[Magdalen] The Deen controversy

[Jay Weigel]

My late ex's dad, who could cuss a blue streak in private, was pretty
circumspect in front of his kids and grandkids. "Cheese and crackers got
all muddy!"

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:28 PM, M J [Mike] Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> >>>When mildly riled, he’d say “Cheese and crackers got damp, got all
> muddy on the banks of the sea shore.”  When REALLY riled, he’d say “Donner
> vetter!”<<<
>
> A nextdoor neighbor once taught childlike me, "Cod ham, stone of the
> peach! For Chrysler's sake, you make my Essex look like the dirty basket!"
> _________________________________________
> "O perplexed discomposition, O riddling
> distemper, O miserable condition of man!"
> - The Rev Mr John Donne
> (in a not-so-chipper moment)
>