What did Liz Taylor say to the microwave?

by Roger Sutton
Aug 26, 2010 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
(Anybody besides me and Elizabeth remember that joke?) But, yes, if you are thinking about signing up for the Horn Book at Simmons, hurry because we are going to run out of spaces soon.
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Anonymous

>I still don't get it!

Posted : Sep 08, 2010 09:48

Melinda

>Hell's bells, whoops: *scholarly

Posted : Sep 05, 2010 04:37

Melinda

>What does Liz Taylor say to the microwave while it's heating her food?

'Hurry! Hurry!'

I had not heard this joke, but Google is the source of all non-scholary information.

Posted : Sep 01, 2010 03:54

Anonymous

>whirrrrrrrrr - beep

Posted : Aug 29, 2010 04:56

Moira

>I wanna know what the microwave said back.

Posted : Aug 29, 2010 01:14

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