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From: unni@uwvax.UUCP (Shankar Unni)
Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.jokes
Subject: Re: George Bernard Shaw quote/comeback
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Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 18:15:40 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 28 18:15:40 1984
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> 
>       An English actress (Sarah Bernhardt ?) had engaged George Bernard 
> Shaw in a conversation, and remarked that a marriage between the two of them
> would be ideal, since the children could inherit her looks and his brains.
> 
>      "Yes," replied Shaw, "but what would happen if he ended up with MY looks
> and YOUR brains."
> 

No! No!
That was Tallulah Bankhead, not Sarah Bernhardt.
And the last line was:
What if *she* (not 'he') ended up with my looks and your brains.
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Shankar Unni.		..!{ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|seismo}!uwvax!unni