"Walk and chew gum" (1965)

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Just a re-check of "walk and chew gum." There's also "talk and chew gum"  and
more.
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_THEY  CAN'T DO BOTH_
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ientId=65882)
Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963).  Chicago, Ill.: Jul 27, 1958. p. 22 (1
page)
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As Linus, of "Peanuts" fame, well said a while back, "You can't suck your
thumb and chew gum at the same time."
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_Vegas  a Good Bet---to Coin a Phrase_
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CHARLES CHAMPLIN.  Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles,
Calif.: Jul 14, 1965. p. C8 (1 page) :
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Boone remembered his high school coach saying, "Boone is so unco-ordinated
he can't walk and chew gum at the same time." That was long ago,  evidently.
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     _Waterloo Daily Courier_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=n9tPhCVbEnaKID/6NLMW2jhy7TtEF5XbRX9LzcYYStaUNB3I6gXroA==)  _Sunday,
September 19, 1948_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="chew+gum"+and+walk+and+"same+time"+AND+date:1948-09-19)  _Waterloo,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="chew+gum"+and+walk+and+"same+time"+AND+cityid:32
008+AND+stateid:39+AND+range:1759-1967)  _Iowa_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="chew+gum"+and+walk+and+"same+time"+AND+stateid:39+AND+r
ange:1759-1967)   ... Do you  CHEW GUM while en- Don't talk AND CHEW  GUM at
the SAME TIME. but can be depended ... When a  man AND woman WALK together it
is customary for the  man to WALK on the outside. ... It gets both its WALK
AND its talk from the operator who is called the puppeteer.  That's ...

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