perspective

[eliyes]

Ely: I am looking at a comic page scan
Ely: where Dick and Roy and Lian have gone to Ireland
Ely: because Roy is kind of looking for his heritage so he can give it to Lian, basically
Ely: and Dick says : "Another difference between us. I know my roots -- back for many generations. Circus performers. Acrobats. Clowns. The Graysons go all the way back to eighteenth century England."
Ely: ...and part of me goes "that's not that far back, Dick"
Tai: yeh really
Tai: but remember, in America fifty years is a long time
Tai: (in Europe, fifty miles is a long distance ;3)
Ely: and technically that is generations

(We're pretty sure she's quoting soemthing, but not what. Unless it's Eddie Izzard.)

Comments

[krillia.livejournal.com]

The OCD burning desire to answer any question kicked in and I had to go looking for a source.

Nearly 20 minutes and a goodly dose of Librarian-fu later:

The internet and various references have the quote a with several difference year/mile amounts, with 100 being the most common, followed by 50 and 200. One said 500 (although I'm pretty sure 500 years is both a long time and a long way from most perspectives). On the 50 and 200 ones the source was either "Unknown" or not given at all. The 100 version, including in a book called "The Mammoth Book of Quips and Quotations" attribute the source to a gentleman called "Earle Hitchner" who, according to Google, is a columnist for the Irish-American newspaper The Irish Echo. ^_^;

*coughs. Wanders off*

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

*SNERRRRRRRRRRRRRK*

[krillia.livejournal.com]

*blushes and hides under the rug*

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

X3 I would be lying if I said I hadn't tried to find the quote source when I posted. You wee just more persistant. *patpats*

[krillia.livejournal.com]

Inability to give up once I start something and a reference librarian for a mother(who trained me well in the use of search terms, quotations and reducing criteria) can get me far in this sort of thing. Takes a lot of time, though. And Crushing when it doesn't work, though. ^^;

[poisonivory.livejournal.com]

There's an Eddie Izzard bit that goes "'And here we have a house that was built over fifty years ago!' 'No! No one was alive then!'" That might be what you're thinking of?

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

That's what I was thinking of, but not what she was quoting. *points at Krillia's comment above*