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I plead no fault, just copied

artappraiser — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:59:08 +0000

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I plead no fault, just copied verbatim from the magazine; founder Clay Felker would be ashamed. I bet the New York Observer would have gotten it right.

I can't but help to think of

cmaukonen — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:48:17 +0000

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I can't but help to think of this. From Start Trek Original. The Omega Glory.

Kirk: There are people here over 1,000 years old.

McCoy: Survival of the fittest, because their ancestors who survived had to have a superior resistance.
Then they built up these powerful protective antibodies in the blood during the wars.
Now, if you want to destroy a civilization or a whole world, your descendants might develop a longer life.
I hardly think it's worth it.

As you have been kind enough

jollyroger — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:54:10 +0000

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As you have been kind enough to unfold to me the mysteries of the parochial school, permit me to offer you my services as yiddish correspondent--the correct usage is the alterkakerei