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>a glaring omission on the resumé of one of the greatest..

well, no championships--but we are talking about a 'cubbie' then.
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Normal transmission will be resumed when the participants stop speaking in tongues and address the congregation in English again.

Please accept our apologies for the lapse. It was purely unintentional, except for the deliberate bits.

And now I return you to the show ...


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Found this book again yesterday (cleaned out a cabinet), given to me by a good friend. It's called, "What's Under the Kilt?" I offer a factoid from its interior, although the cover also bears this phrase: "Warning: Do not take this book too seriously!"
DID YOU KNOW? The words of exclamation, surprise or disgust "Great Scot!" originated in America. The words refer to General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)--possibly due to his notorious fussiness and pomposity as a presidential candidate.


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Could be a short thread

A thread is only as long as the yarn.




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Another opinion:
A Browser's Dictionary, by John Ciardi, published as A Common Reader Edition by The Akadine Press, 1980, doesn't approve of the allusion of the expression "Great Scott" to Winfield Scott. A Common Reader Edition indicates that "Great Scott" is derived from the German expression "Gruess Gott!" and that it has been an Americanism only since the 19th Century. This suggests a borrowing from the greetings exchanged by German Immigrants, their cordiality contributing to the exclamatiory sense of the American adaptation. [Capital Scot advisory: Several on-line searches trying various arrangements of the terms "Gruess Gott" and "Great Scott" yielded no results. Perhaps the print media are still ahead of us on this one?]


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It is a clear sign of the dementia which attends the onrush of years that I did not remember starting this thread a year ago and wondered, when I saw it come up on Q&A, who had played what sort of trick to get my name to appear as the proto-poster.


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my name to appear as the proto-poster
Sorry, Father Steve, but I reckon you must have proto-typed it...


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who had played what sort of trick to get my name to appear as the proto-poster?

A proto-imposter.



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A thread is only as long as the yarn.

In best, faldagian nit-picking mode, grapho, I have to say that the yarn is as long as the threads brom which it is made up.




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I said:

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Normal transmission will be resumed when the participants stop speaking in tongues and address the congregation in English again.

Please accept our apologies for the lapse. It was purely unintentional, except for the deliberate bits.

And now I return you to the show ...


Clearly all of the above has now occurred. Carry on, children!


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