By Sherman Dorn on October 25, 2009
Heard on the Philadelphia International Airport intercom. Or at least the small bits I could “understand”… THIS IS A BOARDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PASSENGER GRISENSD PLEASE GO TO TRUMP ATE FERRITINOUS PAGING WE NEED YOU AT GATE WYNNEWOOD NARBUHTH ARDMORE HAVERFORD BRYN MAWR ROSEMONTCODE PHILLIES WAITING RAIN DELAY HAS WITHDRAWN FROM DANCING WITH THESTARS SEEN ELOPING IN NEXT MONTH’S […]
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By Sherman Dorn on October 25, 2009
It had instant credibility to the vast majority of readers who all probably shifted uncomfortably while reading certain passages, recognizing themselves. And the terms that came out of that project… Classroom treaties.Tell me if you don’t remember an entire class wheedling a teacher or two to change an assignment, to lower expectations a smidgen, and […]
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In no language either is there the phrase “as quiet as an airport”
By Sherman Dorn on October 25, 2009
Heard on the Philadelphia International Airport intercom. Or at least the small bits I could “understand”… THIS IS A BOARDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PASSENGER GRISENSD PLEASE GO TO TRUMP ATE FERRITINOUS PAGING WE NEED YOU AT GATE WYNNEWOOD NARBUHTH ARDMORE HAVERFORD BRYN MAWR ROSEMONTCODE PHILLIES WAITING RAIN DELAY HAS WITHDRAWN FROM DANCING WITH THESTARS SEEN ELOPING IN NEXT MONTH’S […]
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