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GiqueCee

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13. "A Good Walk Spoiled"...

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 09:28 AM

May 26

... was originally a wry phrase attributed to Mark Twain, but scholars with too much time on their hands have found that variations on the saying have been around almost as long as the game itself. So ol' Samuel Clemons undoubtedly heard it, and at some point, repeated it, but there's no evidence that he actually took credit for it.
I think that if Twain were around today, he'd play a round with Trump just so he could beat his ass with a 9-iron when he cheated.

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