[Ads-l] No = 'yes; truly'

[Dan Goncharoff]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3QgxmiBfNY

DanG

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 8:17 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Am starting to feel from the depths of memory that this use of "No!" has
> long been common among standup comedians, though I can't prove it with exx.
> and don't know why it should be so.
>
> Well, here's one example:
>
> INSULT COMIC:  I'd love to beat Oprah. I know her *weakness.*
>
> AUDIENCE:  [Cheers].
>
> COMIC:  No, no. I know her weakness.
>
> JL
>
> JL
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Jim Parish <jparish at siue.edu> wrote:
>
> > And Taylor.
> >
> > Jim Parish
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/5/2018 1:03 PM, W Brewer wrote:
> >
> >> Seems like FDR turned out to be president-for-life. Oh, yeah, Lincoln,
> >> too;
> >> Garfield, McKinley, JFK; Harrison & Harding.
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> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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