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A Quick "who said it" Christmas quiz

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suzian

suzian Report 6 Dec 2009 22:05

So who said

1. "When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?"

2. Roses are reddish
Violets are bluish
If it weren't for Christmas
We'd all be Jewish.

3. People can't concentrate properly on blowing other people to pieces if their minds are poisoned by thoughts suitable to the twenty-fifth of December

4. Santa Claus wears a Red Suit,
He must be a communist.
And a beard and long hair,
Must be a pacifist.
What's in that pipe that he's smoking?

5. Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven.

Sue x

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 6 Dec 2009 22:08

One of them has to be Groucho Marx - How about number 2?

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

suzian

suzian Report 6 Dec 2009 22:10



Hi Maggie

None of them was Groucho Marx - and you wouldn't believe who said number 2!

Sue x

Beejay

Beejay Report 6 Dec 2009 22:11

2. Benny Hill

suzian

suzian Report 6 Dec 2009 22:14

You're right, Beejay

Sue x

Beejay

Beejay Report 6 Dec 2009 22:14

4. Arlo Guthrie

suzian

suzian Report 6 Dec 2009 22:15

Right again, Beejay

Sue x

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 6 Dec 2009 22:15

Good grief! LOL

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Beejay

Beejay Report 6 Dec 2009 22:18

5. W C Fields

Sorry I'm hogging your quiz but I love 'em and I've been so bored this evening so thank you

Barb

suzian

suzian Report 6 Dec 2009 22:21

No worries, Beejay - in any literary quiz, W C Fields has to feature

Sue x

Beejay

Beejay Report 6 Dec 2009 22:25

3. Ogden Nash

Who is Ogden Nash, I've heard of him but never knew what he was famous for

suzian

suzian Report 6 Dec 2009 22:34

Hi Beejay

Another one right

Ogden Nash was a bit like an American W C Fields

Try this

The one-L lama, he's a priest
The two-L llama, he's a beast
And I would bet a silk pyjama
There isn't any three-L lllama

Enjoy!


Sue x

Beejay

Beejay Report 6 Dec 2009 22:35

1. Gilbert K Chesterton

Thanks for the quiz Suzian, sorry I took over but I did enjoy it., is there a prize by the way

Enjoy what's left of the evening

suzian

suzian Report 6 Dec 2009 22:40

No apologies needed, Beejay

Glad someone enjoyed it

Ref prizes

to quote someone - "As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work"

Sue xx

Beejay

Beejay Report 6 Dec 2009 22:46

Ah well I just love Katherine Hepburn.

Thanks again Sue

Barb

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 6 Dec 2009 23:58

Storm? what storm..........?

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960