HW: Assembled trivia -Reply

[Rudich, Robert A]

> > "this is a very heavy microphone stand ... no queen could burnish (?
> > memory fails) this"
>
> "No Queen could banish this..."

I thought he was being homophobic:

"this is a very heavy microphone stand ...
 no queen could manage this..."

i.e. only a "real" man would be strong enough to lift it...
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I haven't heard this, but within this context and the initial word guesses,
It sounds like "burnish or banish" should be "brandish."

Rudy