h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

is reputed to have sent a card to a friend who had just given birth with the message 'Congratulations, I knew you had it in you'


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When a woman told her" I really can't come to your party, I can't bear fools," She replied, "That's strange, your mother could."

When told that President Calvin Coolidge had died, she asked, "How could they tell?"

When her doctor told her she would be dead in a month if she did not stop drinking, she looked up at him and whispered, "Promises, promises."

"If all the girls in this beauty contest were laid end to end, no-one would be the least bit suprised."

On being asked repeatedly why a script wasn't ready
"Because I've been too f**king busy and vice versa."

Dorothy sounds like my kind of woman!! Without sounding ridiculously ignorant (which I will, but I have no shame), who was the delightful girl?

From a book review: "This is not a book to be tossed aside lightly. It should be hurled with great force."

Dorothy Rothschild. b. August 22, 1893. Father Jewish, mother Scottish-American. Raised by stepmother who sent her to a Catholic convent school. [THAT background should hone the wit of anyone...]
Married Edwin Pond Parker II for a short time, but kept the name thereafter.

Reviewer for Vanity Fair. Robert Benchly quit as editor in sympathy when she was fired for writing tough reviews. Shared an office as a free-lance writer for a time. "If the office had been any smaller, it would have been adultery."

One of a group who helped Harold Ross found 'The New Yorker'. Became the drama critic and was noted for her stinging reviews. [see book review quote, in one of the above messages]

The only regular female member of the Algonquin Round Table, which she described as follows: "The Round Table thing was _greatly_ overrated. It was full of people looking for a free lunch and asking, 'did you hear the funny thing I said yesterday'."

Two of her most often quoted remarks:
"Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses"
"You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think"

Her description of herself:
"Boy, did I think I was smart. I was just a little Jewish girl trying to be cute."

She died in 1967. She was 74.

At a party:
"One more drink and I'll be under the host."

When talking to a ladies gardening group, Dorothy Parker was asked to use the word 'horticulture' in a sentance.
Mrs. Parker replyed, "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."

Ahh yes, but then the Algonquin is a vastly over rated hotel - based on my 1st & only visit - I think I'd rather stay in a pensione - about the same standard & about 1/10th the price.


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It probably wasn't the hotel, anyway, it was the company.

I understand that the Russian Tea Room is the 'in' place to be these days, at least for Woody Allen...

News Item

Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses

She also said once of Katherine Hepburn's acting:

She ran the whole gamut of emotions from A to B.

"I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
After four I'm under my host!"

Is the rhyme actually hers?

I think so - but don't quote me. Can't seem to find a proper reference for it anywhere on this www thing though... I'll work on it.