Someone's
>about to lose their shitzu".

The reviewer, after seeing the preview, suffered intense intestinal discomfort?

Joel


>http://goo.gl/fyHT3
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>The official trailer uses the line "One Shih tzu... Seven Psychopaths".
>
>http://goo.gl/jDZg6
>
>Reminds me of some comedian's coinage of "shitsy bitsy" for a small
>yapping dog (originally some time in the 1990s -- I keep wondering if it
>was Molly Ivins, but I can't find any references besides the one below).
>
>http://goo.gl/abBga
>>Hawaii will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at a charity event
>>aimed at raising enough money to convert Alaska into a larger, more
>>verile Rhode Island to replace the lame-o shitsy-bitsy one we lost.
>
>      VS-)
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