Quote about good times, women and Irish whiskey (antedating Tug McGraw 1975 April 21)

[Bill Palmer]

One is reminded of_ Cheers'_ Sam Malone telling Diane, "Leave it to you to
take some meaningless, casual sex and turn it into something sleazy"

BP
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From: "Garson O'Toole" <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:21 PM
Subject: Quote about good times, women and Irish whiskey (antedating Tug
McGraw 1975 April 21)


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> Subject:      Quote about good times, women and Irish whiskey (antedating
> Tug
>              McGraw 1975 April 21)
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> The Yale Book of Quotations has an entertaining quote from baseball
> relief pitcher Tug McGraw. Here is a cite a couple years earlier
> [TUG]:
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> Tug McGraw, Phillies' pitcher, on his $75,000 salary: "Ninety percent
> I'll spend on good times, women and Irish whiskey. The other 10% I'll
> probably waste."
>
> [TUG] 1975 April 21, Sports Illustrated, They Said It edited by Jerry
> Kirshenbaum, Page 16, Time Inc. (Sports Illustrated Vault Online, Page
> number based on digital view of full issue)
> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1089761/index.htm
>
> I searched for this when writing a blog post about the quote "Part
> went for liquor, part for women, and the rest I spent foolishly"
> (1936). This topic was discussed earlier in the ADS list.
> http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/19/gambling-women/
>
> Garson
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