Klarinet Archive - Posting 000072.txt from 1998/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:quote
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 22:31:18 -0500

At 04:16 PM 12/2/98 -0500, Ken Wolman wrote:
>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. He said, "Never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump."

>No, no. My favorite W. C. Fields line is his alleged definition of a
>virgin: "Under 12 and ugly...VERY ugly."
>
I like his line, "I'd rather have two girls at 21 each than one at 42."

>Is it really true that the inscription on Fields' grave reads "Frankly,
>I'd rather be in Philadelphia"?
>
"On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia" was his suggested epitaph,
but like most his final wishes, it was ignored.

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