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Ptah

(33,911 posts) Sat Aug 9, 2025, 12:19 AM Aug 9

"Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?"

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George Gobel is my hero (Original Post) Ptah Aug 9 OP

"Lonesome George" - Thanks. What a flash from the past. FadedMullet Aug 9 #1

Great stuff- callous taoboy Aug 9 #2

Old 'lonesome George'... some_of_us_are_sane Aug 9 #3

Good quote, but things are reversed now. Paladin Aug 9 #4

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1. "Lonesome George" - Thanks. What a flash from the past.

Sat Aug 9, 2025, 12:43 AM

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2. Great stuff-

Sat Aug 9, 2025, 07:58 AM

Aug 9

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3. Old 'lonesome George'...

Sat Aug 9, 2025, 08:28 AM

Aug 9

I miss his low key, folksy humor.

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4. Good quote, but things are reversed now.

Sat Aug 9, 2025, 10:17 AM

Aug 9

I wake up every morning, knowing that I have a tux in my closet---but I'm now living under a brown shoe regime...