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To: hosepipe
J.T. Barnum recounts.. "a sucker is born every minute"

You realize, of course, that quote is falsely attributed to P.T. Barnum. He didn't say that.

738 posted on 05/09/2005 2:21:10 PM PDT by Liberal Classic (No better friend, no worse enemy. Semper Fi.)
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To: Liberal Classic
Yeah, but maybe J. T. Barnum did.

Interestingly, it's not well known that a major scientific undertaking in the early to middle years of the 19th century was isolating the sucker reproduction rate.

739 posted on 05/09/2005 2:32:25 PM PDT by Gumlegs
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To: Liberal Classic
J.T. Barnum recounts.. "a sucker is born every minute"

You realize, of course, that quote is falsely attributed to P.T. Barnum. He didn't say that.

 
well..........
 
just who WAS it then???
 
JT  or PT?????
 
or maybe ET??

747 posted on 05/09/2005 5:43:25 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: Liberal Classic
[ You realize, of course, that quote is falsely attributed to P.T. Barnum. He didn't say that. ]

Alrighty then...
"A sucker is born every minute" -Bwahny Fwank...

748 posted on 05/09/2005 8:43:53 PM PDT by hosepipe (This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
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