Great Northern Jerk-Off

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Mon Apr 28 19:27:03 UTC 2014


On Apr 28, 2014, at 3:15 PM, victor steinbok wrote:

> George Takei posted a snapshot of the actual newspaper headline. It only
> took a couple of clicks to find the digital version.
>
> http://www.vcnewsreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17823:great-northern-jerk-off-celebrates-20th-anniversary-with-38-entries&catid=70:conover-land-o-lakes&Itemid=138
>
> Not the first time I've seen the expression in competition -- it was used
> at least once for a Jamaican cuisine contest.
>
> VS-)
>
> PS: if anyone has a good URL shortner for Dolphin or Chrome on Android,
> please let me know. Then I won't have to post full links.

tinyurl.com returns https://tinyurl.com/kaqqlm5 for this important contest.

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