[Ads-l] Engineering amazing

[Jonathan Lighter]

Heard within five minutes this a.m.:

"Holiday Inn. Journey to Extraordinary."

"It seems like your [GOP] party leaders are hoping for blunt. It's
bigoted they're trying to get away from."

JL

On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 7:13 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> What MacConnell said was, "Put me down in favor of boring."
>
> JL
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> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 7:00 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Mitch McConnell:
>>
>> "He said, 'It's boring.' I said, 'I prefer boring.'"
>>
>> JL
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> CNN:
>>>
>>> "And the degree of awkward is what?
>>>
>>> JL
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>  A relative speaks:
>>>>
>>>> I don't think he's a racist. I think he's paranoid! The issue isn't
>>>> racism, the issue is crazy!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> JL
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter
>>>> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>>>> Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>>>>> Subject:      Re: Engineering amazing
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>>>>>
>>>>> Heard yesterday from unrelated speakers in two different cities:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "I just like looking at the pretty."  (I.e, the prettiness of spring.)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Whatevs!  I'm just all about the fair. It's gotta be fair."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> JL
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 9:25 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>> Poster:       W Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM>
>>>>>> Subject:      Re: Engineering amazing
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>>>>>> JL: <<So-Be Elixir Orange Carrot, Pow!, amazing happens, fight the gnarly>>
>>>>>> LWB:  It's doge-speak.
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