To be perfectly correct,.... as indeed we all try to be, W.C.Fields
headstone has just the date and his name, apparently the powers that be
at the cemetery(Name escapes me) took exception to the inscription he
wanted on it, which was to read :
"On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia......."
......DK
PS.
But you know what they say. "Be in bed by 11 o'clock or you should go
home."
Jeff Johnson wrote:
>
> "Not a fit night out for man nor beast"
> (W.C. Fields)
> from 'The Fatal Glass of Beer' -one of the funniest short films ever
> made
>
> Jeff Johnson
> from wonderful Ohio where it was 55deg F yesterday but we got 3.5 inches
> of rain and tonight its 22degF and blowing snow.
>
> Joe Curry wrote:
>
> > I went to Philadelphia once............ It was closed!
> >
> > (W.C. Fields)
> >
> > Beth & Ken wrote:
> > >
> > > You mean you'd go to Philadelphia or your own volition?
> > >
> >
> > --
> > "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> > -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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