Heard on "Judge Mathis":

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Wed Feb 20 23:28:47 UTC 2013


Pre-zackly.

JL

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > Like "cookin' with gas."
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> But "cook gas" isn't parallel to "smoke cigarettes/weed." Unless I'm
> missing the point. BTW, it's given rise to a minor meme, e.g.
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> http://four-pins.com/style/smoking-with-cigarettes/
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