Shake and shake
The catsup bottle,
None will come,
And then a lot’ll.
Quotations by:
Armour, Richard
It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.
Richard Armour (1906–1989) American poet and author
(Attributed)
(Source)
Quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow, Speaker’s Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955). Origin unknown.
DEDICATED
to that amazing device, the Required Reading List,
better even than artificial respiration
for keeping dead authors alive.Richard Armour (1906–1989) American poet and author
Book (1960), The Classics Reclassified, Dedication
(Source)
Good sportsmanship we hail, we sing,
It’s always pleasant when you spot it,
There’s only one unhappy thing:
You have to lose to prove you’ve got it.