"Life's a garden. Dig it."

[victor steinbok]

Actually, no--I found them looking specifically for "life's", but when
looking at snippets, they would not show up until I changed the search
pattern.

VS-)

On 7/17/10, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> You found those by craftily searching for "Life is..."  Foul!  However...
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> 1977 _N.Y. Times_ (Dec. 18): My [Christmas tree] was selected last May by
> George Newman (of Bloomin' Newman's Life Is a Garden - Dig It) [in Comus,
> Md.].
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> ProQuest gives only a fictitious page number [!] "147," though the first
> page ends with "Continued on Page 9."
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> Clearly not Section I, II, or V, if I remember my NYT.
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> JL
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> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 7:57 PM, victor steinbok
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>> GB has hits going back to 1974, although not all are readily
>> verifiable. Those clearly verifiable (full copies on-line) are
>> Vegetarian Times from 1996 (although it's "dig in" instead of "dig
>> it"). The 1988 Appalachia (Governor Sanford's favorite magazine, no
>> doubt) also appears to be authentic (although I have not verified on
>> paper). The snippet of Maryland Magazine (1976-78) does not show the
>> quote nor could I check the dates.
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>> But, unsurprisingly, the most interesting hit is for Marijuana
>> stickers from 1973 in the US Copyright Office publication. Just make
>> sure you expand to "life is" when searching.
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>> VS-)
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>> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Jonathan Lighter
>> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > 275,000 RGs.  The earliest I can find is from the widely beloved film
>> _Joe
>> > Dirt_ (2001), screenplay by David Spade and Fred Wolf.
>> > JL
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