Bill Snyder wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:21:52 -0800, "Mike Schilling"
> <mscottschilling@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Thomas Armagost wrote:
>>> Oh. Sorry! You were talking about scientist and essayist Stephen
>>> Jay Gould, right? There's a connection to sci-fi? Or to Jay Leno
>>> and Stephen Colbert? Jay Ward? Elliot Gould?
>>
>> Jay Gould, of who Mark Twain said "I didn't attend the funeral, but
>> I
>> sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it."
>
> Probably meant as a compliment, considering what he said about Cecil
> Rhodes.
I don't know which of those is funnier. I've used the Jay Gould one
myself (about a going-away party for an obnoxious co-worker), but "the
needle from the hypodermic" won't do it.
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