Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!eosp1!robison From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.jokes.d Subject: Re: George Bernard Shaw quote/comeback Message-ID: <1275@eosp1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 12:45:00 EST Article-I.D.: eosp1.1275 Posted: Mon Dec 3 12:45:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 19:21:47 EST References: <973@aecom.UUCP> <69@uwvax.UUCP> Reply-To: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) Distribution: net Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.nlang:2240 net.jokes.d:884 Summary: >>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. Tallulah Bankhead's brains were excellent. Many of her Bons Mots are still floating around NYC. - Toby Robison (not Robinson!) {allegra, decvax!ittvax, fisher, princeton}!eosp1!robison