32 volumes of Encyclopedia Brittanica for sale?

RATTER15 | 12:32 Sat 10th Mar 2012 | Jokes

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

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

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BigMac

The version I heard was:

"Recently married and wife knows everything."

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

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!

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

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

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

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