Antedating of B.Y.O.L. (1919)

[Sam Clements]

As usual, I got the idea to look at this by reading Barry's site. 


1919 _Des Moines(IA) Daily News_   15 June, p.3(Newspaper Archive)
   Ashton Clemens has a new joke which he confessed is not original, but good.  Do you know what the new "P.S." will be on formal invitations, instead of "R.S.V.P.," after July 1, he asks.  His answer is "B.Y.O.L.," which means, "bring your own liquor."

There is a similar story in an Eau Claire paper in 1920 which involves invitations, RSVP and BYOL.

Sam Clements
 

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