Alice and Those Pigs

alexpie at aol.com alexpie at aol.com
Thu Feb 12 18:22:38 UTC 2004


--- Iggy McSnurd wrote:
> >
> > When trying to deal with a stupid person it's "like trying to teach
> a
> > pig to sing.  Frustrates you and confuses the pig."
> 
> FYI, that one is pretty much a direct quote from Alice in Wonderland
> (or could be Alice Through the Looking Glass), including the second
> sentence

BaHa here:
I think not.  In any case, I can't find it in my Annotated Alice.  If you 
find it, could you let us know where?  I associate it with 19th or 20th centure 
American politics, but I could be way off base.
Cheers--
Ba


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