I dunno, Liz. You might as well ask me why I labelled The Whiz Bang an “Explosion of Pedigreed Bull.” No reason at all.
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Dear Bill—They say there are germs on money. Do you think, then, it is safe for a poor working girl to carry her salary home in her stocking?—Sadie Woolworth.
Perfectly safe, I’d say. A germ couldn’t live on a working girl’s salary.
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Betty’s Better Batter
Betty Botter bought some butter,
“But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter.
If I put it in my batter,
It will make my batter bitter.