The publicity man. strange as it may seem, ran out of synonyms for the word colossal. So he telephoned a friend, a moving picture tycoon, and asked: “What is a synonym for colossal?” To which the moving picture tycoon is reported to have replied: “First, please, tell me-— what is a synonym?” Two Canadian soldiers stopped a civil servant in London. They pointed to an impressive building and asked what il was. He told them it was the Ministry of Information. “I thought the Ministry must be about that size,” said one, “to store up all the information they never give away.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 May 1941, Page 7
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