# Not to forget Miss Whatshername

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 22 Feb 1999*

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### Peter Stephenson
*22 Feb 1999, 09:51*

>> Charles Dye wrote:
>> " Because I could not stop for Death,
>>   He kindly stopped for me; 
>>   The carriage held but just ourselves 
>>   And immortality. 

> Nope, it's actually a little-known verse of the Coca-Cola theme
> song, the one you hear on TV around Christmastime.

Isn't it associated with the London department store Dickens 'n' Jones?  It
goes with their famous advertising lines:

  My shop closed twice before it closed;
  It yet remains to see
  If opening hours unveil
  A Sale Event for me.

Have we milked this one dry yet?

corncrake

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