From: micdunn (micdunn@ev1.net)
Date: Mon Oct 07 2002 - 16:58:02 PDT
I think Oscar Wilde can explain why Sarge tells stories....
"The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the
aim of conversation, and is a far more civilised being than the blockhead
who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the
amusement of the company."
I confess that the story was not the truth, but it was amusing (until now)
-Sarge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim" <jehill@cabinetdoors.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Sarge's story time
> Hi All;
> Here is a link to an article which casts a little doubt on the old Otto
> Titzling story (seems to be , and adds some comments on the Crapper story.
>
> http://www.snopes.com/business/origins/bra.htm
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>quoted from Snopes website
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> "It's a great story, but there's no truth to it. The madness began with a
> 1971 book by Wallace Reyburn titled Bust-Up: The Uplifting Tale of Otto
> Titzling and the Development of the Bra. Like his 1972 send-up, The
Inferior
> Sex: A Treatise on the Inferiority of Women, Bust-Up was a work of
satire."
>
> Bette Midler sings about Otto Titzling and his wonderful invention in the
> 1988 movie Beaches, and on her 1986 album, "Mud Will Be Flung Tonight."
> Also, a Trivial Pursuit game card incorrectly gives the inventor of the
bra
> as Otto Titzling.
>
> Jim
>
>
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