[78-L] Collector Sexagenerians

[Marie Lamb]

Sounds like some other candidate (I forget who it was) who was accused by an
opponent of being openly heterosexual, and of having practiced celibacy
before his marriage!  Horrors!  I don't know if the story is true, but it's
a good giggle!  Also, after Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Teddy's daughter) was
diagnosed with cancer and had a double mastectomy in her 80s, she referred
to herself as "the topless octogenarian."

Marie

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Geoffrey Wheeler <dialjazz at verizon.net>wrote:

> It’s a good thing we don’t have any “collector sexagenarians” and I’ll
> tell you why. Back in the good old days of Massachusetts politics, a
> local candidate was up for re-election but defeated by his opponent who
> labeled him a “sexagenarian.” Apparently, horrified voters thought they
> were dealing with a prevoit!
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