AtDtDA(34): When They Got Going Again ...

[Dave Monroe]

On 6/24/08, David Payne <dpayne1912 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 (15:02:10 -0500), Dave Monroe (against.the.dave at gmail.com) wrote:
> > "ancient proverb"
> >
> > ?
>
> 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:
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> * 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?

Thanks.  Yeah, I was wondering if there was some standard way of
putting that that I simply couldn't flog out of my memory ...