Actually, it's "Mad dogs and Englishmen who go out in the midday sun," and Bartlett's Quotations attributes it to Noel Coward. Funny, but I've also associated it with Thomas More. Kat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salkin Kathleen" <[log in to unmask]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 9:56 PM Subject: Re: Drunk joke > You referring to mad dogs and Englishmen who go out in the heat of the > noonday sun? Who said that, by the way, Noel Coward? > > Kat > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Deri James" <[log in to unmask]> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 8:35 PM > Subject: Re: Drunk joke > > > > On Tuesday 03 Sep 2002 9:38 pm, BG Greer, PhD wrote: > > > In a message dated 9/3/02 2:25:58 PM, [log in to unmask] writes: > > > >Of course, being retired, I guess you sleep through coffee time. > > > > > > Actually, I've been out to a small lake in town practicing my > > > casting. Caught a nice small mouth in the heat of the day. I must > > > be part English, as the old saying goes about the heat of the day. > > > > > > Bobby > > > > What's this!! Prof Bobby "Mad Dog" Greer > > > > Cheers > > > > Deri