-=> BOB ACKLEY wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 BA> Replying to a message of WAYNE CHIRNSIDE to BOB ACKLEY:

 BA>> One of my favorite people, H.L. Mencken, had their number
 BA>> nearly a century ago:  "Nobody ever went broke
 BA>> underestimating the taste of the American people."

 WC> Yes I recall you using that on a number of occassions and
 WC> though I've never taken the time to memorize the author's
 WC> name I whole heartily agree with it.

 BA> Note my corollary to the above: "Nobody ever went broke underestimating
 BA> the intelligence of the American people."

 BA> Another of my favorite quotes is from Phineas T. Barnum:  "There's a
 BA> sucker born every minute."

A guy named David Hannum (and a competitor of Barnum's in the "skin
the marks"
game) said it and it has been mis-attributed to Barnum. 
http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html

ENJOY!!!

From Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
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... Platitude: an idea (a) admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) is not true
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