The "nice pair" phrase reminds me of a story allegedly from the newsroom of the Ottawa Citizen, back in the 1960s. It was a time when big-city newspapers cultivated the "human touch" by doing things like publishing photos of the largest zucchini or the biggest pumpkin from local gardens. One day, a rather buxom young woman approached the harried city editor with her garden produce. Although the city editor hardly gave her a glance, all the rest of the all-male editing crew stopped working and frankly stared. She handed the editor the pear, he looked at it, astonished, and immediately grabbed his desk phone to call the photo editor. "Get up here with a camera. There's a woman here with the biggest pear I have ever seen!" Of course, the editing desk dissolved in laughter...
Those who don't remember their history are bound to do something or other...
The "nice pair" phrase reminds me of a story allegedly from the newsroom of the Ottawa Citizen, back in the 1960s. It was a time when big-city newspapers cultivated the "human touch" by doing things like publishing photos of the largest zucchini or the biggest pumpkin from local gardens. One day, a rather buxom young woman approached the harried city editor with her garden produce. Although the city editor hardly gave her a glance, all the rest of the all-male editing crew stopped working and frankly stared. She handed the editor the pear, he looked at it, astonished, and immediately grabbed his desk phone to call the photo editor. "Get up here with a camera. There's a woman here with the biggest pear I have ever seen!" Of course, the editing desk dissolved in laughter...
LOL. I guess the next time I do a double common I should use the phrase "I need to get a pair!"
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