He didn't get his wish because his widow no-noed it. (One of the great
20th C acts of widow rebellion.)
But he actually really loved children - except on film sets.
mj
Jon Corelis wrote:
>On Tue, 8 May 2007 19:52:43 +0200, MJ Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>Thus Fields's wished for gravestone inscription, "On the whole, I'd
>>rather be in Philadelphia" ...
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>But he didn't get his wish. I've been to his grave, and all it has for
>inscription is his name and dates.
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>There's a story that a friend visited Fields in the hospital where he was
>dying, and found him reading a Bible. "Why, Bill," the friend said, "what
>are you doing?" Fields replied, "Looking for loopholes."
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Il ne faut pas toujours conter,
Citer,
Dater,
Mais écouter.
Il faut éviter l'emploi
Du moi, du moi,
Voici pourquoi:
Il est tyrannique,
Trop académique;
L'ennui, l'ennui
Marche avec lui.
Marie-Françoise-Catherine de Beauveau, Marquise de Boufflets
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