[Ads-l] Mercy Street

[Jonathan Lighter]

Can YOU spot the verbal anachronisms in this week's episode?

Someone seeks "job placements for former slaves."

A patient is placed in a room with the word "Isolation" on the door.

"He...never even grac[ed] me with eye contact."

JL





On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 6:16 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> _Supergirl_ is better.
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> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
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> > > some of which caused my wife to LOL
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> > She's not alone in her reaction!
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