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   Message 227,228 of 227,651   
   Adam H. Kerman to David Carson   
   Re: "Kiss My Grave!" Polly Holliday dead   
   10 Sep 25 22:31:39   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   David Carson  wrote:   
   >Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:43:14 -0700, Travoltron  wrote:   
      
   >>Polly Holliday, a Sassy Waitress on the Sitcom Alice, Dies at 88   
      
   >>Kiss my grits, her character, Flo, was known to say.   
      
   >It's one of those things that a TV writer who has never spoken to a   
   >Southerner in real life would imagine a Southerner might say.   
      
   I've never met anyone, let alone a Southerner, who speaks in catch   
   phrases. This goes back to old-time radio, if not the ancient Greeks.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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