> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Fused [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 1:08 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: kinda wraps it up for me
> 
> Was it P.T. Barnum that said "there is a sucker born every minute"?

Nope - it was a competitor complaining that Barnum's exhibit of the Cardiff
Giant was fake while his (equally faked) exhibit was real.  Here's a nice
overview:

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html

Barnum himself had a tremendously high respect for the general populace.  He
never considered himself to have lied - he merely "dressed up the truth" to
make it more entertaining.  He might draw in the crowds with humbug but he
insisted that they go home satisfied.

Jim Davis


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