“I can't stand those French pancake shops. They give me the crepes.”
Paul Sloane (1950) British author and puzzle designer
Facebook post June 2019
The Jack Benny Program (Radio: 1932-1955), The Jack Benny Program (Television: 1950-1965)
“I can't stand those French pancake shops. They give me the crepes.”
Paul Sloane (1950) British author and puzzle designer
Facebook post June 2019
“I hate barbeque sauce. Little known fact about me. Can't stand it.”
Patrick Stump (1984) American musician
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wftA4-0WUBA
YouTube.com
Mark Twain book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Source: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), Ch. 43.
Source: The Adventures of Huck Finn
Context: So there ain't nothing more to write about, and I am rotten glad of it, because if I'd a knowed what a trouble it was to make a book I wouldn't a tackled it and aint't agoing to no more. But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. I been there before.