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Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes
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Ted Ryan is on page 20 of 800

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Vincent is on page 215 of 800

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Vincent is on page 200 of 800

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Vincent is on page 177 of 800

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Vincent is on page 146 of 800

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Vincent is on page 144 of 800

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Vincent is on page 141 of 800

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Tristan Wolf is on page 6 of 800

ADLER, Herman (1839-1911), British rabbi (chief rabbi of London)

Adler found himself sitting beside Herbert Cardinal Vaughn at an official luncheon. "Now, Dr. Adler," said the cardinal, mischievously, "when may I have the pleasure of helping you to some ham?"

"At Your Eminence's wedding," came the prompt reply.

— Sep 14, 2020 04:58PM Add a comment

Tristan Wolf is starting

This monster is an ongoing challenge, but who can resist reading comments like, "Trying to sneak a pitch past [baseball great] Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster." That's right on page 1; only 799 more to go! It's ordered alphabetically, by the name of the person about whom the anecdote is made. I can hardly wait for Dorothy Parker to show up...!

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Jeffrey is on page 286 of 800

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