New to Python: Features
Daniel Ellison
daniel at syrinx.net
Wed Oct 6 17:07:17 EDT 2004
Jeff Shannon wrote:
> That's always been my thought. Another cliche phrase that seems to me
> to be used counter to its explicit sense is the exclamation, "Oh the
> humanity!" The context always seems to suggest that it's being used to
> imply INhumanity...
"Oh, the humanity!" is a direct quote from the radio host covering the
arrival (and subsequent demise) of the Hindenburg at New Jersey's
Lakehurst Naval Air Station in 1937. He was a bit perturbed at the time...
Dan
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