Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
From: chai@uiuc.edu (Ian Chai)
Subject: English
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 98 19:30:01 EST

Not only does the English Language borrow words from other languages,
it sometimes chases them down dark alleys, hits them over the head, and
goes through their pockets.
                                                -- Eddy Peters

Not only that, instead of the money, it escapes with the pocket lint.
                                                -- Don Roberts

[From Dr. Ralph Johnson's Patterns Discussion Group, as witnessed by me]