"If your mother says she loves you...."

[Jonathan Lighter]

Clarence Page of the _Chicago Tribune_ on CNN's _Reliable Sources_ just now:

  "I've got that Chicago skepticism: 'If your mother says she loves you, check it out.'"

  Nearly 900 raw Googlits. Google Books has an ex. from 1983.

  JL


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