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WT Sharpe · 09-21-2010, 10:44 PM

.....At a dinner party one evening, Shaw sat next to a pompous young bore who proved to be a mine of uninteresting information. After suffering his neighbor’s interminable monologue throughout the meal, Shaw observed, "You know, between the two of us we know all there is to know." His interlocutor was fascinated. "How is that?" he asked. "Well," replied Shaw, "you seem to know everything except that you’re a bore. And I know that!"
..........— George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright, is quoted from The Little, Brown Book Of Anecdotes (1985), ed. by Clifton Fadiman.

09-21-2010, 10:44 PM	#697
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....At a dinner party one evening, Shaw sat next to a pompous young bore who proved to be a mine of uninteresting information. After suffering his neighbor’s interminable monologue throughout the meal, Shaw observed, "You know, between the two of us we know all there is to know." His interlocutor was fascinated. "How is that?" he asked. "Well," replied Shaw, "you seem to know everything except that you’re a bore. And I know that!" ..........— George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright, is quoted from *The Little, Brown Book Of Anecdotes* (1985), ed. by Clifton Fadiman. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 09-22-2010 at 08:23 AM.