"The dog ate my ..."

[Jonathan Lighter]

And the five-star "origin" of the dogs-eating-homework tale is right here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091002114825AASeP2Y

Someone here traced it back to Feb., 1962.  I tried but can't better it.

I remember it from high school, probably in '63 or '64. It struck me as
hilarious.

JL



On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Latest excuse - "The dog ate my diamonds."  See probably many sites,
> two hours ago, including
> http://www.newsmax.com/US/georgia-dog-eats-diamonds/2011/08/24/id/408480
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> I see, however, that this is dog redux -- or perhaps reflux?  From
> which end of the 2011 dog were the diamonds recovered? -- since there
> was a similar but potentially twice as costly incident in January 2010:
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> http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/jewelers-dog-eats-20000-diamond-031110
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> Joel
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