I’d rather have January 18, 2021August 23, 2018 by PG This content has been archived. It may no longer be accurate or relevant.I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. ~ Dorothy Parker Click to Tweet/Email/Share This Post
Much as I love Dorothy Parker, there’s no evidence she came up with this. It may have been (and it wouldn’t surprise me) the great Steve Allen. Tom Waits quoted it on a TV show once and claimed he saw it on a bathroom wall! https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/id_rather_have_a_bottle_in_front_of_me_than_a_frontal_lobotomy/
Much as I love Dorothy Parker, there’s no evidence she came up with this. It may have been (and it wouldn’t surprise me) the great Steve Allen.
Tom Waits quoted it on a TV show once and claimed he saw it on a bathroom wall!
https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/id_rather_have_a_bottle_in_front_of_me_than_a_frontal_lobotomy/
I first heard it from Tom Waits on Fernwood Tonight.
I can relate – and it’s not even Friday yet … 😉