[Ads-l] healthier, n.

[Jonathan Lighter]

>From the movie "All About Steve" (2009):

"A world that doesn't always embrace unique."

JL

On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 8:26 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> 1991 G. W. Bush (widely quoted): They were on us like ugly on an ape.
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> 1993 Yusef Komenyakaa _Neon Vernacular_ [Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan U. P.]
> 8: God don't like ugly.
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> 2015 National Geographic Channel series:   The Science of Stupid.
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> JL
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> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 6:33 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > "When you're living with diabetes, steady is exciting. Glucerna."
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> > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
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> > > "Beneful. Healthy with a side of happy."
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> > > Registration details:
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> https://trademarks.justia.com/863/74/healthy-with-a-side-of-86374685.html
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> > > JL
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> > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
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> > > > http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=157882&messages=12
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> > > > "How can you defend against stupid?"
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> > > > JL
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> > > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
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> > > > > Memorable moments stick in the memory.
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> > > > > JL
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> > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:41 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com>
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> > > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
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> > > > > > > Another ex. of a trend in usage that begins imperceptibly, then
> > > > > suddenly
> > > > > > > seems brand-new  a century later.
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> > > > > > It's a saying that I'e known since childhood. I was lucky to be
> > able
> > > to
> > > > > > back it up with more than, "I saw it as a graffito scribbled onto
> > the
> > > > > wall
> > > > > > of a mess hall at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, in November of
> > 1959," a
> > > > > claim
> > > > > > that was ridiculed by someone here at ADS-L in a discussion of,
> > > "There
> > > > is
> > > > > > no gravity, the earth sucks."
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > -Wilson
> > > > > > -----
> > > > > > All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange
> > complaint
> > > to
> > > > > > come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> > > > > > -Mark Twain
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