Yet another rejection from McSweeney's, just in case you'd thought I'd lost the faith. Funny how the name signed doesn't match the name of the sender (assistants do all the dirty work).
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Date: April 18, 2006 1:47:52 PM EDT (CA)
To: lists@mcsweeneys.net
Subject: lists / BOXING NICKNAMES THAT FAILED TO CATCH ON
BOXING NICKNAMES THAT FAILED TO CATCH ON
'Gentle Man-child' Jim Corbett
'Smokin' Cigarettes' Joe Frazier
'Princeton's' Naseem Hamed
'Powdered Sugar' Ray Leonard
Ray 'Steam Room' Mancini
Benny 'The Tiny Little Kitty' Paret
'Ironic' Mike Tyson
Evander 'Value Meal' Holyfield
Thomas 'Hit Me' Hearns
Hector 'Nacho Man' Camacho
Raging Bullshit
Gaseous Clay
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From: Jordan Bass
Date: June 15, 2006 7:56:51 PM EDT (CA)
Subject: RE: lists / BOXING NICKNAMES THAT FAILED TO CATCH ON
Hi Darryl,
Thanks for sending this in. I think we're gonna pass on it, but feel free to keep submitting,
Steve
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Date: April 18, 2006 1:47:52 PM EDT (CA)
To: lists@mcsweeneys.net
Subject: lists / BOXING NICKNAMES THAT FAILED TO CATCH ON
BOXING NICKNAMES THAT FAILED TO CATCH ON
'Gentle Man-child' Jim Corbett
'Smokin' Cigarettes' Joe Frazier
'Princeton's' Naseem Hamed
'Powdered Sugar' Ray Leonard
Ray 'Steam Room' Mancini
Benny 'The Tiny Little Kitty' Paret
'Ironic' Mike Tyson
Evander 'Value Meal' Holyfield
Thomas 'Hit Me' Hearns
Hector 'Nacho Man' Camacho
Raging Bullshit
Gaseous Clay
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From: Jordan Bass
Date: June 15, 2006 7:56:51 PM EDT (CA)
Subject: RE: lists / BOXING NICKNAMES THAT FAILED TO CATCH ON
Hi Darryl,
Thanks for sending this in. I think we're gonna pass on it, but feel free to keep submitting,
Steve
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