breadcrumbs

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
> That expression has become ubiquitous, but it's noteworthy that in the famous Grimm Brothers' version of "Hansel and Gretel," to which the saying presumably alludes, the trail of breadcrumbs could NOT be followed.

So, what are the facts, Charlie? Don't leave me hanging!

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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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