32 volumes of Encyclopedia Brittanica for sale?

[RATTER15]

Surplus to requirements due to my son reaching 15 years of age!!


Ok, its an old one but I like it :)

[BigMac]

The version I heard was:

"Recently married and wife knows everything."

[RATTER15]

Im sure there are a few different versions! there usually is!

[weecalf]

One I liked ..When I was 15 my father knew nothing by the time I reached 21 I was surprised how much he had learnt.

[zebo]

Wasn't that a Churchill bon mot Weecalf? If it's not, I've been wrongly attributing it for years!

[RATTER15]

Zebo, I think you will find it was a quote from the great Mark Twain.

[weecalf]

Took a bit of liberty with quote but it was Mark Twain (He was 14 by the way)

[starone]

Churchill pinched a lot of wise sayings and lots of wise sayings are attributed to him wrongly.