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Friday, July 02, 2004
"Public Works and Transport Minister Najib Mikati met Friday with…and a delegation of men born in 1973."
- Daily Star, Lebanon.
Doesn’t that sound like a Monty Python or "Not the Nine O'clock News" sketch?
Are there actually associations of people born in particular years?
Do they wear t-shirts that say “People Born in 1973 Rule!”?
(If so then why aren’t there associations of people with particular names – e.g. The Association of Men Called George" - or for men with moustaches, etc?).
Why would such a group meet with the Public Works and Transport Minister? – "we just don't feel that the country's public works and transport accommodate people who were born in 1973; they're perfect for 72ers and 74ers but no, not for us 73ers!"
4:56 pm
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