Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!uwvax!unni From: unni@uwvax.UUCP (Shankar Unni) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.jokes Subject: Re: George Bernard Shaw quote/comeback Message-ID: <69@uwvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 18:15:40 EST Article-I.D.: uwvax.69 Posted: Wed Nov 28 18:15:40 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 07:10:24 EST References: <973@aecom.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 15 Xref: godot net.nlang:623 net.jokes:3407 > > 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. --- Shankar Unni. ..!{ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|seismo}!uwvax!unni