New proverb identifies beauty's source

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The "Access World News" database has a match in 1990.

Date: 1990 May 27
Title: WIDE-BEACH WILDWOODS AIMING FOR TOURISM WAVES
Newspaper: The Morning Call
Location of newspaper: Allentown, PA
Author: RANDY KRAFT, The Morning Call
Database: NewsBank Access World News

[Begin excerpt]
A T-shirt in one of its shop windows stated: "Wildwood: If you're not
wasted, the day is." Another depicts Calvin and Hobbs, both
intoxicated, with the phrase: " Beauty is in the eye of the beer
holder."
[End excerpt]

Regarding my previous post, Barry gives "Beer Games 2, Revised" a 1995
date instead of 1994. There are conflicting indicators in the book
images. (Now it has been antedated, I think.)

Garson

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 12:09 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
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> Barry Popik has an entry for "Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder"
> which I missed, Sorry.
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> http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/beauty_is_in_the_eye_of_the_beerholder
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> 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)
>>
>> [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."
>>>
>>> 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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