New proverb identifies beauty's source

[Jonathan Lighter]

Impressive as always, Garson!

JL


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 12:26 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:

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> The "Access World News" database has a match in 1990.
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> Date: 1990 May 27
> Title: WIDE-BEACH WILDWOODS AIMING FOR TOURISM WAVES
> Newspaper: The Morning Call
> Location of newspaper: Allentown, PA
> Author: RANDY KRAFT, The Morning Call
> Database: NewsBank Access World News
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> [Begin excerpt]
> A T-shirt in one of its shop windows stated: "Wildwood: If you're not
> wasted, the day is." Another depicts Calvin and Hobbs, both
> intoxicated, with the phrase: " Beauty is in the eye of the beer
> holder."
> [End excerpt]
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> Regarding my previous post, Barry gives "Beer Games 2, Revised" a 1995
> date instead of 1994. There are conflicting indicators in the book
> images. (Now it has been antedated, I think.)
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> Garson
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> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 12:09 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
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> > Barry Popik has an entry for "Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder"
> > which I missed, Sorry.
> >
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> http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/beauty_is_in_the_eye_of_the_beerholder
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> > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:52 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole
> > <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> Thanks JL. There is a 1994 instance visible using Amazon Look Inside.
> >> The natural place to look is Usenet, but now I do not know how to do a
> >> global search in that repository.
> >>
> >> Chronological search in the database of the "Wayback Machine" would be
> >> fantastic. But I guess the Internet Archive does not have adequate
> >> funding.
> >>
> >> Year: 1994
> >> Title: Beer Games 2, Revised: The Exploitative Sequel (Paperback)
> >> Authors: Andy Griscom, Ben Rand, Scott Johnston, and Michael Balay
> >> Quote Page: 72
> >> Publisher: Mustang Publishing, Memphis, Tennessee
> >> (Verified with Amazon Look Inside)
> >>
> >> [Begin excerpt]
> >> Remember, our motto is "Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder," and
> >> you, our customer with disposable income, is our top priority.
> >> [End excerpt]
> >>
> >> Garson
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> >> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>> Antedating:
> >>>
> >>> That should have been "Jan. 18, 1998."
> >>>
> >>> JL
> >>>
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> >>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> >>> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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> >>>> "Beauty," they say, "is in the eye of the beer-holder."
> >>>>
> >>>> And they've been saying it at least since Jan. 19, 1998, when it
> appeared
> >>>> as one of a number of "Bumper Stickers" reported by _European Stars
> and
> >>>> Stripes_  (Darmstadt, Hesse) p.7 (NewspArch calls it p. "55" for some
> >>>> reason: prob. it's p. 7 of the Sunday feature section).
> >>>>
> >>>> Not in YBQ or DMP. Apparently.
> >>>>
> >>>> JL
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