[Ads-l] like a fat guy

[Dave Hause]

Again proving the semi-literacy of sportswriters, as Galileo showed in 1589 
that heavy things fall at the same speed as  (relatively) light things.
Dave Hause
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jonathan Lighter
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 2:39 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: like a fat guy

Rick Reilly, sportswriter, CNN:

"His numbers are falling like a fat guy on a water slide."

JL

-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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