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...as Harry Truman once said... Did you make that up, too?  |
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He had a good point. After some further image clarification my psych saw what I saw so he cleared me..  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Harry Truman did say that, in fact. Always loved that quote.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Let me just say that the quote is well known and often attributed to Truman. Sigh. Any time I make up an answer, like the Fala one in this case, I try to have a bit of fun and make it faintly plausible. But I ALWAYS leave a clue to the sharp eye that the statement is obviously false. Anyone care to tell me what that clue was in this instance?  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Fact or fiction I am going to pass this around like a...something-or-another that gets passed around. Now, if I only had a crisp Twenty.
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Bedrock of the Community
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There is a modest prize for the correct answer.
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Rest in Peace
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@Coinfrog, you used "Fala" and it was once said he was given a pup cocker spaniel named Feller"  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Sorry, good effort - FDR's spaniel's name is generally accepted as Fala.
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Coinfrog , is the answer , fala was never added to the engraving.
Edited by harley1960
02/19/2019 8:40 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Let me just say that the quote is well known and often attributed to Truman. Sigh. Just busting your chops, Coinfrog. Edited by CelticKnot
02/19/2019 9:07 pm
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Sorry, good effort - FDR's spaniel's name is generally accepted as Fala. Fala was a terrier (Scottish), not a spaniel. Other than that, the dates are correct, Fala is buried near FDR's grave... got nothing here. |
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Very clever Mr. Frog Fala died in 1952, therefor could not have been added to the 1945 engraving.  |
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This thread is getting  . Copying Coinfrog's seemingly innocuous initial statement below: Quote:
That is, in fact, FDR's dog Fala - added to the engraving after the president's death in 1945. He was buried near FDR in 1952. Quote:
Very clever Mr. Frog Fala died in 1952, therefor could not have been added to the 1945 engraving @Tunnioc, not sure your logic is sound there. A living dog could certainly be added to an engraving, if the engravers were so inclined. This thread is going to get its own Wiki article and/or Snopes citation after we're done. Sheesh! |
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