Date:    Mon, 11 May 1998 06:13:52 EDT
<br>From:    Bapopik <Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
<br>Subject: "Size Does Matter" (GODZILLA ads)
<br>
<br>     New York City has been invaded by Godzilla penis jokes.
<br>     On 42nd Street, they've knocked down many buildings to build new ones, in
<br>keeping with Disney's LION KING presence.  No more "hookers."  No more sleaze.
<br>And yet, when I walked there a few weeks ago to catch a bus at the Port
<br>Authority, I saw a nearly block-long billboard advertisement at the
<br>construction site.  It said something like:
<br>
<br>HE'S BIGGER THAN THIS BILLBOARD WHICH TAKES UP AN ENTIRE BLOCK, OH BOY IS HE
<br>BIG, HE'S REALLY, REALLY BIG, HE'S A BIG ONE.
<br>Size Does Matter.
<br>
<br>     So much for an improved 42nd Street.  And then, on a bus:
<br>
<br>HIS  _____ IS AS BIG AS THIS BUS.
<br>Size Does Matter.
<br>
<br>      And on a taxi:
<br>
<br>HIS _____ IS AS BIG AS THIS TAXI.
<br>Size Does Matter.
<br>
<br>     Yes, we get it.  Godzilla's big.
<br>     But does a major film studio have to push its general release movie with
<br>penis jokes?
<br>     Who started "size does matter" anyway?  A date from hell?
<br>     As I remember it, it was "size does matter" or "size matters" or "size
<br>counts."  Most frequently, it was the negative "size doesn't matter."  Often,
<br>I've heard people add "size doesn't matter, it's what you can do with it."
<br>(What you can do with it?  What are we talking about, a Swiss army knife?)
<br>     I haven't checked Nexis, but here's a Worldcat title search:
<br>
<br>1997--DOES CLASS SIZE MATTER? by Wayne Sawyer.
<br>1996--WHEN SIZE DOES MATTER: MEDIA COVERAGE OF RELIGION USING LEGALITY,
<br>EVALUATION AND GROUP SIZE AS PREDICTORS OF PROMINENCE.
<br>1995--DOES SIZE MATTER?: SAFE SUBORDINATED DEBT OF "TOO BIG TO FAIL" BANKS by
<br>Jennifer W. Ray.
<br>1994--HOW DOES SIZE OF SIBSHIP MATTER?: REVISITING FAMILY CONFIGURATION AND
<br>THE EFFECT OF FAMILY BACKGROUND ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT by Hsiang-Hui Kuo.
<br>1994--DOES FIRM SIZE MATTER?: EVIDENCE ON THE IMPACTS OF LIQUITIY CONSTRAINTS
<br>ON FIRM INVESTMENT BEHAVIOUR IN GERMANY by David B. Audretsch.
<br>1993--DID OFFICE MARKET SIZE MATTER IN THE 1980S? by Henry O. Pollakowski.
<br>1993--BLACK AND HISPANIC COUNCIL REPRESENTATION: DOES COUNCIL SIZE MATTER? by
<br>Nicholas O. Alozie.
<br>1992--DOES SIBSIZE MATTER?: THE IMPLICATIONS OF FAMILY SIZE FOR CHILDREN'S
<br>EDUCATION IN GHANA by Cynthia B. Lloyd.
<br>1990--PROBLEM HOUSING ESTATES IN BRITAIN: DOES SIZE MATTER? by Marjorie Bulos.
<br>1990--CORESIDENCE OF YOUNG ADULTS WITH THEIR PARENTS IN JAPAN: DO SIBSIZE AND
<br>BIRTH ORDER MATTER? by Hiroshi Kojima.
<br>1987--PRODUCTIVITY IN CITIES: DOES CITY SIZE MATTER? by Gerald A. Carlino.
<br>1975--A MATTER OF SIZE by Harry Homewood.
<br>
<br>     Periodical Abstracts goes to 1986 and has titles such as:
<br>
<br>"Why the ultimate size of the world's population doesn't matter" by Lester C.
<br>Thurow, TECHNOLOGY REVIEW, August/September 1986.
<br>"Does penis size matter?" by Lesley Dormen, GLAMOUR, July 1992.
<br>"Size does matter" (about penile enlargements) by Carol Saline, PHILADELPHIA
<br>MAGAZINE, October 1992.
<br>"THE SIZE OF MATTER: THE COSMOLOGICAL MILKSHAKE by Robert Ehrlich" reviewed by
<br>Robert Matthews, NEW SCIENTIST, Spt. 17, 1994.
<br>"Size does matter" by Allison Sarubin, WEIGHT WATCHERS MAGAZINE, January 1996.
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<br>"RICH BITCH" (continued)
<br>
<br>     One of my favorite VARIETY headlines is from November 15, 1989.  The
<br>online summary is "English playwright David Hare has written a letter to Frank
<br>Rich, theater critic for the 'New York Times,' assailing him for his bitter,
<br>negative reviews."  The VARIETY headline is:  "RUFFLED HARE AIRS RICH BITCH."
<br>     I remember the song "Rich Girl."  A computer check shows that Iggy Pop
<br>did a song called "Rich Bitch."  The notes indicate "Rock Music 1971-1980" and
<br>"The last ever Iggy and the Stooges show, Michigan Palace Detroit 73.74."
<br>1973?
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<br>BUFFALO WINGS (continued)
<br>
<br>     A check of the web showed nothing else important, and usenet shows only
<br>this, from rec.food.cooking, "Names: who & why," 4-8-98:
<br>
<br>     "Why are _Buffalo Wings_ from beasts that can't do vertical take-
<br>offs????"
<br>     _Buffalo wings_ are those butter-and-pepper-sauce-covered poultry parts
<br>that were born in 1964 at Frank and Teressa's Anchor Bar in Buffalo, N. Y.
<br>_Wings_ FROM the town of _Buffalo_.  The Bellissamo family owns this treasure.
<br>
<br>     John Ayto's A GOURMET'S GUIDE: FOOD & DRINK FROM A TO Z (1994) doesn't
<br>have a "Buffalo Wings" entry.  Jay Jacobs's THE EATEN WORD (1995) states "So
<br>named for their city of origin in New York state, where they were created at
<br>the Anchor Bar."  Martha Barnette's LADYFINGERS & NUN'S TUMMIES (1997) states
<br>they're "chicken wings, deep-fried and served with hot sauce and a blue-cheese
<br>(sic) dressing.  They were invented in 1964 at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New
<br>York, by owner Teressa Bellissimo..."
<br>     Invented by Teressa or Frank?  Bellissimo or Bellissamo?  With cut celery
<br>and bleu cheese or butter and pepper sauce?
<br>     It may be "well-documented,"  but as I stated at the beginning of the
<br>posting, it's not in DARE.  The secondary point is that this "John" is selling
<br>bogus information on the web--the free web address I gave was of the Anchor
<br>Bar.
<br>     I guess the "Please!" was really a backlash for "hello" and other
<br>postings.  It always happens when I post many antedates in a row.
<br>     I guess I'll wait a few days before posting "oy gevalt."
<br>