[PW] Re: ? Ray Cummings Quote (Quotation Query #634)

[John Henderson]

So how long has the expression "As a [one occupation], you'd make a 
magnificent [different occupation]." been around? Who was first being 
ridiculed, and what were the first occupations mentioned?

John Henderson
Ithaca College Library
jhenderson at ithaca.edu

, Dennis Lien wrote:
> Again, the last third or so of the text as presented on the page of the URL cited above appears in the book version as well as online, but is completely absent in the FFM version; this section starts with
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> "Let's have another round of drinks," suggested the Banker — "this is dry work!"
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> "As a scientist you'd make a magnificent plumber, George!" retorted the Big Business Man. "You're about as helpful in this little gathering as an oyster!"
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