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THE IDLE AMERICAN: Did they really say that?

THE IDLE AMERICAN: Did they really say that?
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Maybe folks started listening for “goofs” when radio became a luxury during the Great Depression. (Until then, I suppose they occurred most often in simple, face-to-face communication, or maybe with megaphones.) For the longest time, Harry von Zell’s alleged foul-up — purportedly heard from sea t...

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