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From: Peter Chubb,x114,6982322,3982735
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:10
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:10
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From article <1993Jan22.143916.19750@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, by djd@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (david.j.daulton): > > BTW, is there a name for Dan Quayle's "A mind is a terrible thing to > loose"? It seems to almost be a malapropism, but I am not sure. (As for > Dan's assertion that there are canals on Mars, and water and, air, and > it's in the same orbit as earth and we could live there, well I think > that's called "dumb".) Personally, I frequently loose my mind to ponder on almost anything.... What's wrong with that? Peter C.
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Newsgroups: misc.writing,misc.kids,rec.arts.books Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!basser.cs.su.oz.au!swift!suite.sw.oz.au!peterc From: peterc@suite.sw.oz.au.sw.oz.au (Peter Chubb,x114,6982322,3982735) Subject: Re: Question - what's the word for ... Organization: Softway Pty Ltd Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 23:10:17 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jan24.231017.10523@softway.sw.oz.au> Originator: peterc@suite.sw.oz.au References: <1993Jan22.143916.19750@cbfsb.cb.att.com> Sender: news@softway.sw.oz.au (Usenet) Lines: 11