quotable

[Jonathan Lighter]

So "Spike Milligan" may be no more than a media construct, with no real
existence....

JL

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>wrote:

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> No, I think that's a Woody Allenism (YBQ 1975) that the Scotsman confusedly
> attributed to Spike Milligan in 2002.
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> Fred Shapiro
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> YBQ offers one quote from British writer and comedian Spike Milligan, which
> it then explains he swiped from somebody else.
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> I trust this one was entirely original, however: "I don't mind dying. I
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> don't want to be there when it happens."
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> http://news.scotsman.com/spikemilligan/I-dont-mind-dying-.2306177.jp
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