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[rootbeer1]

So qbear and I are driving home from the gym this evening and we pass a building in construction at Market and Steiner, which had formerly housed a paint store. We were hoping a Trader Joe's would move in, but a construction sign said it was going to be WaMu -- Washington Mutual, a bank.

"Look at that! That's lousy!" I remarked. "I was hoping something swell was going to move into that space! But it's just another bank!"

"What?" Jack said. "Lousy Swell? Where are you from -- the '40s?"

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[bearhedded.livejournal.com]

There's an "I Love Lucy" episode with that routine in it... Lucy hires Hans Conreid (an English professor, I think), to help them polish themselves up for some social event.

He says, there are two words he wants them to avoid, one of them is swell, and the other one is lousy, and they say, OK, What are the two words?

[bearhedded.livejournal.com]

Something tells me that's a line from that episode, but I don't remember for sure....

It could also be something my father said, on occasion.

Maybe both!

[(Anonymous)]

It's what Lucy says to Mr. Livermore when she's leaving the room.

[bearhedded.livejournal.com]

I've watched a lot of Lucy, but, apparently not enough!