quotable

[Jonathan Lighter]

In a similar vein, YBQ has "Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?"
(_Duck Soup_).

I've heard this quoted more than once, attributed to Richard Pryor and
others, as "...your own *lyin'* eyes."

JL

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> So "Spike Milligan" may be no more than a media construct, with no real
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> JL
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> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu
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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.
> >
> > I trust this one was entirely original, however: "I don't mind dying. I
> > just
> > don't want to be there when it happens."
> >
> > http://news.scotsman.com/spikemilligan/I-dont-mind-dying-.2306177.jp
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> > JL
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