| Title: | The Joy of Lex | 
| Notice: | A Notes File even your grammar could love | 
| Moderator: | THEBAY::SYSTEM | 
| Created: | Fri Feb 28 1986 | 
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 1192 | 
| Total number of notes: | 42769 | 
    "... and he is us."
    
    I know Walt Kelly used this in his Pogo comic strip; and I have heard
    (but never seen attributed) the "... and he is ours" version to which
    this alludes.
    
    Can someone tell me the source of the original quote?
    
    Joe Callahan
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| 840.1 | Perry perhaps | RANGER::BRADLEY | Chuck Bradley | Fri Jul 14 1995 09:51 | 16 | 
| > <<< Note 840.0 by EXCENT::CALLAHAN "All generalizations are wrong!" >>> > -< "We have met the enemy ..." >- > > "... and he is us." > > I know Walt Kelly used this in his Pogo comic strip; and I have heard > (but never seen attributed) the "... and he is ours" version to which > this alludes. > > Can someone tell me the source of the original quote? > > Joe Callahan maybe. i think it was perry, battle of lake erie, war of 1812. even if no one cares anymore, someone can check and correct me. | |||||
| 840.2 | "he" is "they" | STRATA::RUDMAN | Always the Black Knight | Wed Dec 18 1996 11:10 | 15 |