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To: epicure who wrote (49605)10/5/2002 5:54:34 PM
From: Win Smith  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
Hi X,

The snopes scope was previously noted in #reply-18058375 . When this came up, I tracked down this "late 2001" Usenet post: groups.google.com

Don't know if that's anywhere close to the origin, though, the 1000-odd web hits were a little daunting to go through. The quote itself sounds sort of post-WWI-ish, in tone and language, though.