[Huck]

Someone, somewhere said anyything you can think of in almost any imaginable variation, at some point. I'm sure someone said that once.

Mencken said something to that effect, but I don't have the quote handy.

[beyond the sea]

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. ........... Mencken said something to that effect, but I don't have the quote handy.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

Oh ...... that's not it.

;-)