The Fickle Finger of Fate

[Dan Goncharoff]

Flies on??

DanG


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Robin Hamilton <
robin.hamilton3 at virginmedia.com> wrote:

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> Subject:      Re: The Fickle Finger of Fate
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> Originally from a cancelled draft of Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat, perhaps -- the
> fickle finger writes, and having writ, moves on?
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> Robin
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> From: Jonathan Lighter
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> Some of us may associate this phrase with Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (where
> it figured in the weekly "Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award."
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> Others, more knowledgeable, believe it arose during World War II.
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> Both wrong ...
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