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SMART TALK by Dr. Manda Rynne
CONNIPTION FIT: Underbelly, Texas, is one of those places where people still have conniption fits.
Where folks are fluent yet of a certain age, they have conniptions.
Here at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired, we watch the gradual demise of conniption with mixed feelings. Like the whale oil lamp, it's Nineteenth Century Americana we're better off without, but it's part or our heritage. Today, our taxes buy sperm whale oil to lubricate rocket and missile guidance systems. Nothing else works as well.
Now maybe there's a good excuse to have a conniption.
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