He would say to a suitor, “What is the difference in the le… - James Thurber

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He would say to a suitor, “What is the difference in the length of my legs?” and if the youth replied, “Why, one is shorter than the other,” the Duke would run him through with the sword he carried in his swordcane and feed him to the geese. The suitor was supposed to say, “Why, one is longer than the other.

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James Grover Thurber (8 December 1894 – 2 November 1961) was an American humorist and cartoonist.

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