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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.jokes.d
Subject: Re: George Bernard Shaw quote/comeback
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Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 12:45:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  3 12:45:00 1984
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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