[Newspoetry] local T.V. newspoet coins phrase

[John Wason]

At 08:39 AM 07/26/2001 -0500, newspoetry-request at lists.groogroo.com wrote:

>Message: 2
>Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:47:49 -0500
>From: Joe Futrelle <futrelle at ncsa.uiuc.edu>
>To: NEWSpoetry <newspoetry at lists.groogroo.com>
>Reply-To: Joe Futrelle <futrelle at ncsa.uiuc.edu>
>Subject: [Newspoetry] local T.V. newspoet coins phrase
>
>Overheard on the local ABC news yesterday:
>
>"We all scream for ice cream, but with prices going up, you may want
>to scream a little less often."
>
>--
>Joe Futrelle
>editor-at-large
>Newspoetry dot calm

I suppose readers of this forum know that, newspoet though the commentator
may be, he or she didn't coin a new phrase.  That old saying has been around
at least since my parents were kids in the very early part of the 20th century:

"I scream, you scream,
 We all scream for ice cream!"

John