"She gave me a newspaper and a cup of coffee and said: 'Read that.'
I patiently read a paragraph or two, then put the paper down and took a sip of coffee. 'Fun's fun,' I said, 'but right now I'd swap you all the interviews with Mayor-elect O'Brien ever printed --- and throw in the Indian picture --- for a slug of whis--'
'Not that, stupid.' She put a finger on the paper. 'That.'"
---The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett, 1933
For more, see also: Rec. #234
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