https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:03:29 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/hubbard-kin/65290/ https://wist.info/hubbard-kin/65290/#respond Fri, 08 Dec 2023 04:41:14 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=65290 Some folks pay a compliment like they expected a receipt.

Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard (1868-1930) American caricaturist and humorist
“Abe Martin” comic, San Francisco Call (1912-02-07)
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