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Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

From:DOUGLAS KOLLER <laokou@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 7, 2000, 1:01
From: "John Cowan"

> "I'm glad I don't like broccoli, > because if I liked it I'd have to eat it, > and I can't *stand* it!" > > (Personally, I like broccoli. I don't expect to be President anyway.)
I once saw Quentin Crisp use this anecdote in an interview to explain why certain heterosexuals get an ambivalent queasiness about homosexuality. For broccoli, however, he used "peas" (perhaps he had delusions of running for office and didn't want to tee off the broccoli contingent).. Kou