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Started by Dan Hillman
Sat, 19 Dec 1992 19:20
Re: Happy birthday to me
Author: Dan Hillman
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 19:20
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 19:20
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In article <1992Dec15.154540.5811@cs.mcgill.ca> bspencer@cs.mcgill.ca (Brian SPENCER) writes: >Today's my birthday. I am a quarter century young Peeve: People who say "years young." This revolting practice should be limited to the senior citizens (OAPs) who use it in personal ads to indicate that despite the fact that they're 82 years old, they consider themselves to be a young wag. Elderly gentlemen use this as a code meaning "will wear jaunty brown hat while lifting the hem of your skirt with my cane." Elderly ladies use this to mean "will shake my breasts at you while twisting to old Chubby Checker records." Brian, you're too young to say "years young." Cut it out. GoodNews: Every person who has ever used the term "years young" will die. Now *that's* good news! d "almost forty" h -- We've replaced the fine baby Jesus we normally use with Folgers Crystals. Let's see if they notice the difference.
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