"Death is nature's way of saying 'howdy'" (1983? anonymous?)

[Barry Popik]

DEATH IS NATURE'S WAY OF SAYING--7,450 Google hits
DEATH IS NATURE'S WAY OF TELLING YOU--4,740 Google hits
NATURE'S WAY OF SAYING HOWDY--375 Google hits
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Supposedly, Woody Allen said: "Death is nature's way of saying 'slow down.'"
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Supposedly, Robin Williams said: "Death is nature's way of saying 'your
table's ready.'"
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"Anonymous" is credited for: "Death is nature's way of saying 'howdy.'"
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Is the last one from Texas? There's a 1983 book in Google Books, but I can't
search it. Does Fred have it handy?
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(GOOGLE BOOKS)
 The 637 Best Things Anybody Ever
Said<http://books.google.com/books?id=nDaYyBdPZWoC&pg=PA87&dq=death+%22way+of+saying+howdy%22&ei=5zLSRuPNKpOK7ALr9MGuAQ&ie=ISO-8859-1>by
Robert Byrne - Reference - 1983
Page 87
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(GOOGLE GROUPS)
 Newsgroups: *comp.home.automation*
From: *David Reno
<dav...<http://groups.google.com/groups/unlock?msg=6b265a1e0e674081&hl=en&_done=/group/comp.home.automation/browse_thread/thread/2d2af30e7cbe3cee/6b265a1e0e674081%3Flnk%3Dst%26q%3D%2522nature%27s%2Bway%2Bof%2Bsaying%2Bhowdy%2522%26rnum%3D185%26hl%3Den>
@stlukes.com>*
Date: *1996/01/08*
Subject: *Need info on thermostat wires*

Death is *nature's way of saying `Howdy*'.
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(GOOGLE BOOKS)
<i>The Complete Idiot's Guide to Law for Small Business Owners</i>
by Stephen M. Maple
Alpha Books
2000
Pg. 184:
"Death is nature's way of saying Howdy."
--Anonymous

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