[Ads-l] a long walk off a short pier

[Jonathan Lighter]

I heard this one in 1961 or '62.

1938 _Greenwich [Conn.] Time_ (Apr. 1, 1938) 7 [GenealogyBank]: I'll thank
you to blow away or take a long walk off a short pier.

2025
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jd-vances-latest-advice-americans-205906536.html
(Nov. 23):
The thing I'd ask of JD Vance is to take a long walk off a short pier.

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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