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From: Bob O`Bob (filterbob_at_yahoogroups.com)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:48:05 -0800

Bill-R wrote:

> Final Update:::
>
> To quote that old sage PoGo
>
> "I have found the enemy and he is me"
>

paraphrase, actually.

I'm fairly certain the line was actually "we have met the enemy and he is us"

        Bob 

-- 
but the movie misquote that bugs me the most is when people think they are
quoting Treasure of the Sierra Madre by parroting the Mel Brooks parody Blazing Saddles.

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