funny farm
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This subtle, amiable jailbird on temporary leave to the funny farm is saner than the men around him but he’s not necessarily brighter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Literary dementia seems dated now, but there was a time when a month in the funny farm was as de rigueur for budding writers as an MFA is now.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2015
"I don't watch betting patterns and I think, if I did, I'd wind up in the funny farm."
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2012
And so on till the tension has her ready for the funny farm.
From Time Magazine Archive
I guess the police would figure me for a blithering idiot, a candidate for the funny farm, and my insurance company might have reason not to pay me after they canceled me.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau
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