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   Message 136,816 of 137,311   
   Scott Dorsey to Keith F. Lynch   
   Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid   
   18 Aug 25 20:12:02   
   
   XPost: rec.music.filk   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Keith F. Lynch  wrote:   
   >Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >> Gary McGath  wrote:   
   >>> I once had a hamburger in Hamburg.   
   >   
   >I'm reminded of _Violent Is the Word for Curly_, a 1938 Three Stooges   
   >short in which a professor says he plans to return to Hamburg on the   
   >Clipper.  Curly, mishearing it, says he never heard of a hamburger   
   >with a zipper.  It's noteworthy as containing the first-ever music   
   >video.  It can be viewed for free on YouTube.   
   >   
   >> Is the next one on the bucket list to have a frankfurter in Frankfort?   
   >   
   >Wouldn't it make more sense to have a frankfurter in Frankfurt?   
   >(Frankfurt is a city in Germany.  Frankfort is the capital of   
   >Kentucky.)   
      
   That's much farther away.  You might as well have chili in Chile if   
   you're going to do that.   
   -scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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