MDMD2: The Learned English Dog

[Natália Maranca]

OED says the following:

"*day* (...) 15. Time of action, period of power or influence. Proverb. *a
(every) dog has his (a) day.
**1550 *Q. ELIZ. in Strype *Eccl. Mem. *II. xxviii. 234 Notwithstanding, as
a dog hath a day, so may I perchance have time to declare it in deeds. *1562
*J. HEYWOOD *Prov. & Epigr. *(1867) 30 But as euery man saith, a dog hath a
daie. *1602 *SHAKS. *Ham. *v. i. 315 The Cat will Mew, and Dogge will haue
his day. *1633 *B. JONSON *Tale Tub *II. i, A man has his hour, and a dog
his day. *1703 *ROWE *Ulyss. *I. i. 71 Suffer the Fools to laugh... This is
their Day. *1837 *CARLYLE *Fr. Rev. *I. i. 2 Each dog has but his day. *1841
*MIALL *Nonconf. *I. i Diplomacy has had its day, and failed. *1850 *TENNYSON
*In Mem. *Prol. v, Out little systems have their day, They have their day
and cease to be."

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Henry <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:

> A-and:
>
> Ernest P. Worrell, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099512/quotes : Did you
> hear
> the one about the three legged dog that walked into a bar and said, "I'm
> lookin' for the guy that shot my paw."
>
> HENRY MUSIKAR
> Information, Media, and Technology Consultant
>
> http://www.urdomain.us/kcuf.htm
>
>
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