Stephen Black chuckled over:
worthy of a "pullet surprise"
A good pun, but not new. A Google News Archive search traces it back at least as far as 1960: <http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iRUrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l5wFAAAAIBAJ&dq=pullet-surprise&pg=1861%2C5441837> Psychology/general relevance: Google News Archive searches, limited by date, are a fabulous research tool. One that I tried recently was a month-by-month search on the phrase "great society" from January 1964 through the early 1970s. There was fulmination about "big government" right from the start, and then a slow buildup of stories about the subversion of LBJ's ideals by the expense of the Vietnam War. Here's the search-form link so you can do some experiments of your own: <http://news.google.com/archivesearch/advanced_search>. Specifying a succession very tight date ranges can take you on a great tour through history. --David Epstein da...@neverdave.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8710 or send a blank email to leave-8710-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
