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sarchasm:  sarchasm:
The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the reader who doesn't get it.
The Washington Post
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dew-cup, dew-drink: dew-cup, dew-drink:
The first ration of beer to harvest laborers.
Lost Beauties of the English Language
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Pliny the Elder described a Whale ... Pliny the Elder described a Whale called "Balaena or Whirlpool, which is so long and broad as to take up more in length and breadth than two acres of ground." This brings up again the old question:
Are the classics doomed? Our ancestors believed that four years of this sort of information would inevitably produce a President, or at least a Cabinet Member. It didn't seem to work out that way.
Will Cuppy
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