Now I don’t care how big a goof a man is, he’d ought to know better than get smart round a fella that’s slumped off in his battin’.
~Ring Lardner, “Where Do You Get That Noise?”
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Now I don’t care how big a goof a man is, he’d ought to know better than get smart round a fella that’s slumped off in his battin’.
~Ring Lardner, “Where Do You Get That Noise?”
I’m always surprised how well some of Lardner’s stuff has aged–much of it is dead and gone as 46-ounce bats, but some of it still holds up.
True. Can’t suppress the classics.
I use that quote 2 or 3 times a day. Ok, not really but I liked it!