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Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Apr 23 20:15:07 UTC 2009


>Actually the article says that's not correct.
>
>"One debunked myth suggested the actual words were "You fish on your
>side, I fish on my side, and nobody fish in the middle."   It is
>believed the latter was a hoax believed to have been concocted by
>the late Larry Daly, the editor of The Webster Times."
>
>Who new?

Who new indeed.  It did always seem too good to be true.

LH

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