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Smart Talk SMART TALK By Dr. Les Terse
WHOLE HOST: Fatuous politicians like to refer to a whole host of causes for that cost overrun. Underbelly, Texas, mayor Luke Johnson claimed that a whole host of reasons led to his brother Clayotn being hired as town constable.
This begs a question: How many would make half a host?
My dad used to do some ranching nearby, outside of Overback. He loved to ask me how much hay you’d have in half a stack. And what might be the proper length of a whole piece of string.
That’s probably why I’m in practice today at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired, helping patients remember to avoid redundancy and say host.
Incidentally, the best book on American politics is Survival of the Specious, by our own Dr. Shirley Glibb.
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