"What? Me Worry?"

[Wilson Gray]

Ben, check this one out:

<http://www.collectmad.com/collectibles/pmadaenpostbg.htm>

True, it doesn't read "What? Me worry?", only "Me worry?". But it is
clearly dated "1940."

-Wilson

On 9/27/05, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at rci.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: "What? Me Worry?"
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:12:48 -0400, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>
> >One of the links provided on Metafilter is to a button sold on Ebay
> >depicting a proto-Neuman with the text "Me Worry? Superior - 1941":
> >
> >http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=4264&si=123
>
> There's also a ton of pre-_Mad_ postcards, buttons, etc. with "Me Worry?"
> or "What - Me Worry?" offered on this site:
>
> http://www.collectmad.com/collectibles/list1.htm
>
> Unfortunately, none of these collectibles are dated, though some are
> clearly WWII-era.
>
>
> --Ben Zimmer
>


--
-Wilson Gray