Word: whatchamacallem
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...said to be the descendant of 14 generations of English aristocrats. She is austerely beautiful, witty and devilishly good at poetry (when the tapes are transcribed, the documents are dotted with the notation: "Poetry deleted"). Crazed, yes; contemptuous of the rest of humanity, yes. But a parody of Whatchamacallem? Hardly...
...Ford's chameleon-like moods, one element is constant: his blunt-spoken manner. The standout example is a statement given to Booton Herndon, author of an adulatory biography. During one luncheon interview, Ford announced that he had written "a whatchamacallem ?a preface" and handed it to Herndon, who published it as a passage in the book. Its text: "I'm not interested in this damn book. I'm only cooperating because I've been asked to. I don't care if anybody reads it or not. [Signed] Henry Ford...
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