suppository??
Laurence Horn
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Mon Aug 12 14:47:39 UTC 2013
On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:11 AM, David Barnhart wrote:
> From _The Independent_ [London]
>
> "On the campaign trail and addressing a Liberal Party event in the city of
> Melbourne Mr Abbott said: 'No one -- however smart, however well-educated,
> however experienced -- is the suppository of all wisdom.' Mr Abbott appeared
> to mix up the word "suppository" with the word repository."
>
Nobody in Australia can be the Suppository of All Wisdom, not when the U. S. Congress still exists.
LH
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