Ford writes of the night Dorothy Parker arrived at a Halloween party given by Herbert Bayard Swope. (Verified with hardcopy)įinally, our favorite story of many a month appeared in a marvelous book, The Time of Laughter, by Corey Ford. Oddly, Amory recounted an expurgated version of the anecdote: 1967 November 4, Saturday Review, First of the Month by Cleveland Amory, Quote, Saturday Review Associates, New York. In November 1967, Ford’s book was discussed by the author and magazine columnist Cleveland Amory in the pages of the “Saturday Review”. “There, but for a typographical error,” she sighed, “is the story of my life.” “They’re ducking for apples,” her host explained. Parker arrived at a Halloween party given by Herbert Bayard Swope, and inquired what the guests were doing. The following version of Parker’s remark was rather different: 1967, The Time of Laughter by Corey Ford, Quote, Little, Brown and Company, Boston. In 1967 the tale appeared in “The Time of Laughter” by Corey Ford. The change probably referred to the transformation of “ducking” into a synonym for fornication.īelow are additional selected citations in chronological order Asked to join a group of merrymakers who were “ducking for apples,” Dorothy said, “Change one letter in that phrase and you have my life story.” (Verified with hard copy)Īt a subsequent Halloween party, Miss Parker spoke one of her wryest sentences. Emphasis added to excerpts by QI: 1957, Charlie: The Improbable Life and Times of Charles MacArthur by Ben Hecht, Quote, Harper & Brothers, New York. The book recounted the following anecdote. Dorothy Parker was Hecht’s friend and MacArthur’s lover.
MacArthur and Hecht were successful writing partners who created popular plays such as “The Front Page” and “Ladies and Gentlemen”. Would you please explore this topic?ĭear Quote Investigator: The earliest evidence of Parker’s jest located by QI appeared in the 1957 book “Charlie: The Improbable Life and Times of Charles MacArthur” by Ben Hecht.
1450 to 1532 CE.Dorothy Parker? Ben Hecht? Corey Ford? Apocryphal?ĭear Quote Investigator: The famous wit Dorothy Parker apparently constructed a risqué quip when she observed people ducking for apples at a party. They subsequently played a key part in the administration of Tahuantinsuyu, the empire controlled by the Incan ethnic group, which flourished across the Andes from c. Objects that can be identified unambiguously as quipus first appear in the archaeological record in the first millennium CE. The configuration of the quipus have also been 'compared to string mops.' Archaeological evidence has also shown a use of finely carved wood as a supplemental, and perhaps more sturdy, base on which the color-coordinated cords would be attached. A quipu could have only a few or up to 2,000 cords. The cords contained numeric and other values encoded by knots in a base ten positional system. For the Inca, the system aided in collecting data and keeping records, ranging from monitoring tax obligations, properly collecting census records, calendrical information, and military organization. A quipu usually consisted of colored, spun, and plied thread or strings from llama or alpaca hair. Quipu Quipus, sometimes called talking knots, were recording devices historically used in the region of Andean South America.
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