Quote:
Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
.....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. Quoted from The Little, Brown Book Of Anecdotes (1985), ed. by Clifton Fadiman.
|
Wow! I said the very same thing to my sister-in-law 15 years ago (it was the last time we spoke together
) and I never even realized I was quoting someone!
Stitchawl