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[Ken Sheridan]

I have a dictionary of quotations which includes a section on telegrams. My favourite relates to a request by a journalist who was writing an article on Cary Grant and wished to include the actor's age, so he sent a cable to Grant:

HOW OLD CARY GRANT?

Grant replied:

OLD CARY GRANT FINE. HOW YOU?

 

[RonPaii]

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization of little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is to late.

Thomas Sowell

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Don't try to translate it, it's completely meaningless. The trick is to say it out loud, but it's important that the French pronunciation is absolutely correct.

Here in Cajun country, saying it correctly is a bit of an ask...

But I'm not afraid to paddle my own canoe. And we have to remember to Dance to the Music as Sly and the Family Stone say "thank you falettinme bemice elf again."