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David Perlmutter's avatar

"Toodles" makes me think of Mickey Mouse, since he sometimes uses that as a sign-off.

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Yeah, it's based on "Tout à l’heure" from the French language. It got shortened to Toodaloo (Buggs Bunny might be to thank for that), and then Toodles.

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Alison Acheson's avatar

Ha! Love the "Oops! That's been sold!!" idea. Very good, Walter.

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Walter Rhein's avatar

I once placed a novel and had a lot of fun withdrawing it from submission. I had two editors reach out to me saying they had strongly considered the manuscript. No matter how pretentious a person is, the basic psychology of "you can't have this" remains very powerful.

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Alison Acheson's avatar

True.

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