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The year has come to an end, and as that happens, no doubt you will hear a few bars of this classic.

Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?

Should old acquaintance be forgot on days of all life? What is this song mean? My whole life, I don't know what this song means.

I mean, should old acquaintance be forgot?

Does that mean that we should forget old acquaintances?

It doesn't mean that if we haven't to forget them, we should remember them,

which is not possible because we already forgot him.

That is Billy Crystal in the Nora Ephron Classic when Harry met Sally.

His character, Harry Burns' question is one that more than a few of us have probably pondered

around midnight on December 31st.

Four old line sign, my dear, poor old line sign.

The lyrics of Old Lanzine pose the question.

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