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foo_bar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:56 PM
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193. I was hoping for a Wilms picture
Edited on Tue Apr-11-06 11:06 PM by foo_bar
About your sig:

So, I favour the view that the quotation is apocryphal - made up by some anonymous wag, maybe in its complete 'two-part' form, maybe not - and subsequently attributed to Franklin just because someone thought it sounded a bit like him.

http://www.ovaloffice2008.com/2005/09/word-about-benjamin-franklin.html

I doubt that you'll find a verifiable source for this old chestnut. It's not likely to be Franklin; the word "lunch" didn't come into the English language until decades after Franklin's death.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=389308

(edited out blogging self-reference)
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