![]() ![]() Don’t know whether it is original with her or not but we ethically credit her for using it. We cribbed this from Rita Scoles’ “Chatterbox” which appears every Thursday in the Oxnard newspaper. , The Ventura County Star-Free Press (Ventura, CA), “Chat Awhile” with Marie Cochran, pg. Then He asked me if I wanted “Legs” and I thought He said “Kegs” and I told Him to give me two big, fat ones. Then He asked me if I wanted a “Nose” and I thought He said “Rose” and I told him I wanted a big red one. Then he asked me if I wanted “Ears” and I thought He said “Beers” and I told Him to give me 2 little ones. Then He asked me if I wanted brains and I thought He said “trains” and I said that I didn’t need any. “When God made me he asked if I wanted looks and I thought he said “Books” and I told him I didn’t want any. ![]() “Oh what a mess I am,” crabbed the pessimist. 7:Ĩ April 1942, Ashland (NE) Gazette, pg. So I missed mine.Ģ8 March 1942, Ogden (UT) Standard-Examiner, “Sol’s Sunshine and Shadow,” pg. When God was giving out brains, I thought He said trains. When God was giving out looks I thought He said books. When God was giving out legs, I thought He said kegs. When God was giving out feet, I thought He said meat. When God was giving out noses, I thought He said roses. When God was giving out ears, I thought He said beers, I said I’ll take two big ones. I’m in an awful mess.”Ģ6 March 1942, Brainard (NE) Clipper, pg. When He gave out brains, I thought He said trains, and I missed mine. When He gave out ears, I thought He said beers, so I took two big ones. When He gave out noses, I thought he said roses, and I took a red one. “When God gave out looks, I thought he said book, and because I can’t read, I didn’t take any. ![]() In self defense: Some folks claim it is old, but it fell on our ears for the first time this week. “It’s not my fault I have a double chin, when God was handing chins out, I thought she said GIN and I said, I’ll take a DOUBLE!” was posted on Twitter by ShellyRantz on February 17, 2010.Ģ3 January 1942, Dayton (OH) Herald, “The Observatory” by Jerry Fox, pg. “Its not my fault I have a double CHIN… when God was giving out chins i thought he said GIN so i said i’ll have a DOUBLE!” was posted on Twitter by Nancy Suzette Luleff on February 12, 2010. When God was giving out chins, I thought he said ‘gin’ so I said I’ll have a double” is a joke that has been printed on many images. “When He was giving out chins, I thought He said gins So I ordered a double” was printed in The Surrey Leader (Cloverdale, BC) on December 9, 1942. “When God gave out legs, I thought He said kegs, And I wanted two short fat ones” was printed in the Ogden (UT) Standard-Examiner on March 28, 1942. I said I’ll take two short fat ones” was printed in the Brainard (NE) Clipper on March 26, 1942. “When God was giving out legs, I thought He said kegs. So I missed mine” was printed in the Brainard (NE) Clipper on March 26, 1942. “When God was giving out brains, I thought He said trains. “When He gave out brains, I thought He said trains, and I missed mine” was printed in the Dayton (OH) Herald on January 23, 1942. ![]() “When God was giving out ears, I thought He said beers, I said I’ll take two big ones” was printed in the Brainard (NE) Clipper on March 26, 1942. “When He gave out ears, I thought He said beers, so I took two big ones” was printed in the Dayton (OH) Herald on January 23, 1942. “CARELESS LISTENER REGRETS by Edith Scharff” was posted on the newsgroup in 1997, but this author had not been credited earlier. The lines were printed in many 1942 newspapers, but authorship is unknown. "When God passed out brains, I thought He said trains -and I missed mine.” is one of several lines explaining how someone because such a mess. ![]()
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