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There's a sucker born every minute on eBay

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Beanie

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Feb 24, 2011, 2:13:35 PM2/24/11
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Check out this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250778591782
Zero feedback, based in China, obviously fake coin, apparent shill bidding.
How can people possibly be that stupid and still survive?


Hans Goossen

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Feb 24, 2011, 2:34:49 PM2/24/11
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More impressive is how someone with 1077 of feedback bought it!!

hans

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som...@some.domain

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Feb 24, 2011, 3:13:11 PM2/24/11
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wanna buy a duck?
(groucho)

Beanie

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Feb 24, 2011, 3:33:50 PM2/24/11
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<som...@some.domain> wrote in message
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"Wanna buy a duck?" was Joe Penner's catchphrase.
You're probably thinking of Groucho's TV show when the duck would come down if
somebody said the "secret" word.


som...@some.domain

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Feb 24, 2011, 8:16:53 PM2/24/11
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pre that he said wanna buy a duck in several movies. there was a viaduct joke
in there, too, i think. grouch probably borrwed it from someone earlier, too.
i don't know joe penner. snl?
thanks for the info.

Bremick

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Feb 24, 2011, 8:53:51 PM2/24/11
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<som...@some.domain> wrote in message
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Penner died in 1941. If you're interested, you can Google him for more
info.


Beanie

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Feb 24, 2011, 9:01:00 PM2/24/11
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<som...@some.domain> wrote in message
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> In article <ik6fb7$n8o$1...@speranza.aioe.org>, "Beanie" <b...@ea.ne> wrote:
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>><som...@some.domain> wrote in message
>>news:eZy9p.251976$UC6.1...@en-nntp-08.dc1.easynews.com...
>>> In article <alpine.LRH.2.02.1...@localhost.localdomain>, Hans
>>> Goossen <goo...@gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Beanie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Check out this auction:
>>>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250778591782
>>>>> Zero feedback, based in China, obviously fake coin, apparent shill
>>>>> bidding.
>>>>> How can people possibly be that stupid and still survive?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>More impressive is how someone with 1077 of feedback bought it!!
>>>>
>>>>hans
>>>>
>>> wanna buy a duck?
>>> (groucho)
>>
>>"Wanna buy a duck?" was Joe Penner's catchphrase.
>>You're probably thinking of Groucho's TV show when the duck would come down if
>>somebody said the "secret" word.
>>
>>
> pre that he said wanna buy a duck in several movies.

I've seen all Groucho's movies many times and he didn't use that line, it being
Joe Penner's catchphrase.
Joe Penner was a comedian back in the 30s.
Warner Brothers cartoons of the era had a character that used that line also.


Jud

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Feb 25, 2011, 1:36:45 PM2/25/11
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"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's
too dark to read" <Groucho Marx>
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