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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Five-peat (rant warning) #108974 07/29/2003 6:06 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago [rant] Newspapers are severely lacking in the creativity dept. these days, and although one could argue that's not thier gig, todays headline (in both Chi-town papers) read "Thanks for the Memories" (jeez... you could see that coming about 50 years ago...) and the sports pages read (for the fifth year in a row) "tour de Lance". C'mon... [/rant] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Five-peat (rant warning) #108975 07/29/2003 6:10 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 The Ithaca paper had "Thanks for the Memories", too. Anybody's paper didn't? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Five-peat (rant warning) #108976 07/29/2003 7:02 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >you could see that coming about 50 years ago that's prolly how long they've had the obit on file. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Five-peat (rant warning) #108977 07/30/2003 9:47 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) nancyk addict nancyk addict Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) obit on file Zackly right. Vincent Canby, who wrote Bob Hope's obit for the NY Times, has been dead for three years. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Five-peat (rant warning) #108978 07/31/2003 12:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York dead for three years How ironic! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Five-peat (rant warning) #108979 07/31/2003 12:23 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... In reply to: Zackly right. Vincent Canby, who wrote Bob Hope's obit for the NY Times, has been dead for three years. --NancyK Nancy, that bears repeating, so I did. And, AnnaS, yes, how very. And, Musick, shame to think that journalism might have become a cliche. [Too lazy this morning to go retrieve the accent--and I don't have that number thing on this laptop, so, believe me, I really have to put forth some effort to retrieve an accent.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Five-peat (rant warning) #108980 08/02/2003 12:36 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Just off the top of my head, this old editor would have considered: Lance wins the lot Lance sticks it out to win no no never mind or Hope is eternal Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Five-peat (rant warning) #108981 08/02/2003 12:39 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui "Yet again, The Yellow rose from Texas"? noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Lance wins the lot #108982 08/10/2003 12:40 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Yep but he's probably Guinevere off the road some day. Arthur any doubters? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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