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[Jonathan Lighter]

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JL

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 7:26 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=174576&messages=247&page=1&desc=yes#4234729
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> He's as mad as a box of frogs.
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> Can anyone doubt which sense of "mad" is meant?
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> JL
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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