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Re: nonsense line

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From: Col. G. L. Sicherman
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1986 16:39
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> NOTARY SOJAC anagrams to "JAY'S CARTOON".  I wonder who wrote Smokey Stover.
> (It also anagrams to "A COSY TROJAN" and "JARS A TYCOON", but those aren't
> very compelling.)
> -- 
> 	Jim Gillogly

Bill Holman drew "Smokey Stover." And anybody who's read "Smokey Stover"
knows enough to look for puns instead of anagrams!

	"What's up, Chief?  You look like the catfish that swallowed
	   the cannery!"	--Oops, this one's from the _Mad_ parody
	"She looks like she swallowed a cat."  --B. A. Rutledge
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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From: colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: nonsense line
Message-ID: <866@ellie.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 11:39:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  7 11:39:34 1986
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Summary: Smokey Stover - who's to blame?