“Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
The Illiterate Digest (1924)
“Now everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody Else, but when it happens to you, why it seems to lose some of its Humor, and if it keeps on happening, why the entire laughter kinder Fades out of it.”
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The Illiterate Digest (1924)
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