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Humorous Anecdotes - George Bernard Shaw

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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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