[Ads-l] Pogo on intelligent life in the universe

Mark Mandel thnidu at GMAIL.COM
Sun Feb 19 13:10:49 UTC 2017


Sorry about the name mixup, Garson. Fixed now, and I've added QI as a
second reference.

Mark

On Feb 19, 2017 1:55 AM, "ADSGarson O'Toole" <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Mark Mandel wrote:
> > I've just updated the Wikiquote article
> > <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walt_Kelly#Porky_Pine> with the correct
> text
> > and a reference to the 1959 original, with credit and link to Garson's
> post
> > here.
>
> Thanks for your thoughtfulness Mark. Wikiquote/Wikipedia guidelines
> (as I interpret them) specify that I should not make changes to the
> public facing Wikiquote/Wikipedia webpages; nor should I add links
> pointing to the Quote Investigator website although other volunteer
> editors are free to add them and many exist.
>
> The QI website now has an article on the Pogo quotation concerning
> extraterrestrials:
>
> Pogo Comic on Extraterrestrials: Either Way, It’s a Mighty Soberin’ Thought
> http://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/02/18/space/
>
> If you participated in a Pogo thread then you are listed in the
> acknowledgement section.
>
> There are very few Garsons in the world so confusing Garson Kanin and
> Garson O'Toole is understandable, Mark.
>
> Feedback welcome,
> Garson
>
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