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Wise child?
Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:26:34 GMT
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hlmw...
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Where did this saying come from?
It's a wise child that knows its own father!
I hope I have quoted it correctly... it could be:
It's a wise father that knows his own child!
Geoff...
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That particular quote is spoken by Launcelot in Shakespeare's The
Merchant of Venice - act 2 sc.1: but of course, Gobbo his father was
sand-blind
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All the discussion on the list about adoption and discovery of possible
Lesley Robertson...
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You've MET Basil Brush????? Gosh.....
;)
Lesley Robertson
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parentage reminded me of this old saying.
Lorna
hlmw...
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With all the discussion about Duh, doh, etc. I thought we would never
get back to my question.
Ah, yes, what father (outside of DNA testing) really knows for sure?
Fenny...
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Or, even with DNA testing, if you live in Summer Bay.
andrew...
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With some regret I have to say the reference escapes me.
Yours Aye Andrew Sellon
Henry Brownlee...
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And we oldtimers always pronounced it duhh!
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Fenny...
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Watch Channel 5 on any weekday at 12.00 or 18.00. One of them there
Aussie fly-on-the-wall documentaries where the actual parentage of a
currently unborn child has been obscured by a series of evil-doers.
Phil Wood...
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Documentary? You do realise that soap operas aren't real?
Fenny...
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That's what some people would have you believe.
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Lorna
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