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usonian

(24,745 posts)

5. I am concerned that it's 2 real time weeks.

Reply to Hugin (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 12:19 AM

Saturday

About a microsecond on the BAS clock.

He's raving mad. He'll need some adult in the Praetorian Guard to deal appropriately with "The Greatest Man in the World"

By James Thurber.

https://loa-shared.s3.amazonaws.com/static/pdf/Thurber_Greatest_Man.pdf

Charles K. L. Brand, secretary to the Mayor of New York City, happened to be standing nearest Smurch ... Brand, a tall, powerfully built man, once a tackle at Rutgers, stepped forward, seized the greatest man in the world by his left shoulder and the seat of his pants, and pushed him out the window.

"My God, he's fallen out the window!" cried a quick-witted editor.