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Re: was Mirrors, now DOH!

To: piperbill@isp01.net, spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: was Mirrors, now DOH!
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 12:57:31 EDT
In a message dated 8/14/02 11:10:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
piperbill@isp01.net writes:


> The current "Simpsons-fed" generation learned 'Doh' from that show... I
> guess it's a modern contraction of 'Duh' and 'Oh'.  Can't wait for the next
> variation...  ;-)

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They may have, but the Simpsons got it from Laurel and Hardy.  The actor 
named Jimmy Finlayson would say it in frustration in almost every film he 
made with "the boys."  Before that, the films were silent, so that is 
probably where it started.

Allen Hefner
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