[Ads-l] shellfish

[Laurence Horn]

> On Apr 29, 2016, at 8:21 PM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
> 
> I can imagine this as a metaphor -- ignoring the rest of the world by retreating into one's shell.
> 
> Joel

Maybe, but if would be nice if some of those types sometimes clammed up.  Whether or not their fingers are shrimpy.  

LH


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>      From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 11:09 AM
> Subject: [ADS-L] shellfish
> 
> A youthful Sanders supporter in Miami tells CNN about Trump:
> 
> "He's thinking, 'I don't care about anyone else. I care about me!' That to
> me is extremely shellfish."
> 
> Not a lapse. Google finds a good number ex. of "extremely shellfish" [sic]
> back to at least 2005.
> 
> JL
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