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Gertrude Stein for President
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:57 pm
by Ivytalk
Graduate of Radcliffe (Harvard) in late 19th century
Influential literary figure
Writer with eccentric style
A big lesbian
Lover of Alice B. Toklas
Hated socialists
Art collector
Oh, she's been dead for almost 70 years? Never mind.
Re: Gertrude Stein for President
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:28 pm
by kalm
You guys remember Neil Armstrong's famous exclamation upon landing on the moon: "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" right?
When Neil came back down to earth the press were all abuzz about that most quotable and famous phrase, but he silenced the reporters by suggesting he was misquoted. "What I actually said was "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for Manny Stein!"
When pressed to explain, Armstrong spoke of his childhood...
You see, while growing up as a boy in Ohio, our family used to live next door to Mr. and Mrs. Manny Stein and they used to pay me to trim the hedges for them.
One day, while I was trimming the hedges underneath the Stein's bedroom window I heard some odd noises then suddenly Mrs. Stein call out "the day you put the thing in my mouth is the day the Armstrong kid walks on the moon!"
Manny for Pres!
Re: Gertrude Stein for President
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:06 am
by Ivytalk
kalm wrote:You guys remember Neil Armstrong's famous exclamation upon landing on the moon: "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" right?
When Neil came back down to earth the press were all abuzz about that most quotable and famous phrase, but he silenced the reporters by suggesting he was misquoted. "What I actually said was "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for Manny Stein!"
When pressed to explain, Armstrong spoke of his childhood...
You see, while growing up as a boy in Ohio, our family used to live next door to Mr. and Mrs. Manny Stein and they used to pay me to trim the hedges for them.
One day, while I was trimming the hedges underneath the Stein's bedroom window I heard some odd noises then suddenly Mrs. Stein call out "the day you put the thing in my mouth is the day the Armstrong kid
walks on the moon!"
Manny for Pres!
Ha! Good one!
