At 12:12 AM 10/16/96 -0500, johnd wrote:

At 12:06 AM 10/16/96 -0400, you wrote:

At 09:36 AM 10/15/96 +0100, MD Price wrote:

Ryouga is an only child. In the story where Ryouga's dog Shirokiro
(horribly translated by Viz as Checkers!! in the most recent issue) has

That's not a translation, that's a Reagan joke.

Excuse me, but you're incorrect. Try the pre-presidential Richard Nixon. He
made the infamous "Checkers" speech after he was caught with his hand in
the cookie jar, so to speak...

Was it from when he was VP, or was it in the era of the 1960 Presidential
election campaign (he was VP then too)?


Jeanne Hedge


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