OT: Youneverknow. Was "Maxim"

[Wilson Gray]

Back in the '70's, I once commented to a roommate (Ivan. Y'all know
'im, Larry and Mark, dont'cha?), "Figures don't lie, but liars sure
figure."

He was stunned, having never heard before! In fact, he even thought
that I had invented it on the spot! He was all set to go bragging to
friends about his roomie's brilliant gift of gab. Fortunately, I was
able to calm him down, before releasing him back into the wild.

OTOH, if anyone had asked me at that time who had originated it, I
would have guessed, "Mark Twain."

OT: According to the local broadshhe, when IKEA first came into the
States, they were amazed by an unexpected surge in sales of vases. It
turns out that larger-than-life Americans were buying them for use as
drinking glasses.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
–Mark Twain

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