Philadelphia Story 2

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yes, I also heard it in 1960. Mine was supposedly the answer given by "little Johnny" when asked by his teacher to "use Euripides or Eumenides in a sentence."


JL

Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM> wrote:
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On Apr 4, 2005, at 9:37 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> "Euripides pants, Eumenides pants ! "
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> JL
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A version from ca. 1960:

"Exchange overheard in a Greek haberdashery:

"Tailor. Euripides?

"Patron: Yes. Eumenides?"

-Wilson Gray

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> A TEACHER'S JOYS
> A Philadelphia school-teacher tells this story:
> "Last week I was teaching a spelling lesson to a class of little
> second-graders. The word 'each' occurred, was written on the board,
> and from
> it I expected to derive 'peach,' 'reach,' 'teach,' etc. Pointing at the
> word, I said, 'Can any child give a sentence using "each"?'
> "A hand was unhesitatingly thrust up and a little German girl replied,
> 'Does
> your back each?'"
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> -- 'That Reminds Me', George W. Jacobs & Co, Philadelphia, October
> 1905, 18
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