Date:  Tue, 14 May 1996 14:01:37 -0500

From:  Natalie Maynor <maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

Subject: Re: "Meanwhile, back at the ranch ...,"



> Back in my high school days, late fifties, we had a whole series of humorous,

> in a sophomoronic way, "meanwhile, back the"'s. The only one that I remember

> today is, "meanwhile back at the oasis, the Arabs were eating their dates".



> You had to be there.



I was. Jackson, Mississippi, high school graduation 1961. I remember

"meanwhile back at the oasis" well.

  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)