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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "I'm going into publishing"? #153518 01/09/2006 7:08 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 In a novel I was reading, someone proclaimed that, in business school, the phrase "I'm going into publishing" meant something very specific. "Like when you came out of an exam and someone asked you how you did and you knew you blew it, you just said, 'It looks like I'm going into publishing.'" <gross assumption alert> I don't suppose we have a lot of business grads here; but has anyone ever seen or heard this before? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "I'm going into publishing"? #153519 01/09/2006 7:37 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 Quote: In a novel I was reading, someone proclaimed that, in business school, the phrase "I'm going into publishing" meant something very specific. "Like when you came out of an exam and someone asked you how you did and you knew you blew it, you just said, 'It looks like I'm going into publishing.'" <gross assumption alert> I don't suppose we have a lot of business grads here; but has anyone ever seen or heard this before? Anybody else get Google's quote of the day? One of them seems relevant to this thread. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "I'm going into publishing"? #153520 01/09/2006 11:26 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Quote: In a novel I was reading, someone proclaimed that, in business school, the phrase "I'm going into publishing" meant something very specific. "Like when you came out of an exam and someone asked you how you did and you knew you blew it, you just said, 'It looks like I'm going into publishing.'" <gross assumption alert> I don't suppose we have a lot of business grads here; but has anyone ever seen or heard this before? No, but it's clever. 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 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

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