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

[Bill Mullins]

Similarly inspired:

Asbury Park [NJ] Evening Press 07 June 1935: p. 8.

"The burglar who stuck his revolver in the pit of his victim's stomach and told him to hold up his hands or he would blow out his brains is a poor student of anatomy. – GRAND ISLAND (Neb.) INDEPENDENT."

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The joke in the subject line is listed in “The Macmillan Dictionary of
Quotations” (1989), “The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous
Quotations” and “The Yale Book of Quotations” (YBQ). These references
and others credit Groucho Marx.

The earliest citation in the YBQ is dated 1977. The statement
apparently has been omitted in “The New Yale Book of Quotations”.

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.
—Groucho 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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