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   Mike Easter to Michael F. Stemper   
   Re: LibreOffice spreadsheet   
   13 Sep 22 15:39:43   
   
   From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Michael F. Stemper wrote:   
   > What do I have to do to get it to stop messing with my perfectly   
   > cromulent text?   
      
      
   > "Lisa the Iconoclast" is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season   
   > of the American animated television series The Simpsons   
      
   > The episode features two neologisms: embiggen and cromulent.   
      
   > The Springfield town motto is "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest   
   > man." Schoolteacher Edna Krabappel comments that she had never heard   
   > the word embiggen until she moved to Springfield. Miss Hoover,   
   > another teacher, replies, "I don't know why; it's a perfectly   
   > cromulent word." Later in the episode, while talking about Homer's   
   > audition for the role of town crier, Principal Skinner states, "He's   
   > embiggened that role with his cromulent performance."   
      
      
      
      
      
   --   
   Mike Easter   
      
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