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From: colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: nonsense line
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Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 12:56:58 EST
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> From _The Comics_, by Jerry Robinson, p. 229:
>   _Our Boarding House_, later to star the bombastic, stuffed-shirt
> Major Hoople, was created by Gene Ahern in 1921 with the _Squirrel Cage_
> as the top.  NOV SHMOZ KA POP, a nonsense line that was widely parroted,
> originated in the _Squirrel Cage_.

What do you mean, "nonsense line"?  I'll bet somebody on the Net can
identify both the language and the meaning.

A tougher one is "NOTARY SOJAC," from _Smokey Stover._ I'll bet nobody
figures that one out!


	Captain Buffalo: "You see, Tommy ... When a freak laboratory accident
	  made Mudman what he is today, something happened to his mind as well.
	  He's not evil, he's sick!"
	Tommy Thrush: "Does that mean he can be cured?"
	Captain Buffalo: "Well ... probably not."
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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