AtDtDA(34): When They Got Going Again ...
David Payne
dpayne1912 at hotmail.com
Tue Jun 24 00:21:07 CDT 2008
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 (15:02:10 -0500), Dave Monroe (against.the.dave at gmail.com) wrote:
> "ancient proverb"
>
> ?
Anyone answer this? Cuz I'm stumpid.
>From the text, Reef (presumably) sez, "'It's still summer ain't it? When the king's around, there's suckers in town, you never heard that? ancient proverb.'"
Presumably, Reef is literally thinking that the presence of the king will draw yokels from whom he can win gambling money.
But the actual proverb? Perhaps:
* A sucker is born every minute (every crowd has its silver lining)?
* The emperor has no clothes?
* If a house could be built by a loud voice, an ass would build two houses a day?
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