[Ads-l] Quip Origin: There Are More Horses' Asses Than Horses

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Great citation, Bill. Thanks for searching and sharing what you found.

No publication date or copyright date is specified  in the front
matter. Unfortunately, the metadata in the Internet Archive is
sometimes inaccurate. The book mentions “1928 flappers” and contains a
form in which the year begins with “192”. Hence, the date is
plausible.

I will probably state “circa 1928” when I can update the website after
Thanksgiving.

Garson

On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 12:50 AM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Garson found a 1931 cite, with an 1828 precursor.
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> 1928 O.U. Schweinickle The Book of a Thousand Laughs 8
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> Isn't it peculiar that there are so many more Horses Asses in the world than there are Horses?
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> https://archive.org/details/1928thebookofathousandlaughs/page/8/mode/1up?q=%22more+horses+asses%22
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