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Neat but not Gaudy

Posted by Grant Barrett on July 28, 2018 · Add Comment

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Chopped Liver

Posted by Grant Barrett on June 10, 2018 · Add Comment

There’s a proverb that goes “beloved children have many names.” At least, that’s true when it comes to the names we give our pets. “Fluffy” becomes “Fluffers” becomes “FluffFace” becomes “FlufferNutter, Queen of the Universe.” Speaking of the celestial, how did the top politician in California come to be named Governor Moonbeam? Plus: still more [...]
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Monkey for a Week

Posted by grantbarrett on June 1, 2013 · Add Comment

“Order in the court, the monkey wants to speak, the first one to speak is a monkey for a week!” This children’s rhyme appears in print in the 1950s, and Israel Kaplan mentions it in When I Was a Boy in Brooklyn, his take on growing up in New York in the 20s and 30s. [...]
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