[Ads-l] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...

Joel Berson berson at ATT.NET
Wed Sep 23 17:36:09 UTC 2015


The interviewee didn't go on to the "too crowded" saying, but the two are certainly consistent!  Just another challenge to the quote verifiers -- was it the same restaurant?

JSB

      From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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> On Sep 23, 2015, at 1:10 PM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
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> everybody was talking too much."

Was that taking place in the restaurant that's too crowded, so nobody goes there anymore?

LH
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> I predict there will be many challenges to the quote verifiers during the coming days.
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