On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:04:54 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 3/22/2017 6:01 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 16:10:18 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/20/2017 3:45 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, that one made the rounds, including one version that has our
>>>> esteemed POTUS as one of the kids.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> When did POTUS enter the language?
>>
>> 1895, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. ;)
>>
>>
> My, my. I only noticed it a couple of years ago.

SCOTUS predates it by about 10 years, IIRC.  Both were originally used as 
shortcuts for wire news services and telegraph messages.

The more you know... ;)

>>> I was going to say:
>>> I'll talk! I'll talk!
>>>
>>> But I liked that. Thanks.
>>
>> Which actually is a line from the start of the Beethoven/Schickele
>> track. :D
>>
>>
> I was thinking more: the three stooges or the Marx Brothers.

I thought so, which is why I specified. ;D



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