[Ads-l] RES: Quip: Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy

[David Daniel]

Excellent article. Cool. 
DAD

Poster:       ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Quip: Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy
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The joke in the subject line is listed in =E2=80=9CThe Macmillan Dictionary=
of Quotations=E2=80=9D (1989), =E2=80=9CThe Penguin Dictionary of Modern
Humor= ous Quotations=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CThe Yale Book of
Quotations=E2=80=9D (YBQ)= . These references and others credit Groucho
Marx.

The earliest citation in the YBQ is dated 1977. The statement apparently has
been omitted in =E2=80=9CThe New Yale Book of Quotations=E2= =80=9D.

Here is a 1968 citation.

[ref] 1968, 20,000 Quips and Quotes by Evan Esar, Subject: Petting, Quote
Page 593, Doubleday, Garden City, New York. (Verified on paper) [/ref]

[Begin excerpt]
Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy.
=E2=80=94Groucho Marx
[End excerpt]

Here is a link to the new Quote Investigator article.
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2022/07/28/necking/

Feedback welcome,
Garson

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