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Hawkeye	Post subject: Don't you dare Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 10:57 pm
Joined: Tue Jan 14, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 78 Location: South Carolina	Please avoid the headline <p>"Wild about Harry."
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Re: Don't you dare Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 11:33 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	Well, we put a one-time-use-only provision on "Wild About Harry," and happily that one use was snapped up a long, long time again.<p>Speaking of which, has anybody under 30 ever even heard that expression?
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tommangan	Post subject: Re: Don't you dare Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 1:14 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 485 Location: San Jose, CA	We're actually holding some heds in reserve for when the next movies come out. It's an actual strategy: don't waste something now we're gonna need later.
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Hawkeye	Post subject: Re: Don't you dare Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 4:50 pm
Joined: Tue Jan 14, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 78 Location: South Carolina	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Bumfketeer: Speaking of which, has anybody under 30 ever even heard that expression?<hr></blockquote><p> I'm under 30, and I know of it only because I was raised on Bugs Bunny cartoons. Don't even really know what the expression means. Care to enlighten?
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SusanV	Post subject: Re: Don't you dare Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 5:03 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1399 Location: In the newsroom	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Hawkeye: <p> I'm under 30, and I know of it only because I was raised on Bugs Bunny cartoons. Don't even really know what the expression means. Care to enlighten?<hr></blockquote>There's an old song whose first lines are "I'm just wild about Harry / Harry's wild about me." Can't recall who might have sung it, though.
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nstockdale	Post subject: Re: Don't you dare Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 5:31 pm
Joined: Sat Feb 01, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 281 Location: Dallas	We used ours up on July 9, 2000: "Wild about Harry"<p>Oh, and Sept. 3, 2000: "Drew's wild about Harry"<p>Um, and Oct. 31, 2001: "Retailers are wild about Harry"<p>And maybe even just weeks ago on May 22: "Amazon.com wild about Harry Potter"<p>But not yesterday. Thank God.
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Re: Don't you dare Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 7:23 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	Son of a gun. I would never have guessed this guy wrote it...<p> I'm Just Wild About Harry<p>Composer: Eubie Blake Year Composed: 1921
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Don't you dare Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 1:14 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	Wild about Harry: Fans snap up new Potter book (Richmond Times Dispatch)<p>Just Wild About Harry (Newsday)<p>Durham goes wild about Harry (Herald Sun)<p>Kids just wild about Harry (Gary Post Tribune)<p>***Google keeps count so you don't have to.***
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