Rhubarb origins and language bits from L M Boyd
Observations on stage rhubarb and its cultural echoes, from slang in Shakespearean times to modern gags. Notes include Hank Aaron and Yogi Berra banter, weight talk about Kate Smith, soldiers’ heights, love versus fight, poisonous snake lures, Howard Hughes will, farm etymology, igloo warmth, and a Weatherford address for L M Boyd.
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Yogi Berra
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