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Re: One Good Line Deserves Another
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This a varient on "You can always tell a Harvard [Yale, Princeton, etc] man 
but you can't tell him much."

Harold S. Forsythe

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From: "Brent Tarter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: One Good Line Deserves Another


After reading

"never ask a man if he's from Virginia. If he is, he'll tell you soon
enough. If he's not, you don't want to embarrass him."

I recalled back when I was a Texan hearing another old line:

You can always tell a Texan. But not much.

Brent Tarter
The Library of Virginia
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