[Ads-l] "What do you mean we, paleface / white man / kemo sabe?" (UNCLASSIFIED)

Wed Jun 5 23:22:15 UTC 2019

Bill Mullins wrote:
> Slightly older than 1954:
> Algona IA _Kossuth County Advance_ 27 Feb 1951 p 4 col 1
> "'We're lost,' he told the group.
> 'What do you mean WE -- you got a mouse in your pocket,' quipped Bernard Dahlhauser, another passenger in the car."

Excellent. Thanks for searching, Bill. The article now includes the
1951 citation, and you are acknowledged.
Garson

> > Ben Yagoda wrote:
> > > Another variation was a favorite comeback of my college buddy Bob Zaglin, back in the ‘70s.
> > > Me: What are we gonna do now?
> > > Zag: You got a rat in your pocket?
> >
> > The QI website has an article about the editorial 'we' with citations beginning in 1855  (Ben Zimmer is acknowledged). A "mouse in your
> > pocket" citation from 1954 was included.
> >
> > Only Monarchs, Editors, and People with Tapeworms Have the Right to Use the Editorial ‘We’
> > https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/13/we/
> >
> > Garson
> >
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