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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 25 Jun 2005.
Re: ASCII Art Fart for Thu, 2005 Jun 23: #2191 THE UNITED NA

Re: ASCII Art Fart for Thu, 2005 Jun 23: #2191 THE UNITED NATIONS

_.-In alt.ascii-art, Sharky wrote the following -._
> In <w11ve.18211$FP2.8732@lakeread03>, Faux_Pseudo wrote:
>
>>Personally I thought it was funny on
>>the same level as circa 1960's America when people were heard to say
>>things like "If English was good enough for Jesus then it is good
>>enough for us."  Because people don't have any knowledge of history.
>
> If you had the knowledge of history you claim "people don't", you'd
> realize that that particular phrase originated in the 1920's and not
> the 1960's. It was a response uttered by Miriam "Ma" Ferguson (first
> woman governor of Texas) during the debate over whether Spanish should
> be taught in the public school system.

I remember it from my religious studies around the time of the Second
Vatican Council when masses went from Latin to English.  

OA:

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-- 
  .-'))       fauxascii.com        ('-.  | It's a damn poor mind that
 ' ..-  .:" )               ( ":.  -.. ' | can only think of one way to
  ((,,_;'.;'   UIN=66618055  ';. ';_,,)) | spell a word.
        ((_.YIM=Faux_Pseudo :._))        | - Andrew Jackson

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Subject: Re: ASCII Art Fart for Thu, 2005 Jun 23: #2191 THE UNITED NATIONS
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