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On Sep 28, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Ralph Johansen wrote:
>
> Not to be forgotten: back in the 60s, Beyond the Fringe (Jonathan
> Miller, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook and Alan Bennett) had a skit where a
> small group of the faithful ascends to the mountain top to await the  
> end
> of the world. When the time comes, when they have counted down to zero
> and nothing has happened, their leader says, "Same time tomorrow,  
> lads,
> we're bound to get a winner one day."

They were plagiarizing an old American cartoon, dating from the 1930s  
or earlier.
In the cartoon the tag line was "Better luck next time."

Shane Mage
"L'après-vie, c'est une auberge espagnole. L'on n'y trouve que ce  
qu'on a apporté."

Bardo Thodol




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