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In reply to the discussion: Rachel Maddow's words may make it to the Smithsonian [View all]csziggy
(34,131 posts)44. I guess Rachel is too young to know "fish needs a bicycle"
Gloria Steinem had this to say in a letter she wrote to Time magazine in autumn 2000:
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/414150.html
"In your note on my new and happy marital partnership with David Bale, you credit me with the witticism 'A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.' In fact, Irina Dunn, a distinguished Australian educator, journalist and politician, coined the phrase back in 1970 when she was a student at the University of Sydney. She paraphrased the philosopher who said, 'Man needs God like fish needs a bicycle.' Dunn deserves credit for creating such a popular and durable spoof of the old idea that women need men more than vice versa."
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/414150.html
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As I'm reading your post, that Subaru ad featuring a dog backing the car in and hitting the mailbox
OnDoutside
Sep 2018
#1
I like two. One where parents drop off kid at obedience school. The other is the doggie car wash.
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2018
#4
I agree. Subaru has a winning compaign strategy with the Barkleys.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Sep 2018
#22
Since so many of you liked that ad, here's two more of my favorites:
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Sep 2018
#50
I just hope her dog doesn't hold grudges. I also home the publishers take up O'Donnel's suggestion
mulsh
Sep 2018
#5
I just posted below about Keith but did so before seeing your post. Kieth is brilliant. How he dated
Pepsidog
Sep 2018
#12
We haven't even hit the tip of the iceberg with this fiasco. In the coming months there will be mind
Pepsidog
Sep 2018
#9
Be realistic. It was a pithy comment, worth noting for that night.
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2018
#49
Not the Smithsonian, maybe. But probably in a documentary. That's a great comparison. nt
Honeycombe8
Sep 2018
#40