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Humorous Anecdotes - George Bernard Shaw

By Wade Bradford, About.com

It's no surprise that there are hundreds of insightful and humorous anecdotes about playwright George Bernard Shaw.

After all, he lived to the seasoned age of 95!

A clever website called Anecdotage.com has posted over 60 entries detailing the mischief of this Irish playwright.

Here's one of my favorites:

George Bernard Shaw, tall and lanky, stood in marked contrast to his rotund rival G. K. Chesterton. "If I were as fat as you," Shaw once told Chesterton, "I'd hang myself." "And if I had it in mind to hang myself," Chesterton retorted, "I'd use you as the rope!"

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