"The dog ate my ..."

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> And the five-star "origin" of the dogs-eating-homework tale is right here:
> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091002114825AASeP2Y
>

When, ca. 1981, the student showed up at the circ desk with a mangled
mess in her hand, she explained,

"My dog ate this library book,"

The evidence adduced in support of this claim seemed irrefutable.

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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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