"Gravity. It's not just a good idea, it's the law."

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:02 PM -0800 1/26/06, James callan wrote:
>Gerry Mooney claims, on his website:
>"I coined this phrase in 1977, and it has gone through a number of
>iterations over the years, culminating in the full color, official
>Gravity Poster, which I published in 1986."
>
>http://www.mooneyart.com/gravity/historyof_01.html
>
>Has Fred -- or anyone -- seen an earlier version of this? Or does
>Mooney claim correctly?
>
>        James Callan
>        neologasm.com
>
cf. "OBEY THE VELAR SOFTENING LAW -- IT'S THERE FOR YOUR PROTECTION!"

--a bumper sticker, or perhaps it was just a proposed bumper sticker,
from the late 1960s.

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