[Ads-l] rent-free in your head

[Jonathan Lighter]

That 1993 date is correctly "Jan. 10."

JL

On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 7:57 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> For several months (or a year) I've been hearing the phrase "[Politician
> beloved by millions] is living rent-free in my head [and I don't like it]."
>
> 1993 _Lima [O.] News_ (Jan. 1) 1: He has been living rent-free in my head
> for all these years and I finally got the chance to give him his eviction
> notice.
>
> 2001 _San Francisco Chronicle_ (Feb. 1) E-12: It's people living rent-free
> in your head. They are not worthy of being there.
>
> 2008 _Kitsap Sun_ (Bremerton, Wash.) (March 15) A2: He's been living
> rent-free in my head.
>
> JL
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>


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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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