[Ads-l] metaphor of the day

[Jonathan Lighter]

https://www.quora.com  (Aug. 19):
"One German pilot said that that trying to attack a B-17 formation from
behind 'was like trying to make love to a porcupine that is on fire.'"

JL
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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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