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Friday, August 25, 2023

Four Perfect Calls; or, History Rhymes

1. British PM Churchill phones Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay
on the eve of the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk: 

“I just want to find 11,780 boats...” 

 
2. Dr. Seuss hero Bartholomew Cubbins
phones King Derwin
regarding the lad's attempts to obtain dinner jackets to
accompany his new hat collection:

“I just want to find 11,780 coats...” 

 
3. Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov phones
Greek Muse Euterpe
as he prepares to compose “The Flight of the Bumblebee”: 

“I just want to find 11,780 notes...” 


4. Head of Avenel Books phones English professor Bergen Evans
asking him to assemble materials for a new dictionary:

"I just want to find 11,780 quotes..."


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