The age-old maxim

[Jonathan Lighter]

I never huyrd of it either.

JL


On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 8/6/2014 07:22 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
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> >"Watch the gap" is age old if you live on Lon Gisland and don't have a
> >passport. (It's what they say on the LIRR.)
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> I didn't know that, and I grew up in NYC.
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> Wikipedia tells me the LIRR was established in 1834, a bit before the
> London Underground (1863).  I wonder when the LIRR started saying
> "Watch the gap".
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> Joel
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