Some years ago we held a testimonial dinner for a retiring colleague and in the spirit of Toasting/Roasting I offered to paraphrase a Red Buttons routine about all the famous people in history who "never got a dinner":
-Napoleon's weather forecaster-
-Dwight Eisenhower's speechwriter-
-Richard Nixon's makeup man-
-Dan Quayle's spelling teacher-
-Bill Clinton's hair stylist (she never got a dinner)-
-Harry Houdini's locksmith-
-Fidel Castro's valet-
-Manuel Noriega's plastic surgeon-
-Amelia Earhart's navigator-
All these important people operating in the wings "NEVER GOT A DINNER" - and yet, you my friend, are being feted with a "dinner".... He lived another fifteen years in retirement and never missed a dinner.
tjs
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