Anthony Bourdain Quote

[Jonathan Lighter]

Now why didn't I think of that?

I know. Because "Napoleon's mules" and "Frederick's horse" imply ownership.

Misled by my own unconscious prejudices. Sheesh.

JL

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 1/16/2013 07:42 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >I like it!
> >
> >It was also said of Frederick the Great's horse.
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> >I wonder if Magellan had a cat on board.
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> Magellan's (or Cook's, if you prefer) rats had seen the world, and
> populated it, but they were still rats.  [The "and populated it" is
> optional.]
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> Joel
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> >JL
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> >On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Dave Hause <dwhause at cablemo.net> wrote:
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> > > The obvious reposte would seem to be, "Napolean's mules had seen a
> hundred
> > > campaigns but they were still mules."
> > > Dave Hause, dwhause at cablemo.net
> > > Waynesville, MO
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > > Bourdain is in a current TV promo intoning, "Someone once said, 'Don't
> tell
> > > me what a man knows; tell me where he's been.'"  He goes on to say how
> much
> > > he enjoys sharing a pipe with a shaman.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I can't find any evidence that anyone other than Bourdain
> himself
> > > ever made that sententious and not very persuasive claim (what if
> you've
> > > been everywhere and you're still a fool?).
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