distant fireworks

J. Herzog jzog at humboldt1.com
Tue Jul 6 17:16:28 CDT 1999


>On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 calbert at pop.tiac.net wrote:
>
>> I hope to G-d that TRP is a little more sophisticated than that; I 
>> PRAY some of his readers are.

To which Paul replied:
>I believe so but occasionally one is inclined to take a bit too  literally
>Sam Goldwyn or was it Louis B. Mayer's comment that nobody ever lost money
>by underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
>
>			P.

Actually it was H.L. Mencken who made that statement. Of course he wasn't
talking about people like US, was he...

                                        J. 
                
                                                       

                                                               
                                            
                                                
                                                                            
                                      




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