"Nobody Shoots at Santa Claus"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:

> I don't find it before 1947, in the Chicago Trib, but I didn't check
> every possible variant.

Can you check another Smithism -- "no matter how thin you slice it, it's
still baloney"?  Searching for "thin you slice it" and "still baloney" is
probably the best search strategy.

Fred Shapiro


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