[maryz]

'a pain in the zorch' (a made up Hubbardism)

The "zorch"? I thought that was from an old I Love Lucy -- one where Lucy pretends a plethora of symptoms (including amnesia) to persuade Ricky to let her be in a show. Ricky finds out it's all phony and calls an old show biz pal to pretend to be a doctor. He tells Lucy it's her zorch, which might have to come out if it's not too late. Really!

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Well, OBVIOUSLY the I Love Lucy writers stole if from Ron...