What is a banquet without a jus?
(Quite a light gravy, to me and you).
When serving up nosh
It's got to sound posh...
So calling it 'jus' is just tickety-boo!
(Or: So make it a jus with a measure of rue!)
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Sounds trivial, but it's pretty telling, I think. I believe
Donald Trump is the first president since Andrew
Johnson (1865-1869) not to have had a pet of some
description at the White House. (Why am I not surprised?
Words such as affection, compassion and empathy are
words he may well have heard of, but of which I doubt
he has any personal experience.)
(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, September 24, Irish Daily Mail, Sept 25)
(Bracketed part wasn't published)
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