[78-L] Coolidge

[David Lennick]

Will Rogers bet Irvin S. Cobb that he could make Coolidge laugh in less than 
twenty seconds. Presented to him, he said "Er, excuse me, I didn't quite get 
the name."

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Tom wrote:
> The story I'd heard was that Mrs. Coolidge had one of her lady
> friends over for lunch one day, and the friend said to President
> Coolidge, "I bet Mrs. Coolidge that I could get you to say three
> words at lunch today."
>  
> President Coolidge replied, "You lose."
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> --- On Mon, 3/8/10, Bill Knowlton <udmacon1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> 
> From: Bill Knowlton <udmacon1 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [78-L] Coolidge
> To: "78-L (2)" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Monday, March 8, 2010, 4:57 PM
> 
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> The scene: the famous Algonquin Hotel "roundtable."
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> Somebody rushed in with the news that President Cooledge had died.
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> Said Dorothy Parker: "How could they tell?!..."
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