Re: Minor note
The "rule" usually cited in this context is that quotes gravitate to the more distinguished culprit.
If you really want people to take your comment seriously, tell them Winston Churchill said it first.
-- Benjamin Franklin
How sad for poor old LBJ. :)
I'd prefer to think "good on ol' Sir Pterry; he's risen to the ranks of quotation magnets" (among whom Churchill, Franklin, Mark Twain, and Oscar Wilde are prominent), but I do see your point.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
