New proverb identifies beauty's source

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Barry Popik has an entry for "Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder"
which I missed, Sorry.

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/beauty_is_in_the_eye_of_the_beerholder

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:52 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole
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> Thanks JL. There is a 1994 instance visible using Amazon Look Inside.
> The natural place to look is Usenet, but now I do not know how to do a
> global search in that repository.
>
> Chronological search in the database of the "Wayback Machine" would be
> fantastic. But I guess the Internet Archive does not have adequate
> funding.
>
> Year: 1994
> Title: Beer Games 2, Revised: The Exploitative Sequel (Paperback)
> Authors: Andy Griscom, Ben Rand, Scott Johnston, and Michael Balay
> Quote Page: 72
> Publisher: Mustang Publishing, Memphis, Tennessee
> (Verified with Amazon Look Inside)
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> [Begin excerpt]
> Remember, our motto is "Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder," and
> you, our customer with disposable income, is our top priority.
> [End excerpt]
>
> Garson
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> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Antedating:
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>> That should have been "Jan. 18, 1998."
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>> JL
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>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Jonathan Lighter
>> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> "Beauty," they say, "is in the eye of the beer-holder."
>>>
>>> And they've been saying it at least since Jan. 19, 1998, when it appeared
>>> as one of a number of "Bumper Stickers" reported by _European Stars and
>>> Stripes_  (Darmstadt, Hesse) p.7 (NewspArch calls it p. "55" for some
>>> reason: prob. it's p. 7 of the Sunday feature section).
>>>
>>> Not in YBQ or DMP. Apparently.
>>>
>>> JL
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