"You can't make this stuff up."

[Douglas G. Wilson]

On 11/3/2012 12:27 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> I associate this observation with Dave Barry, and GB alleges he used it in
> a 1987 book but won't prove it by letting me see even a snippet.
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> NewspArch reveals a genuine 1991 exx. set down by a person who is not Dave
> Barry. ....
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 From NewspArch:

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_Lethbridge [Alberta] Herald_, 10 Oct. 1979: p. 20:

<<[Title] Peering into the future is good business / .... / By PETER
SCOTT / Herald Staff Writer / .... [story about a local "psychic fair"]
.... You can't make this stuff up.>>

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 From Genealogybank:

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_Marietta [GA] Journal_, 11 Jan. 1986: p. 7C:

<<[Title] Pat stole the day's glory from the Pats / by Bill Parrillo /
Providence Journal / .... [football commentary including anecdote about
altercation between players] .... / You can't make this stuff up,
friends. Terrific theater. / .... [more story] ....>>

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-- Doug Wilson

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