[Ads-l] rent-free in your head

[Laurence Horn]

Still going strong, with variations.  A comment from today’s Daily Kos column, referring to TFG’s conviction that he’s running once and forever against Obama:

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Trump’s New York apartment may only be one-third the size he claims, but it’s certain the space Obama rents inside Trump’s skull is larger than anyone can measure.

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> On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 10:27 AM Steven Losie <stevenlosie at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Very interesting, Jonathan. I'm surprised that the phrase has been around
>> that long! After doing a little bit of research myself, here are a couple
>> of earlier ones. Is Ann Landers responsible for popularizing this phrase?:
>> 
>> [begin quote]
>> Gem of the Day: Hanging on to resentment is letting someone you despise
>> live rent free in your head.
>> [end quote]
>> Source: Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, California), 8 March 1990, p.8, col.6 (
>> newspapers.com)
>> Author: Ann Landers
>> 
>> Ann Landers, of course, was a syndicated columnist, so the above quote is
>> found in many newspapers on that same day. But I cited that newspaper
>> specifically, because, about eighteen months later, someone else published
>> in that same paper cited Ann Landers specifically when recounting the
>> phrase:
>> 
>> [begin quote]
>> I thought about him again this morning when I read this "Gem of the Day" in
>> Ann Landers:
>> 
>> Hanging on to resentment is letting someone you despise live rent free in
>> your head.
>> [end quote]
>> Source: Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, California), 6 Oct 1991, p.4, col.4 (
>> newspapers.com)
>> Author: Elaine Gray (Donrey News Service)
>> 
>> I don't see any evidence that the Ann Landers quote had been reprinted in
>> the interim, so it appears to have been memorable to at least some readers.
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