Happy birthday Will Rogers!
November 4, 2005 8:01 AM Subscribe
Today is Will Rogers' birthday. If you don't know much about him, take a little time today. Some of his quotes are priceless.
A fool and his money are soon elected.
thank you. thank you. President Bush and Mayor Bloomberg thank you as well.
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posted by shmegegge at 8:17 AM on November 4, 2005
thank you. thank you. President Bush and Mayor Bloomberg thank you as well.
[this is good]
posted by shmegegge at 8:17 AM on November 4, 2005
I live just a few miles from the Will Rogers Shrine to the Sun, which is also his resting place.
posted by Balisong at 8:19 AM on November 4, 2005
posted by Balisong at 8:19 AM on November 4, 2005
ER.. not his resting place, but Spencer penrose and his wife...
posted by Balisong at 8:20 AM on November 4, 2005
posted by Balisong at 8:20 AM on November 4, 2005
An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh.
Acutally, parsnips - hilarious.
posted by Wolfdog at 9:18 AM on November 4, 2005
Acutally, parsnips - hilarious.
posted by Wolfdog at 9:18 AM on November 4, 2005
Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
They certainly have passed the test of time. Thanks, Mr T.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:30 AM on November 4, 2005
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
They certainly have passed the test of time. Thanks, Mr T.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:30 AM on November 4, 2005
Hey, never heard of this guy before, but these are great. Thanks.
posted by ori at 10:15 AM on November 4, 2005
posted by ori at 10:15 AM on November 4, 2005
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
Boy was he wrong...
posted by sveskemus at 10:23 AM on November 4, 2005
Boy was he wrong...
posted by sveskemus at 10:23 AM on November 4, 2005
The more things change...
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
posted by bashos_frog at 11:34 AM on November 4, 2005
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
posted by bashos_frog at 11:34 AM on November 4, 2005
You don't see many just plain humorists like this around anymore.
posted by Smedleyman at 12:30 PM on November 4, 2005
posted by Smedleyman at 12:30 PM on November 4, 2005
Notably absent is Roger's aphorism "I never met a man I didn't like," to which my father once referred by remarking, "Will Rogers never got to meet Richard Nixon."
posted by alumshubby at 12:59 PM on November 4, 2005
posted by alumshubby at 12:59 PM on November 4, 2005
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posted by Mr T at 8:03 AM on November 4, 2005