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[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of the sports journalist who spotted football manager Gordon Strachan walking past, and asked on the hop, "a quick word, Gordon?"

"Velocity."

[–] unreachable@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] banichan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] UdeRecife@literature.cafe 7 points 1 year ago

Well, he gave two of them away.

[–] palordrolap@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Relevant apocryphal story which may or may not have involved former US President Calvin Coolidge.

Given the time period depicted in the comic, I'd say the artist knew about it.

[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It's almost as funny as that old timey comic about our 20th president, "Garfield." The president who loved lasagna and would often exclaim "I hate Mondays!"