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8.12.04

Hic Ririte

We all need a good laugh now and then, so:

You know the old story about the housewife in her basement doing the wash? She's wearing her nightie, and she thinks, "Well hell,I might's well put this in as well," and then Being dripped on by a leaky pipe puts on Her son's football helmet; whereupon The meter reader happens to walk through And "Lady," he gravely says, "I sure hope your team wins."

The title is, of course, written in Latin and translates as 'laugh here'. It is used at points in the written manuscript of the Latin Commencement speech at Harvard so that the unlearned in the audience know when to laugh.

1 comment:

Mo said...

GO TEAM GO! Thank you.