Klarinet Archive - Posting 000059.txt from 1998/12

From: Ken Wolman <Ken.Wolman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:quote
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 18:27:55 -0500

reedman@-----.com wrote:

> The only other problem, of course, is that P.T. Barnum never
> said that. I don't remember who actually did, but this attribution
> has always been incorrect.
> Neil

> W.C.Fields??

No, no. My favorite W. C. Fields line is his alleged definition of a
virgin: "Under 12 and ugly...VERY ugly."

Is it really true that the inscription on Fields' grave reads "Frankly,
I'd rather be in Philadelphia"?

Ken
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Let it come, as it will, and don't
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comfortless, so let evening come.
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